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Would you take a look at that salad? A tangle of baby arugula, tossed with a balsamic vinaigrette. Steamed beets sliced into thin half-moons. A sprinkling of chopped toasted almonds and a crumbling of Gorgonzola cheese. It's enough to give a girl palpatations.
I am addicted to this salad. I make several variations on it, but alway go back to the same formula, starting with the base of baby greens and sliced beets. I mix up the nuts (but I always toast them) and the cheese, sometimes replacing the balsamic with a toasted sesame oil dressing instead. Occasionally, if I'm feeling wild, I'll toss in some shaved red onion for kick. There is something about the creamy cheese, that takes on a pink tinge from the beets, the softness of it followed by the crunch of the nuts. It feels like a restaurant salad (in fact, a salad at Tria was my inspiration), but it's so easy that you'll kick yourself and wonder why you didn't think of it on your own.
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8-04-2007 @2:04PM MJ said... Another great one! A meal in one, glad you mentioned toasting the nuts it makes a world of difference in the flavor!
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9-22-2007 @7:22PM KATHY SWENSON said... This is such a great "hot weather" meal in itself!
I like to go online to look up websites of restaurants that I've been to, or ones that have good reputations and that I hope to visit in the future.
I often look up their salads on the menu, and most of them describe in detail the ingredients, so I go to my local market...buy the ingredients and make my own restaurant salad!
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8-05-2007 @5:53PM Andrea said... This is similar to what I make but steamed beets never occurred to me. Also, I sometimes add pumpkin seeds, flax seeds or hemp seeds.
One of my favourite bases is herb salad that's made by Earthbound Farms and sold in a box. Among the greens are dill and cilantro. Avocado goes well in that salad along with a lime or lemon dressing. With diced avocado and a squeeze of lime with some salt and pepper it tastes similar to guacamole. In fact, sometimes a squeeze of lemon or lime is all a salad needs.
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