Insalata Caprese with nasturtiums?

 I've been thinking...

Would nasturtium leaves, cut into thin ribbons (chiffonaded, if I must be proper), and added to tomatoes, buffalo mozzarella and purple basil be...wrong?

I had forgotten about the simple nasturtium until I saw their butter yellow flowers trailing up and down a picket fence in my mom's herb garden. Their leaves are delicious, peppery and apparently antimicrobial. As a child I was instructed to go into the garden and wrap one leaf around a small piece of cheese, to chew for sore throat relief. The cheese was my reward for taking the medicine.

I have not eaten them for a long time, but while thinking of ideas for AOL's Shelterpop I got the bright one of "Grow your own Lunch." Well, my lunches turned out rather green, and why not? Growwe bruin brood, as we say (rough brown bread), nasturtium leaves, and grated sharp cheddar. Lekker. And mighty good for you.

Still tinkering with that favourite salad.

And tinkering with the blog: to constantly post mega, screen-eating pictures does not seem justified unless they are very good, and obviously not all of them are. These two pictures, for instance - they're nice, the first one is better, but they're not spectacular. Does one want an entire screenful of OK nasturtium leaves?

Does one want nasturtium leaves in one's Insalata Caprese?

We shall see. A last lunch on Sunday, hopefully under the tree. Friends and Interesting People to feed.