Well, here I am approaching the end of the semester and counting down the days until summertime – which really this means one thing – making batch salads that I can eat for a week straight!

This week’s salad mix combines my favorite kale variety, the dinosaur kale (aka lacinato kale) and one of my favorite herbs, mint! I really prefer the smoothness of the dinosaur kale for raw salads. Most people recognize kale via the curly kind, but I find that lacinato kale is a little less bitter for eating raw. I prefer eating curly kale cooked, or warmed. Since I also had mini bell peppers and cucumbers on hand, I tossed them in as well. I’m all about cleaning the fridge – hate wasting good produce!