Making mesclun mix

[dirtsunrain]

I'm fiddling around with trying to create my own blend of mesclun mix.
I sold a mild blend at market last year and it did well. I also grew a spicier blend that I was happy with but it didnt sell. I like to toss a few wild thingys from the lawn into my salads. I eat a salad everyday when I've got fresh greens so I'm always looking for variety.
Anybody have any great mesclun recipes? I'm looking for ideas, both for the website and the local markets.

[Joseph Lofthouse]

Last year I tried selling beet greens, Swiss chard, and kale.
Sold kale twice in something like 20 trips to the market.
And one person bought Swiss chard out of the field.

Of the 20 farm-stands nearby, I can't think of a single
one of them that sells a mesclun mix, or any kind of
green leafy thing at all...

I planted a few mesclun mixes last fall, but they will
be for me, and not for the market.

My favorite green is beets.

[galina]

I have kept a commercial seed packet that was sold as French Mesclun Seed Blend and it contained the following:
Lettuce: Blonde de Paris, Forellenschluss, Madrilene, Merveile de Quatre Saisons, Sucrine
Greens: Chervil Commune, Corn Salad Verte de Chambrai, Endive Grosse Pancaliere and Scarole Ronde verte coeur plain,
Spinach: Geant d'Hiver and Monstrueux de Viroflay.
Nice enough but I sowed these too late and they did not last over winter (under protection). This is a summer seed mixture.

A similarly marketed Italian mix (lost the seed packet) contained rocket, lettuce green and red lollo, mustard and several different Italian chicories and endives. This did better as an autumn/winter salad mix (sown August then grown under cloches in zone 8). but the lettuces died.

None of them contained cress which I think is a must, both landcress and ordinary cress. Nor beetroot leaves which are very common in supermarket salad bags. Celery leaves are also great in a mixed salad.

A few ideas for you hopefully .