I hesitate to talk about salad because the next thing you know I'll start getting comments like this:
"What? You want me to eat SALAD for the rest of my life?"
or
"Jesus Shelley, you eat like a fucking rabbit."
or
"What do you eat when you're like, RAVENOUS?"
or, my all time favorite,
"You forgot the protein in that meal. Aren't you afraid of kwashiorkor?"
Okay, no one says that last one (at least not yet). But seriously, salad is fraggin' awesome. And although I tend to enjoy giant piles of vegetables for lunch, they are by no means the entirety of my diet. So THERE. I've discovered a whole bunch of delectable salad combinations and thought I'd share some of them will all you hotties out there looking for a square meal. Here's the basic, the uncomplicated, the beautifully simple Salad 1.0.
I start with one giant pile o' spinach or some good-looking romaine. Do NOT get iceberg lettuce unless you want to hate your salad, ok? Go with whatever leafy yumminess looks good to you, keeping in mind that the darker the color, the better. On top of my pile of leaves, I add:
sliced or cherry tomatoes
cucumbers, skin on
onions, red or whatever
1/2 avocado, cubed (awesome)
1 handful toasted pumpkin or sunflower seeds
How do I top all this goodness?
lemon juice (squeeze the juice out of a quarter, save the rest)
olive oil (just a dash)
salt
pepper
Hurrah! Best salad evah!
Sounds tasty, I will definitely try it.
ReplyDeleteWhile not vegan, my simple salad from the other night was very tasty.
- Romaine, a small diced shallot, a bunch of fresh beets (steamed then cooled), a few chunks of brie (sorry) and then drizzled with olive oil and balsamic.
The beet juice will make your sink look like you butchered something in there (very Psycho-esque) but it is a tasty meal to eat.
Pete
That sounds awesome! I freakin' LOVE beets...I just throw them in the oven to roast for an hour, peel them, then proceed to eat so many that my fingers are stained.
ReplyDeleteYep I had the pink fingers really badly too.
ReplyDeleteOf course I forgot I'd eaten them when I went to pee as well so I freaked out for a second that my martial arts training must have damaged my kidneys......oops ;-)
So so tasty though.
Do you cook the leaves and stems too? I've read you can sautee them like spinach and they are good.
I've heard that too, although I haven't tried that yet. My Russian friend says the beet greens are the secret to INCREDIBLE borscht!
ReplyDeleteWell then next time I make some beets I'll have a try with the leaves and see what comes out. With a bit of olive oil and garlic anything tastes good ;-)
ReplyDeleteSO true! :)
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