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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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 Posted - 07/31/2004 : 05:13:04
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It's now summer, and therefore salad time.
Now, generally I don't approve of salad, it seems frivolous - you don't get a lot of substance out of it.
But then it occurred to me maybe I should try, there's a vague chance that women find salad more appealing than if I was eating a bacon sandwich or fried chicken.
Unfortunately, I'm not very inventive with salads: I usually just have lettuce and tomatoes and put olive oil and maybe some balsamic on. So does anyone have any clever suggestions?
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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offerw
* Dog in the Sand *
South Africa
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 06:32:00
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Small pieces of good Danish Feta cheese for a perfect salad.
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pfeffa
= Cult of Ray =
Aruba
367 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 06:51:01
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| On FoodTv.com, also a US cable channel, they have lots of good, eclectic salad recipes. I've made a few of them, but it looks like my favorite (spinach with balsamic strawberries) is missing? :( |
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Carolynanna
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Canada
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 08:00:46
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NimrodsSon
* Dog in the Sand *
USA
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 08:25:30
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Buy this book: http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0890190348/qid=1091286543/sr=1-1/ref=sr_1_1/104-7204372-4391919?v=glance&s=books
Unfortunately it's out of print, but Amazon has several used copies available. It is like the salad bible--70 completely different raw salad recipes that are all anything but the conventional lettuce and tomoato salad. And the guy who wrote the book lived to be 118 years old if that makes you feel good about eating his recipes. It also has lots of nutritional information (which, like I said, coming from a guy who was 118 when he died, has got to be pretty relevant) and daily meal plans utilizing the salad recipes.
¡Viva los Católicos y la Pistolaa! |
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 08:30:51
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I feel like I have to eat salad in the summer, there's a new law or something apparantly, we have to eat salad if the temperature is more than 32 degrees for two consecutive days. They are boring though. I tend to add chopped up lots of things, cheese apples pears oniond carrots evertthing, pickles work too.
OOh so do Baco's buy baco's they're the coolest. little bits of crunchy bacon flavoured bits very unsophisticated but yummy! They're the things you get at pizza hut salad bar, you can get them in the supermarket too. I wan't Baco's
Frank Black ate my Hamster
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martha_promise
= Cult of Ray =
USA
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 08:46:07
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Grilled Chicken, bacon-bits, hardboiled egg, western dressing, & cheese, lots and lots of cheese.
Great, now I'm hungry. I gotta go...
~~I love the north part, I love your marble ear~~ |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 08:57:07
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OK, now I'm just showing off, but Wilhelm might understand.
My last day in South Africa, we went to the Big 5 restaurant in Vaalwater for lunch, and I had the best chicken salad in the world.
I might try to approximate that later, with some chili chicken and some bits and pieces.
Any good recipes for dressings? I know to some extent salad dressing can defeat the object of a healthy salad, but its still some fine eating.
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 10:57:18
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greek/mediterannean thing:
nice leafy greens (and/or spinnach)
sliced up tomato
sliced up mozzarella
olives
sliced red onions
crushed black pepper
throw on extra virgin olive oil and basalmic vinegar.
easy to make.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:00:21
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Sounds good floopus.
I now have some feta cheese to go in, yer tasty lettuce und tomato, some carrots, red/green/yellow peppers, chicken, and stuff like lemon juice, wine vinegar, balsamic, EV olive oil and S&P to put on. Should keep me going, but I still think I'm going to need some rice as well...
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:04:33
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Cobb salads are quite good... traditionally
prime rib
chopped eggs
toms
cukes
blue cheese (I perfer feta)
on a bed of assorted greens
and served with French/Catalonia dressing
And all the toppings are in lines across the plate...
You can be as creative as you want with a Cobb salad...
I love olives so I'd have to have olives...
And I am quite the fan of chef salads: eggs, peppers, brocoli, carrots, toms, cukes, red onions, ham and turkey with Ranch...
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronkenhehehahhahehehaha
I almost forgot Ceasar salads (trad. Romaine, Romano cheese, Croutons, and Ceasar dressing, all tossed together) with grilled chicken...
Without any hesitation, I can say I can make the best Ceasar dessing in the world... it's so good I can't share the recipe, but one of the secret ingredients is raw egg yokes... |
Edited by - Little Black Francis on 07/31/2004 11:13:26 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:06:13
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if you're only having a salad, and nothing with it, yeah, you've got to beef it up.
slices of tofu are good for adding some protein. that can go in almost any salad. slice avocado too.. that'll add some "substance".
i also like beans in salads. black beans, pinto beans, lima beans..
a good compliment to a salad is a quesadilla. that's a nice healthy well-balanced lunch or dinner.
do you guys generally eat salads more in the summer?
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Little Black Francis
> Teenager of the Year <
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Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:09:52
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Caribbean cobb salad
mixed greens
toms
cukes
mango salsa
blue cheese
avacado
and breaded turkey nuggets
(toss the greens, cukes and toms, all very finely chopped, and mango salsa, top with cheese, and avacodo and turkey nuggs, looks really pretty with all the colors)
Floops quesedillas zijn te vergelijken met het likken van fatsige Albert's aars nadat hij een fles laxeermiddel heeft leeggedronkenhehehahhahehehaha |
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Cheeseman1000
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
Iceland
8201 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:10:27
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Some beans, that might go nicely. And croutons, I'd forgotten them. How can I not have croutons?
We have some serious chefs here. Andrew, that all sounds mighty fine. Even floop's suggestions sound good.
Kind regards,
Dr. Simon
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Edited by - Cheeseman1000 on 07/31/2004 11:12:08 |
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floop
= Wannabe Volunteer =
Mexico
15297 Posts |
Posted - 07/31/2004 : 11:14:20
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oh yeah, corn too.
corn good.
ist es möglich für ein quesadilla skrotum zu lecken? beim sprechen der quesadillas von LBF, ja. ja in der tatheheheheheheehehee! |
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Homers_pet_monkey
= Official forum monkey =
United Kingdom
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Posted - 08/01/2004 : 10:17:41
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Give me Thousand Island dressing any day.
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VoVat
>> Denizen of the Citizens Band <<
USA
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Posted - 08/01/2004 : 20:09:59
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I'm not a fan of salad, really. I guess I never grew out of my "vegetables are yucky!" phase. I'll eat them occasionally, though. I prefer them with meat and cheese, but that sort of makes them less salad-y.
Cattle in Korea / They can really moo. |
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slaveish
= Cult of Ray =
USA
269 Posts |
Posted - 08/03/2004 : 22:23:15
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what I had for dinner: (too hot and steamy in new york to eat anything but a salad)
sauteed zuchinni- I cut it crosswise into four sections, then turn each section on its end and cut into 6 pie-shaped pieces. then I sautee it quickly at a fairly high temp, so it browns lightly, but stays firm. I put it on a plate and let it cool while I'm getting the other ingredients ready.
Then I piled on top: garbanzo beans, mung beans sprouts, clover sprouts, kalmata olives, and the f***ing best lemon tahini dressing, recipe from my old job at the now defunct Grace Place of Richmond, Va. Weird ingredients, but it was I had in the fridge that didn't reguire cooking.
I ate it with brie and rye vita crackers. yum. |
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