10 dressed gem Recipes

cucumber, mild onions (optional) or 1 medium mild onion (optional), lettuce (i use cos, romaine or little gem, and you only need a few leaves per serving), feta cheese (100g), olive oil, lemon , juice of, dried oregano, pepper , to taste

butter, baby carrots, button mushrooms, onions , rough chopped, garlic cloves, tomato paste, fresh thyme leave, frozen corn, ground pork, ground beef, eggs, breadcrumbs, worcestershire sauce, hot sauce, to taste i like to kick it up, hidden valley original ranch dressing and seasoning mix, divided in half for meat and glaze, mozzarella cheese (for those of us that like it hot) or 9 oz monterey jack pepper cheese (for those of us that like it hot), shallot, minced, tomato paste, brown sugar

marinade (important: reserve 1/2 a cup), garlic, peeled and lightly crushed, fresh ginger, lightly crushed, soy sauce, sugar, mirin (japanese sweet rice cooking wine), peanut oil, all natural skinless, boneless chicken thighs, scallions , mostly the thicker parts, cut into 11/2-inch lengths, cucumber & sesame salad on side, sliced peeled cucumbers, chopped romaine hearts , sweet gem lettuce leaves (or butter lettuce), toasted sesame seeds, mix all the below for the dressing, quality mayonnaise, honey, seasoned rice wine vinegar, toasted sesame oil to taste (careful, it s strong!)

cider vinegar or 2 tbsp white wine vinegar, double cream, olive oil, stilton cheese or 2 oz other blue cheese (i used danish blue), little gem lettuce (i have done it with sliced romaine as well with very good results), green onions, finely sliced, sugar or 1 tbsp substitute (the recipe did not call for this, it is my preference, but i found it added a lovely flavour to the), salt and pepper

pasta, shape, cooked turkey or 4 oz chicken, chopped, baby gem lettuce, chopped, canned sweetcorn, tomatoes, cut in half, green onion, thinly sliced, light olive oil, runny honey, soy sauce, fresh lemon juice

wonton wrappers, deep frying oil, gem lettuce, cut into 1 inch size, cucumber, halved, seeded and diced, tomatoes, peeled, seeded and diced, hard-cooked egg white, diced, crunchy peanut butter, coconut milk, sugar (optional), drops lemon juice (optional), drops tabasco sauce, salt & fresh ground pepper

extra-virgin olive oil, balsamic vinegar, honey, garlic, crushed, english mustard powder or 1/2 tsp dijon mustard, freshly ground pepper and sea salt (recommended: maldon sea salt), butterhead lettuce, oak leaf lettuce, little gem, iceberg lettuce, saladisi, mysticana, lollo rosso, frisee, radicchio, red orah leaves, rocket (arugula), edible chrysanthemum leaves, wild sorrel leaves or buckler leaf sorrel, golden marjoram, salad burnet, borage or hyssop flowers, young nasturtium leaves and flowers, marigold petals, chive or wild garlic flowers, herb leaves , such as lemon balm, mint, flat parsley, green pea shoots or broad bean tips

unsmoked bacon , lardons, cooked boneless skinless chicken breast, baby gem lettuce, bought croutons (preferably small ones , sometimes i make my own), good caesar salad dressing, freshly grated parmesan cheese, leaves chicory lettuce (red and green together look great), parmesan cheese , shavings (to garnish)