16 July 2010
New Salad ... Hurray for Fresh Summer Produce!
I got local Romaine lettuce today for 70 cents a head. There were beautiful apricots mounded up in the fruit section of the super and I plucked four from the pile. Green peppers are here at last and they are so pretty - shiny and crisp- looking. I am thinking of a salad ... a sweet salad to go with some baked cod and here it is! A psychedelic treat ...
Do you mind if I don't have exact measurements in the ingredients list? Salads don't really need it ... when you make a salad, you pick things over, slice up more of what you love and a bit less of what you don't love so much. It's really all about the combination of flavors. I am in the mood for the sweetness of fruit and the earthiness of nuts, some green snappy crunch and a whole lotta Romaine. So ... here goes!
Let's make a yummah summer salad!
Basic Ingredients:
Enough produce for a salad for four:
Romaine lettuce, washed and spun, chopped bite-sized
4 stalks celery, sliced on diagonal
1 medium green pepper, seeded and de-veined, sliced thinly
4 apricots, pitted and sliced
2 handsful of blueberries, washed and drained
1 small handful sliced sweet white onion
toasted pecans, chopped
Dressing:
2 - 3 tbsp. sugar
2 tbsp. raspberry vinegar
1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard
a pinch of kosher salt
a few sprinkles of black pepper
1/4 c. your lightest oil ( I used peanut oil, but canola would work)
Whisk, whisk, whisk and drizzle over the top of the salad. Rustle the surface to let the dressing ooze down through and serve.
Labels:
Gluten-Free Foods,
Salads,
Veggies Side
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Oh how wonderful Susan - apricots and nuts in a salad. This is completely up my alley, right down to the dressing :)
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