spring mix

Baby greens medley

Spring mix is a salad blend of young, tender greens—typically including varieties like arugula, spinach, frisée, radicchio, and oak leaf lettuce.

The leaves are harvested early, making them more delicate than mature greens.

Spring mix became a grocery staple in the 1990s as pre-washed bagged salads gained popularity: I just tossed some spring mix with vinaigrette.

Related

frisée · mesclun · arugula · microgreens · oak leaf · watercress · leafy greens · vinaigrette · olive oil · radishes · vegetables · baby kale · toss · salad spinner · bagged · healthy eating · dressed · light lunch

Categories
Opposites
lettuce/salad green type

spring mixiceberg lettuce

Compact, pale salad green

iceberg · romaine · butter lettuce · cabbage · green leaf lettuce

delicacy/hardiness

spring mixkale

Loose-leafed cabbage relative

collard greens · cabbage · chard · Swiss chard · mustard greens

Family

mix, spring, mixed, mixture, mixer, mixing, springs, unmixed, mixers

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Everyday, not technical · Rated G