My clean house friend without any hobbies made us salad a couple weeks ago that I actually liked.
I typically am not a fan of salad because
- Boring
- Food touching
- Hungry by the time I finish eating
- They don’t make chocolate salads
- Really good salads are missing bread – and that’s why I like sandwiches better.
She violated item 2 something fierce – This salad had green stuff, strawberries, cranberries, feta, nuts and some vinaigrette. I was mourning the loss of perfectly good strawberries, but tried it anyway and actually liked it.
We paid for a CSA this year – The whole ‘eat local’ thing, along with – if I’m handed a food I wouldn’t normally eat, I’ll figure out a way to hide it so we don’t waste it.
I present to you the CSA Week One Salad
A bunch of green stuff (I don’t know what – 4 kinds of weeds I picked through and stuck in the colander to clean)
Radishes (chopped small so they are hidden), strawberries, cranberries, green onion, almonds, rest of some vinaigrette. Green stuff in a bowl, red stuff on top.
I’m not in love with this concoction, but I figure when the compost scraps looks like this, I must bein doing something good for me.
3 Comments
cindy w
I love salad. Mainly because it’s a vehicle for ranch dressing. However, I am not a fan of fruit on salad. I know people do it all the time with apples, strawberries, etc., but I am not a fan.
I’m a fruit purist. I want it ALONE. I don’t even like fruit mixed with chocolate. (Ok, I’ll make an exception for chocolate and strawberries. But that’s it.)
Al_Pal
Yummeh. Salad is one of our favorite foods. & we put all kinda stuff on it. Croutons are a good substitute for bread. Or you can have a side of bread to dip in the dressing. ;p
&, yeah, we’ve no problems with foods touching.
Feta + berries = yum
Pear + blue cheese = yum
Apple is good too, but pear–zomg, pear. 😛
Amanda
Not sure if you are into spicy stuff, but if you are, I find that broiling the nuts (almonds, pecans, hazlenuts, almonds, whatever) and adding a bit of cayenne or nutmeg if you don’t do spicy, adds a nice bit of zing. Also, when doing fruit, a bit of cheese—feta, bleu or cheddar, makes them play nice and not seem like dessert with weeds. And the person before me has it down—pear is THE salad fruit.
If you aren’t adding a protein (mmm, black or soy beans) then you should add a bit of bread with hummus.
You rawk!