A potpourri of young salad greens, mesclun (pronounced MEHS-kluhn ... Mache (MAHSH): A small-leafed green, mache is known as lamb’s lettuce or corn salad and has a somewhat sweet flavor.

Once cooked, enjoy it as a side or try mixing it into a pasta dish with other veggies. Mesclun isn’t the name of a kind of lettuce; it means a mix of greens (you may also know it as spring mix).

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