Friday, July 31, 2009
Barring Salad Bars
I hate home-made salads. I have never found one that I've liked - They are always bland, even when i try to throw in nuts and fruit or special dressings. I don't know what it is, but I simply can't stand them. Now, I love restaurant salads. I think I have a new mission to find a good salad that I can make at home- why should it be so hard? What do the expensive restaurants have access to that I don't? Will someone give me the answer?!
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I have this problem too...here are the only solutions I have (im still working on more)
1--SHREDDED (not finely grated) parmesean cheese and Marzetti's Ceasar dressing and any kind of fattening croutons are the keys to a kick arse chicken ceasar salad
2--Neumans Own dressings (especially the light honey mustard) are fabulous, AND one of the few dressings readily available in regular grocery stores that are all natural and gluten free without high fructose corn syrup and other crap preservatives in them
3--sunflower seeds make any salad better, as does feta/gorgonzola cheese
4--when making taco salads you MUST crumble in tortilla chips. Its a rule, dont fight it.
5--try to make a salad with a theme or flavor in mind and ONLY use fitting ingredients--too many ingredients can degrade the salad sometimes. For instance, greek salads should have a balsamic type dressing and greek items like olives, feta cheese, sundried tomatoes etc. You put tortilla chips on that one and its ruined!
Thats all the guidance I have. Id like to hear what you learn since I struggle with this one too.
-K2R-
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