Watercress

Another great Christmas here in New Mexico. Turkey, stuffing and salad. Simple fare, but good company.

We grew most of the salad ingredients. We have lettuce growing in the sun room after moving it out of the greenhouse (it's down to 14 at night these days). We also used some of the dried tomatoes we put up back in October. The weather was great so we took a walk up to the weir to collect some watercress for the salad too.

Watercress is related to Mustards, but is a semi-aquatic plant. It is a non-native species, but is found in our local water ways, and that of others around the country. It has a nice peppery flavor. It's also reported that the watercress plant has properties of antioxidents.

It was nice to get out and walk with Molli and Phil. A great way to spend the holiday.