My book will have a combined "salad & sandwich" section since I view both as super lunch-y foods. In real life, I generally make big ole everything salads with no recipe to speak of. I just throw whatever salad-y stuff I have into a bowl and toss with a convenient bottled dressing. But my book will have some real recipes that include homemade dressings and carefully-paired salad ingredients, like in this Seitan & Red Pear Salad:
It uses the Seitan Chicken from another recipe in the book, red pears, green onions, walnuts, and my homemade white pear vinaigrette. It seems a little fancy for country cookin' book, but even the most downhome cook likes to make gourmet stuff sometimes.What's your favorite salad combination?
Really great looking salad.
ReplyDeleteThis summer I was eating a combo of 3 types of lettuce,rocket,onions,olives,green apple,orange,tomatoes and walnuts just sprinkled with some salt and pepper and it was GORGEOUS!
ReplyDeleteI used to make huge salads of a, seemingly, never ending variety of lettuces & other veggies. My favorite these days is lots of greens, cuke slices, Vidalia onion, grape tomatoes, orange segments, red grapes, grated carrots, sliced mushrooms, black olives, roasted sunflower & hulled pumpkin seeds all tossed in a light but tasty vinaigrette, and I'm sure I'm forgetting something, but I love great big salads accompanied with a good large hunk of hearty bread slathered in Earth Balance "butter". That's Livin'!
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ReplyDeleteI am really in love with the quinoa, black bean and mango salad in Vcon. But I use mint instead of coriander, which I think makes it even better.
In a few days, I am posting a couple of salads from an old cookbook. The one we had last night was really good: shredded cabbage, chopped apples, chopped black olives, french dressing, all on a lettuce leaf, garnished with black olives stuffed with soy cream cheeze!
ReplyDeleteI like salads now and then too, i especially like them if they have got chickpeas and sun dried tomatoes in.
ReplyDeleteThat does looks good - I like fruits and nuts in salads. But my favorite is black beans, corn, ranch, and tortilla chips. With tomatoes and carrots when I have them. And bell peppers. Glad to see you're not shying away from real lunch foods!
ReplyDeleteI'll eat anything in a bowl as long as it has goddess dressing on it! This salad sounds good too, a composed salad is nice sometimes.
ReplyDeleteOh yum that looks Sally delicious. I had a great salad in Edinburgh earlier this month, it had rocket, roasted butternut squash, caramelised onions & sultanas, yum!
ReplyDeletei don't believe i've ever had pear in salad... but i've followed your tastebuds before with no regrets!
ReplyDeleteright now, i'm loving the roasted veggie salad on jessy's blog!
I love salad! There's nothing like crispy fresh veggies and lettuces smothered in a tasty dressing. Or just a drizzle of olive oil and lemon juice.
ReplyDeleteThis combination sounds awesome! I usually start with greens, add some fruit (strawberries or apples are favorites), then some walnuts or chickpeas and cover it with balsamic vinegar and olive oil. I need to try this, I love pears.
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