How to Use mizuna in a Sentence

mizuna

noun
Definition of mizunanext
  • Once the danger of frost has passed, sow greens like arugula, mache, and mizuna.
    — Heather Arndt Anderson, Sunset Magazine, 16 Mar. 2020
  • His take on a Nicoise salad uses mizuna, a poached egg and black olive tapenade.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 25 May 2017
  • Add cooled black rice, asparagus, green onion, threefourths of mizuna, and half of the mint, toasted sesame seeds, and chile flakes.
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Divide rice among bowls and top with shrimp mixture, drained pickled radishes, and mizuna.
    — Andy Baraghani, Bon Appetit, 19 Feb. 2017
  • Spread salad on 2 large serving platters and top with remaining mizuna, mint, sesame seeds, and chile flakes, plus a sprinkle of flaky sea salt and the puffed black rice (if using).
    — Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • If your grocery store doesn’t carry mizuna, try a farmers’ market.
    — Maya Wong, Sunset Magazine, 17 Mar. 2020
  • Arctic Organics plans to have basil, chives, rhubarb, sorrel, pac choi, mizuna and other early-season crops.
    — Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 20 June 2019
  • Meanwhile, in a large bowl, toss together 8 cups mizuna, tat soi or mixed spring greens, 2 scallions, minced, 3 radishes, thinly sliced, and 1 teaspoon minced ginger.
    — Louisa Shafia, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2018
  • And Crispy Rice is a rich bowl of complex textures and fatty acidity: Crunchy rice chunks are topped with a little bitter mizuna and hot kimchi, a poached egg and bright pickled straw mushrooms.
    — Kathleen Purvis, charlotteobserver, 19 Mar. 2018
  • A mound of Dungeness crab in a pea purée, adorned with pea shoots and a purple mizuna flower, was sweet and light; a fillet of trout, topped with trout roe and served in a malted rice, scallion and ginger vinaigrette, had a rich, buttery texture.
    — Shivani Vora, New York Times, 7 July 2017
  • One verdant sea of mizuna, dill, chervil and parsley had Parmesan, plus a splash of lemony soy sauce to complement the dish’s crowning touch: tender, crusty tatsuta-age (deep-fried) sweetbreads.
    — Providence Cicero, The Seattle Times, 25 May 2017
  • The vertical farm grows kale, bok choi, watercress, arugula, red-leaf lettuce, mizuna, and other baby salad greens.
    — Ian Frazier, The New Yorker, 9 Jan. 2017
  • Rempel Family Farm is bringing in organic arugula, mizuna, kale and salad mix to this week’s market.
    — Steve Edwards, Anchorage Daily News, 7 June 2019
  • However, for those who fancy some purple-ruffles basil and mizuna with their lamb’s leaf lettuce, there is an alternative to nostalgia.
    — The Economist, 29 Aug. 2019
  • Veggie has allowed astronauts to grow Chinese cabbage, mizuna mustard greens, red Russian kale, three types of lettuce and even zinnia flowers.
    — Ashley Strickland, CNN, 6 Mar. 2020
  • Arctic Organics will have a ton of other green stuff as well: baby and bunched arugula, greens mix, scallions, Easter Egg radishes, pac choi, rhubarb, sorrel, mizuna, chives, sage, basil, and butter, romaine and leaf lettuces.
    — Donna Freedman, Alaska Dispatch News, 28 June 2017
  • This salad is especially good made with tender greens like baby red or green mustard, radish leaves, red or green mizuna, and/or tops of edible chrysanthemum, but feel free to experiment.
    — Sunset Magazine, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Bitter and tender: Arugula, endive, frisée, mizuna, radicchio, radish greens, watercress.
    — Alexa Weibel, New York Times, 11 Apr. 2020
  • Since then, Veggie has also nurtured other plants including Chinese cabbage, zinnias and mizuna.
    — Kenneth Chang, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2020
  • There are spicy mizunas, tender bok choy, beautiful amaranths, and the versatile komatsuna—all rich in vitamins with many varieties that are perfect for transitional times of year, including as winter turns into spring.
    — Mike Irvine, Sunset, 22 Jan. 2018
  • Vegetable gardeners will be looking to diversify their harvests with leafy greens generally grown outside the United States — bok choy, mizuna and komatsuna among them, according to the horticulturists.
    — Washington Post, 7 Jan. 2020

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