more salad! all week long!
yes. this was my lunch. I am making salad every day this week. Probably more than once. It may be raining, but it will be summer on my plate, darn it.
The kids had mostly the same, only each item was separated into different bowls.
The great thing about this salad that I NEEDED to share was this:
After all the salad making, there’s always bits of leftover lettuce, greens, half a lemon,a piece of kale, a bit of onion… bits and pieces. Instead of trying to find millions of tiny tupperwares, I put them all in one big one. Then today, after toasting the pecans in olive oil (mmmmmm pecans) I quickly fried up all the lettuce and bits from the bin. Yup. I FRIED the lettuce. They do it in China, so its cool OK? Then I mixed these toasted bits in with crispy cold romaine lettuce and uncooked fresh herbs. sprinkled on nuts, added feta cheese, a boiled egg, a chopped tomatoe, a little raw onion, drizzled on my homemade dressing and OH MY GOODNESS! It was drool-y good.
I also baked some ciabatta buns. fresh. So there was warm buns to go with it. I felt like spoiling myself. I use the recipe from here. I have made them so much its actually easier to make my own than go to the store to buy buns. Only I do have to be prepared as I make the dough the day before.
But once again, this was the clincher for me. fresh bun with warm, fresh, dressed salad? need I say more?
June 17th, 2010 at 7:59 am
I have to tell you what we had for supper the other day:
vegtable soup made with homemade broth, Homemade fresh spelt bread with butter and a little salmon. And everyone was happy, even the meateaters!
those little bits of leftover misc vegtables go well in soup broth – store them int he freezer until you are ready for them – I know you do this already – or make fried rice with them – that’s for lunch for me today.
Love the bread site – Clint figured out a similar recipe for me using spelt flour that really couldn’t be easier. we’ve been eating a LOT of bread here lately, including my first ever current bread. yum yum. This will get us through the cold snap.