Last week, on the Garden Thread, a couple of us were talking about mesclun, various lettuces (other than iceberg), etc. and looking forward to the time when we will have fresh greens for salads. Someone posted a ‘recipe’ (and a picture) for stuffed romaine and it brought to mind one of my favorite books ‘Simple But Perfect Salads – The Taste of Summer All Year Round’. I found it on a bargain rack and got it because the pictures are beautiful and I liked the combinations of ingredients that I was seeing. Some of the recipes are super simple, others are more elegant and would be nicely suited for special company or a dinner party. I’ve made several of the salads and been very pleased.
Someone on the Garden Thread posted back to me that they had ‘ordered the book – thanks!’ That got me curious so I looked it up and found it at Amazon …. then I read the reviews. There were four 5-star reviews and the book was getting wonderful comments so I thought I would share it with the Recipe Thread ….. here’s the link at Amazon:
http://www.amazon.com/Simple-But-Perfect-Salads-Summer/dp/1405492430
I read the Gardening Thread too that spoke about this book. I went to Amazon, checked the reviews and ordered a copy, used condition from Yankee Clipper through Amazon. The book cost 58 cents with $3.99 shipping and arrived a day ago. It is a glorious hard cover, very good condition. I briefly looked at it’s pictures and recipes and I am in love with this book “ Simple But Perfect Salads-The Taste of Summer All Year Round”.
Can’t wait to try some of the recipes! Loads of different ways to use greens with/or without meat/seafood.
I have salad every day:
Two slices of crisp, crumbled cooked bacon
1 diced ripe avocado
1 diced pepper (red, green or yellow)
1 cored, diced Gala apple
2 diced hard-cooked eggs
Toss and drizzle w/Balsamic vinaigrette.
You can jazz it up w/golden raisins, chopped toasted pecans, croutons, whatever floats your boat