It's always handy to have a couple of salad dressings in the fridge to toss on your favourite veggies...you don't even need lettuce. This basic citrus dressing is fresh and light and goes with so many different cuisines. The biggest mistake people make with salads is over-dressing and then the veggies lose their flavour and turn into a sloppy mess. So start with an over-sized bowl to toss the salad and add a tbsp. of dressing at a time until you get familiar with how much dressing you like on your salad.
Basic Citrus Salad Dressing
3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon/lime or orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 tsp. mild honey or maple syrup
1 tsp. dijon mustard
Whisk all of these ingredients together or use your hand/immersion blender. Double or triple the recipe to keep some for later. Store in the refrigerator.
For a large salad that serves 4 as a side or 2 as a meal choose 8 cups from the following options:
2 heads of lettuce (romaine, butter or red-leaf)
sliced cucumber
sliced celery
diced red pepper
dried cranberries
nuts & seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sliced/slivered almonds etc.)
cheese (goat's feta or feta)
Toss it all together and you're done....
3 tbsp. extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tbsp. lemon/lime or orange juice (freshly squeezed)
1 tsp. mild honey or maple syrup
1 tsp. dijon mustard
Whisk all of these ingredients together or use your hand/immersion blender. Double or triple the recipe to keep some for later. Store in the refrigerator.
For a large salad that serves 4 as a side or 2 as a meal choose 8 cups from the following options:
2 heads of lettuce (romaine, butter or red-leaf)
sliced cucumber
sliced celery
diced red pepper
dried cranberries
nuts & seeds (pumpkin, sunflower, sliced/slivered almonds etc.)
cheese (goat's feta or feta)
Toss it all together and you're done....
Hi there Rafferty!
ReplyDeleteMy name is Steve Walters and I recently started blogging at http://www.eatingbangkok.com, which is currently being updated with recipes, but in the next few months will be my vehicle for covering the food and restaurant scene in Bangkok Thailand.
I am now in the process of meeting as many food bloggers as I can and I found your site http://vegetariantoolkit.blogspot.com recently and was pretty impressed. I've added your site to my Foodie Blogs list here: http://www.eatingbangkok.com/foodie-blogs/ and would also like to add you to my blogroll.
If you could add my site to your blogroll and write back to let me know it has been added (foodie [at] eatingbangkok.com) I will add you to mine as well and the exchange would be greatly appreciated!
As you might imagine I am very excited to get moved to Bangkok and get started on covering the food scene there as I feel it is an area that isn't well covered by English speaking bloggers. I plan on adding loads of great reviews, pictures and even video and will be holding contests as well. It should be fun, entertaining and informative for everyone that visits.
Thank you so much in advance for adding me to your blogroll and I look forward to reading your posts (I've subscribed!) and maybe even featuring some of your own posts as I do plan on a weekly roundup of Thai themed recipes and posts from other food bloggers.
Warm regards,
Steve
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