Strange but delicious salads.

#1

Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 10:35am

I just threw together a salad that is really delish.
Lettuce. Ripe strawberries. Seedless red grapes and ginger dressing. It sounds disgusting, but it is the best salad I have ever tasted.
Try it!

#2

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 11:45am

One of my favorites is rocket, avocado, and grapefruit sections. Dressing is a little chili oil mixed with the juice from the grapefruit and add a pinch of salt. It's wonderful.

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#3

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 11:47am

The best salad that I ever had was on a side street in Vienna.
It had potato and cucumber with an amazing dressing.

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#4

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 11:48am

I'm awfully partial to my Tuscan Bean Salad: white beans, olive oil, tuna and red onions.

I also like roasted beets, smoked trout and creme fraiche.

#5

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 11:50am

Brianna's Poppy Seed Dressing is fab over greens, strawberries, grape tomatoes, and walnuts.

#6

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 12:04pm

Romaine
grape tomatoes
feta cheese
dried cranberries (or raisins)
sunflower seeds (or walnuts)
a little chopped red onion
balsamic vinaigrette


Sounds odd. tastes fab.

#7

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 12:15pm

peach--love that salad. I use "craisins" in it! :o)

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#8

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 12:17pm

I had a salad somewhere that had salmon and red potatoes and a little dill. I assume there was mayo present. It was fantastic!

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#9

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 12:35pm

Sweet Tangy Crunchy Tuna Salad:

2 cups Tuna
1 cup Shredded Carrots
1/2 cup raisins
1/4 cup sliced green onion
mayo

The sweetness of the raisins and carrots play nicely against the grren onion.

It also works with chicken.

#10

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 12:38pm

I just had a sald of:
mixed greens
2 slices of tomato with basil
a few ounces of grilled salmon
some low-cal balsamic vinagrette.

Yum yum.

#11

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 4:50pm

it's not really very strange, but baby spinach, turkey bacon crumbles and crumbled hard boiled egg with light honey french dressing is awesome.

#12

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 5:52pm

A friend of mine makes a salad of baby spinach leaves and fresh strawberries with a sweet and sour poppy seed dressing. It is very good. I updated it a bit and added walnuts and water chestnuts for crunch. Incidentally, there is a wonderful chain of restaurants in California called Fresh Choice. It is basically a huge salad bar with everything ranging from hearts of palm to artichokes to fresh beets. They have a vast array of unusaual lettuces and other greens as well. If you are ever in the Silicon Valley area , try one of them.

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#13

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 6:00pm

Lettuce
Feta Cheese
Walnuts
Crasins
Raspberry Vinagrette

#14

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 6:03pm

Corine, that sounds good.

My mother makes this amazing salad, but I'm not sure of the exact ingredients. It's lettuce and strawberries, mainly; I can't remember what else is in it, but I'll ask her and find out. It's in this really light, slightly citrus-y vinaigrette.

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#15

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:24pm

"I just threw together a salad that is really delish."

Why does Corine make her comments sound like they were lifted from Photoplay magazine?

When did you last hear any intelligent person used the term "delish"? 1940?

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#16

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/10/06 at 9:30pm

My favorite salad: arugula, pear chunks, walnuts and goat cheese with a balsamic vinaigrette that also has some red wine vinegar, olive oil, walnut oil and Dijon mustard in it.

#17

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/11/06 at 8:55am

Love any kind of salad. These all sound great. And Dolly, I'm still laughing. 1940....lol.

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#18

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/11/06 at 12:34pm

You are all making me hungry!!!!!

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#19

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:31pm

While perhaps more a cole slaw than a salad, I can devour a huge bowl of:

slivered cabbage
watercress
slivered radish

toss in olive oil stirred with some fancy fresh lime or lemon juice as from a Tahitian lime or Hilo, lisbon or Meyer lemon

add seasonal berries, fruit, avocado as available, different every time

toss again gently

#20

re: Strange but delicious salads.

Posted: 5/11/06 at 3:46pm

Well, Dolly, you were the only one around in 1940, so we'll just have to take your word for it..

Since when is fruit in a salad "strange?"