Arugula

Arugula has delicate, dark green leaves with a peppery, pepper-like flavor.

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Belgian chicory

European chicory (golden yucca) is tiny, with a firm top wrap and pure white or yellowish leaves. It has a slightly bitter flavor and crisp texture, while it is one of the few vegetables within the vegetables for salads that people are accustomed to cutting with a knife without going through the tearing process, breaking off all the leaves from the top and slicing them horizontally into thin slices of the right size.

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Bibb lettuce

Bibb lettuce is small, with a firm head and light to dark green leaves. Its leaves are soft and oily on the outside, but the ones on the inside have an unexpected crunchy, slightly sweet and mild flavor.

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Boston lettuce

Boston lettuce is fluffy on top and ranges in color from light green to red-toothed. It has a similar texture and flavor to Bibb lettuce, except the leaves are softer.

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Crumpled Leaf Bitter Lettuce

Crumpled Leaf Bitter Lettuce is loose-topped, feathery, and bright green, with slightly bitter leaves that have some unchewable texture.

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Bitter Chicory

Bitter Chicory is somewhat similar to chicory, but has a milder flavor.

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Curly lettuce

Large, rounded heads wrapped tightly in light green leaves, curly lettuce is relatively fresher and crisper, with a very mild flavor.

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Leaf lettuce

Leaf lettuce is a mix of dark red and dark green, with large leaves wrapped loosely around the head. Both the red and green varieties are edible and have a soft, crisp texture. The green-leafed ones are crunchy and mild to eat, while the red-leafed ones have an earthy flavor.

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Wild chicory (also known as lamb's lettuce)

In appearance, small, dark green leaves grow on 3 or 4 stems. They are very delicate and fragile and need to be handled with care.

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Mixed Lettuce

Containing a combination of up to 14 tender green vegetables, mixed lettuce generally includes spinach, red leaf lettuce, oak leaves, bitter chrysanthemums, chicory, and green leaves. Flavors range from mild to slightly bitter blends.

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Chicory

Chicory has a tight head and long red or dark purple leaves with white striped stalks. The flavor is very bitter.

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Long Leaf Lettuce

Long Leaf Lettuce has heads of dark green leaves with a slight earthy flavor.

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Spinach

All varieties of spinach have a bright green color and earthy flavor. Choose tender, dark green spreading leaves or baby spinach for salads over thick, fibrous curly leaf spinach, which is better suited for juicing or sautéing.

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Beansprouts (also known as watercress)

Beansprouts have a delicate appearance, with dark-green leaves and firm, bitter-tasting stems that should be removed when eating. It has a refreshing, mustard-like flavor and is somewhat similar to arugula.