Looking for a Saturday topic, I decided on salad for the summer (or at least until it proves too much of a challenge).
On a hot and sticky summer day, a cold salad is often the best form of light fare. When you already have a diminished appetite due to the human tendency to shut down when it’s oppressively hot, the salad is a welcome delight. The summer brings with it a lot of green salad-friendly ingredients: lettuce of all shapes and sizes, tomatoes in various hues, cucumbers, radishes, carrots, bell peppers, avocado, endive, berries, edible flowers… this list could go on and on. The Dupont Circle Freshfarm Market is a sea of flavors and colors during the summer, with local and semi-local farmers displaying a cornucopia of incredients, many of which would be most tasty in a salad.
So what I’m looking for is salad recipes. It could be a green salad, an egg salad, a new twist on a tuna salad, or possibly a Utah-friendly Jell-O salad. Anything goes - have fun!
And please post your recipes in the comments section! Don’t be afraid - we don’t bite.
A good basic salad for a meal replacement.
A basic green salad with Boston/Bib lettuce, tomatoes, cucumbers and olives. Add boiled potatoes and chicken (roasted or boiled). Toss with a white wine vinaigrette.
Comment by Abby — June 13, 2005 @ 6:50 pm