Wednesday, March 12, 2008

my favorite salad lately

at cheryl's prompting i'm going to share this little tip that caleb's mom gave me. i've had it probably 5 times in the last week. sooo easy but delish.

pour a bit of olive oil over field greens (spinach works, too), mix the greens/oil with your hands til the greens are coated.

pour a smidge of kosher or sea salt in your cupped palm. squeeze lemon juice over it and then sprinkle over greens. mix in.

that's IT!!! if you dont believe me, try it.

you can also mix in whatever you want. i have done almonds or sunflower seeds. and/or parmesan. i prefer to keep it simple

the oil coating keeps the salad from getting soggified by the lemon juice.

i'm never going back to bottled salad dressings.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

YO! i just made this last nite (with cheryl's carbonara), topped with almonds, and boy-oh-boy was this a hit! i think i could eat a whole bag of salad at once this way. it's so simple and surprisingly delish!

i saw a recipe on Martha for preserved lemons (cut in half, doused in equal parts salt n sugar - and you can grill 'em or put them on the side of something)....i bet they'd be good with this. tingle all sides of the tongue!