posted on May 29, 2004 08:59:59 PM new
I am on this kick with a tomatoes, feta and olives salad. But it will be wearing thin soon as I've been into it eating it everyday for about two weeks now.
Since its summer and I am not cooking nada, I am getting into salads. Anybody want to post their favorites for suggestions?
posted on May 29, 2004 09:16:09 PM new
Oh Yes, Libra. A really good tomato and fresh greens goes a long way. (Kinda hard to get very good produce anymore at least here). I was never a big salad person..all of a sudden I am into it! Maybe my body is craving the vitamins? And yes, crutons are good on them too for added flavor!
(btw, just read tomatoes have some special something or other cancer fighting properties -more so than other fruits/veggies?)
posted on May 29, 2004 09:18:51 PM new
Here's a nice one for a summer evening:
Wilted chicken salad
left over grilled chicken breasts
extra virgin olive oil, or diced bacon or salt pork
chopped scallions
balsamic vinegar
chopped fresh garlic...lots
snipped fresh rosemary or chopped up basil
fresh ground black pepper
diced mushrooms
romaine hearts, chopped for salad
mesclun or fresh baby greens salad mix
chopped fresh tomatoes
mix the greens and the romaine together and spread them out on a heatproof plate that is the same diameter as your skillet.
In the skillet, preferably but not necessarily a cast iron one, fry the bacon or heat up the olive oil. Add the onions and cook for a bit, then add the chicken, diced up first. When the chicken is almost heated thru, add the garlic, so it cooks but doesn't brown. When you add the garlic, also add the rosemary or basil. When all seems hot enough, splash in the vinegar, and just get it hot. Spoon the mixture evenly over the salad greens, and invert the skillet over the plate for a minute to fully wilt the greens.
You can top it with a nice feta or other crumbly white cheese if you want to, but it's not required.
Goes best with Newcastle Brown Ale....Guinness is too heavy for this one.
sorry neroter, you do have to get a pan hot on this one
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posted on May 29, 2004 09:55:55 PM new
Broccoli Salad
1 head of broccoli cut into bite size pieces
1 c. of raisins
1/2 c. of sunflower seeds
1/2 c. fake bacon bits (or real bacon)
1/4 c. chopped Spanish onion
1 can of water chestnuts quartered wholes or sliced
1/4 c. sugar
1/2 - 3/4 c. of mayo
posted on May 30, 2004 05:44:09 AM new
Prof and Kraft,
Thanks those two sound very good!
(Rasins and brococcli combo, huh? have to try that!)
Prof, I dont mind a little bit of cooking most times. Just dont look forward to the clean up process. Hey, please know you are invited over anytime to whip up such a meal. (I just love a man that can cook!) okay - I am printing out both of those and going to try them this week.
Near, yes thats it! lyrocene! I already take an aspirin a day - they just came out with that is a preventative for breast cancer as well. Figure if you dont at least try to take care of yourself, then you have less to blame when and if the sh** hits the fan as you age!
posted on May 30, 2004 07:21:24 AM new
My favorite is still good old fashioned macaroni salad. The secret? Besides adding every veggie you like, add some sweetened condensed milk to the mayo (to taste). I only use Miracle Whip and get raves for my salad. I hate making it though because of the amount of veggie chopping I have to do. Some of my favorite veggies to add are: celery (tons of it), onions, radishes, green peppers, sweet pickles, cucumbers. Also, I had paprika to give it a bit of a zing and of course, eggs! I never add mustard of any kind.
We make a meal out of it! I have to make triple batches around here because it just doesn't last.
Cheryl
[ edited by cblev65252 on May 30, 2004 07:22 AM ]
posted on May 30, 2004 12:00:23 PM new
I am very sorry cheryl, but Miracle Whip (shudder) is not Mayonnaise. It's....something else
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posted on May 30, 2004 04:30:09 PM new
For some reason I don't like the taste of Mayonaise. I can't put my finger on it but it just tastes strange. Any ideas why. I love Miracle Whip.
posted on May 31, 2004 09:47:02 PM new
I love MIracle Whip so can't have it in the house very often. I think for me it's the sweet-sour combination that I love. And I have to state categorically that old-fashioned potato salad (the kind with eggs and onion and celery and sweet pickle) MUST have Miracle Whip!
I make Sunset Magazine's Tabbouli, which is nutritious and has very little fat in it. Absolutely wonderful--but only in the summer, I think.
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posted on May 31, 2004 10:04:58 PM new
My favorite salad is very simple: tomatoes, cukes, romaine, fresh mushrooms and jalipienos (sp). Chop it all up, throw it all in a huge mixing bowl and top it off with some hot salsa. Goes great with an iced coffee (I have been dry for 10 years now). Sometimes I will grill up some chicken or salmon and toss it in there as well.
If you want it less spicy, remove the 'pinos. If you use salsa as a topping, you get the added benifit of no calories and tons of flavor.
Enjoy,
Rick
Genesis 1:1
"I am trying here to prevent anyone saying the really foolish thing that people often say about Him: "I'm ready to accept Jesus as a great moral teacher, but I do not accept His claim to be God." That is one thing we must not say. A man who was merely a man and said the sort of things Jesus said would not be a great moral teacher. He would either be a lunatic....or else he would be the devil of Hell. You must make your choice. Either this man was, and is, the Son of God: or else a madman or something worse. You can shut Him up for a fool, you can spit at Him and kill Him as a demon; or you can fall at His feet and call Him Lord and God. But let us not come with any patronizing nonsense about His being a great human teacher. He has not left that open to us. He did not intend to."
C.S. Lewis: "Mere Christianity"
