Rather than buying a whole bag of salad or loose whole lettuces that risk ending up going slimy in the fridge, you can grow your own really easily on a windowsill, balcony or garden that you can just keep sowing and picking just as much as you need. It will keep producing more and have no chemicals on it!
Buy some seeds from wilkos or sainsbury's or somewhere and a shallow tray and a bit of compost. Sprinkle the seeds finely on the compost and water. As the seedlings grow, you'll see that some a very close together so pinch the weedy ones out when they all have two leaves. After about 3 weeks, sprinkle some more seeds around the grown plants so that you have a later crop.
1 bag of salad - £1.50
= 2 servings
seeds - 75p
compost - £1
seed tray - £1
= all the salad you can eat, for about a year!
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