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soup
up
your
salad
eat
your greens and like them too
by Yee-Fan
Sun | 1
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How
to make your own garlic croutons
¼
cup olive oil or butter
4 fat cloves of garlic, lightly crushed and peeled
4-6 thick slices of bread (stale is good), cut into cubes
salt
Heat
the oil/butter in a skillet and sauté the garlic over medium-high heat
until lightly golden and aromatic. Remove the garlic. Lower the heat a
bit and stir in the bread cubes, cooking until the cubes are nicely
brown all over. Remove from heat, add salt to taste, and let cool
completely. If you’re not using them straight away, place in a
tightly-covered container and store at room temp for up to a week or so.
For
low-fat croutons, rub stale bread with a cut piece of garlic, cube and
bake at 300F for about 10 minutes or so.
5
homemade dressing
It’s
not that you can’t get a good salad dressing from a bottle. But
the vast majority of ready-made salad dressings are such a
mishmash of clashing herbs, goopy thickeners, and scary
ingredients with unpronounceable names that they have a tendency
to overpower the naturally good, fresh flavors of a well-balanced
salad. Have a bottle or two of good-quality dressing on hand for
those days where you’re just too lazy to mix up your own. But on
those days where you want something just a little more special,
take a couple of minutes – it doesn’t take much longer that
that – to make up some dressing from scratch. Trust me: your
tastebuds will thank you for it. |
basic
vinaigrette
¼ cup red wine vinegar
1 tbsp. minced shallot or garlic
1 Tbsp. honey
1/3 – 1/2 cup olive oil, to taste
salt + pepper to taste
balsamic
vinaigrette
2 tbsp.
balsamic vinegar
1 tbsp. cider vinegar
1/2 tsp. Dijon mustard (optional)
1 tbsp. minced shallot or garlic
2 tsps. honey
salt + pepper to taste
1/3 –1/2 cup olive oil
honey
lemon dressing
1
medium lemon
3 Tbsp. olive oil
1-2 Tbsp honey, depending upon how tart or sweet you like it
2 large cloves garlic, minced
salt and fresh ground pepper to taste |
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o
more
salad recipes:
orange
and jicama salad | strawberry
+ mixed greens salad with balsamic vinaigrette |
4 tomato salads
check
out these related articles:
salad days | herb
helper | souper duper | veg
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