Arugula

Arugula. Who likes the stuff anyway? I would choose any other green leaf before I would pick up some arugula. The taste is strong and bitter, I am not a fan. Somehow on my adventure to the Farmer's market last Saturday I ended up with some arugula. I have a "sympathy buying" problem. I noticed that one of the vendors had no one looking at their veggies so I went up to look. Somehow I ended up with arugula... They were a sweet couple who kept telling me the health benefits of arugula and had a nice little booklet telling me all about it. I am typically more of a spinach kind of a girl, but alas! Spinach is over for the season. I decided to help them out and give myself a bit of a challenge. I have been trying to like foods I have disliked for a long time (i.e.bananas, raisins, coconut, and nuts) I have only succeeded in liking nuts and just may be beginning to like coconut (bananas and raisins I have no taste for). I am now beginning my trial of arugula. I first decided to have it in a simple salad (that is typically what one does with arugula) I decided to throw in a lot of veggies (maybe counteract that strong arugula taste a bit). I added some oak lettuce, cucumbers, green peppers, and tomatoes. I decided that fresh herbs are always yummy in anything. I plucked off some sage and basil out of my pots of planted herbs and added that to my salad as well. I tossed it all in a olive oil, cracked pepper mixture and topped off my arugula salad in feta cheese. It was delicious! I have now also tried a prosciutto roll stuffed with arugula, goat cheese and a champagne salad dressing. It was also very tasty. I may be liking arugula yet...