i've never really understood why people make salads at home the way they do. growing up we always had iceburg lettuce salads.... sometimes with a few additives usually a few carrots, cucumbers, tomatoes if in season. that's all fine, but who really likes iceburg lettuce??? you can't tell me that anyone out there really prefers it to any other kind of lettuce. get it together people!
if you are making your own salad at home, cutting things up, why not make the salad out of what i like to call "the good stuff"??? i refuse to use iceburg lettuce, and actually, i use the lettuce sparingly. i reckon you shouldn't be able to take one bite of a salad without having something "good" along with the lettuce. by lettuce, let me also clarify: lettuce is baby spinach, purple cabbage, and romaine hearts.
so, i live by these principles, and although i'm no expert i always get compliments on my "good stuff" salads. so, next time you are making something on the grill, make a lovely salad to go with it, and make sure it's a good stuff salad. here's an example: yellow peppers, orange peppers (i don't care what anyone says they ARE sweeter), sugar snap peas, green beans, mushrooms, tomatoes, carrots, cabbage, soy nuts, and a little lettuce.
i guarantee you won't go back to the old iceburg crap.
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What about beet greens and arugula? And what about those awesome little mandarin oranges? And bleu cheese? And avocado?
see how that would be much more of a monetary investment if i were to say, oh, i don't know.... dump the whole salad on the floor!!! ha ha.
besides, some of us have to watch our caloric intake.
Okay, you got me. But I will have you know that the salad I dropped on the floor contained no lettuce. No lettuce!
And I always feel like the medical benefits of things like bleu cheese and avocados make up for the number of calories. At least, that's my excuse.
I have a "salad" cookbook in which every recipe for "salad" calls for at least one box of Jell-o.
you americans are weird. let me say this for the record - jello has absolutely no business being anywhere near a salad. jello is for dessert - not for salad - NEVER....there - no you can all pound me with taunts about vegemite.
but leeser - there's always room for jello!!! god bless america!! :)
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