Salads21 June 2005

Ask your grocer for Le-tuiceIngredients:

  • 1 head of Romaine
  • 1/3 cup of olive oil with about 3 cloves of garlic pressed into it (or cut, or whatever)
  • 3 tbsp of regular red vinegar
  • Lots of Worcester sauce (probably about 5-6 healthy shakes of the bottle)
  • 1 lemon, cut in half and squeezed into the salad
  • Salt
  • Pepper
  • Parmasean cheese

Chef’s Notes:
Everything can go in all at once, though I basically put it in in the order I wrote it out for you. I wait and put the cheese on last minute so it doesn’t get super soggy. And yes, it goes very well with lasagna—any Italian food, actually.

Salads29 March 2003

red stained fingers hiding our strawberry-swollen lipsGreat summer salad, or if you have a good grocery store, great anytime salad.

Strawberry ~ Avocado Salad: Intercourses Cookbook

Ingredients:

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 1/4 cup rasberry balsalmic vinegar
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons sugar
  • 1/4 teaspoon hot sauce
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon pepper
  • 1/4 teaspoon cinnamon
  • 1 head romaine, torn into bite-sized pieces
  • 1/2 (11 ounce) can mandarin oranges, drained
  • 1 cup strawberries, stemmed and quartered
  • 1/2 cup sliced red onion (about 1/2 small onion)
  • 1/4 cup coarsely chopped toasted pecans
  • 1/2 avocado, sliced

Directions:

  1. Combine the olive oil, vinegar, sugar, hot sauce, salt, pepper, and cinnamon in a jar. Shake well and refrigerate for 2 hours.
  2. Combine the romaine, oranges, strawberries, onion, pecans, and avocado in a large bowl.
  3. Toss with half the dressing; toss well. Serve with the remaining dressing.