And that is how I fell in love with watercressgrowing it, finessing it and eating it.
If you are sleeping on watercress, I beseech you to proffer it up to the kitchen muse.
These types of nutrientsmay also help stave off macular degeneration.
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If you suffer from salad ennui as I tend to on occasion, mix some cress into your greens.
It adds a bright, crispy, peppery flavor and a snappy texture.
Watercress is protein-flexible, too (it is 2024, after all).
I am a soup-making machine from November through February, when watercress soup hits the stovetop once a month.
I generally enjoy the latter and in summer will sip it chilled like vichyssoise.
I find that most supermarkets dont stock it regularly, though one could certainly ask.
I keep a cloche over it through the worst of winter so I can continue to harvest from it.
Occasionally I play with fire and layer in some smoked salmon.
And I always,alwayscut the crusts off.
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