Have you tried arugula?

Arugula salad with strawberries, blueberries, and chicken. Tossed with balsamic vinaigrette.

I talk a lot about watercress here, but today is all about arugula.
B&W grows both varieties, both Great in salads, sandwiches, soups, sauces, frittatas, quiches, well, everything!
Arugula is often described as tasting like watercress but more peppery. Some facts about arugula are similar to those of watercress. Arugula was widely thought of as an aphrodisiac in ancient Rome.
It's spicy goodness is a healthy choice in any diet. It contains essential nutrients that help keep your body healthy, powerful in disease prevention, and a great aid in maintaining permanent weight loss.

Recently I discovered there's a liquer called "Rucolino" that is made in Italy, on the island of Ischia. The Chowhound shares a recipe on how to make your own here: http://www.chowhound.com/post/rucolino-983069 or you can buy it all sorts of places online.

Image from: http://www.ischiasapori.eu/prodotto-142806/RUCOLINO-10-CL-FIASCHETTA.aspx

There's a delicious recipe for arugula pesto, on our website: 

http://www.bwqualitygrowers.com/recipes/arugula-pesto/

Enjoy!

A mention in the New York Times

You can find B&W Quality Growers watercress in all sorts of places! And it comes with a bite.

Original link: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/01/27/dining/vincent-price-cookbook.html?_r=0

Watercress + Nigella Lawson

Nigella Lawson is one of my favorite chefs and uses watercress in many recipes. Here she is making a watercress and sugar snap pea salad:

For the salad:

1 bag of B&W Watercress

1 bunch of sugar snap peas

For the Lime Wasabi dressing:

3 T bottled lime juice

4 T oil of choice

1 T wasabi paste

1/2 tsp coarse salt

Mix in jar and shake

Finish salad by tossing watercress and snap peas, drizzle dressing and serve.

Video Watercress

Watercress is definitely star of the show for me, it turns out is for a lot of people! Here's a neat video I found, from a delightful chef named Lisa Clarke in the UK: https://youtu.be/_qFLDrmKJ_w