Wednesday, November 15, 2006

mmm, salad

Brian and I have been making a salad that we derived from a recipe card from Nordstroms. It is really good and you should try it.

Buy these:

Mixed greens (whatever you like)
Craisins
Nuts (walnuts, pecans, pinenuts, or other tree nut)
blue cheese
Bartlett pears
Girard's Champagne Dressing

Throw your washed greens in a bowl. It doesn't matter exactly what type of greens that you have. Make sure you like them and are tasty to you. Sprinkle the Craisins over the top of the greens to cover the top. Do the same with the Blue cheese. The blue cheese that you choose will depend on your tastes as well. Get an expensive one if you like blue cheese. If you don't, just grab a crumbled blue cheese from your cooler near the butter at the store. Take the nuts and toast them. To toast, spread them over your tray and slide in a 400 degree oven until the nuts start to turn. Do not leave the nuts. They will turn on you real fast. Be sure to let them cool off and throw 'em in the bowl. The pears should be julieanne and put in lime or lemon juice so they don't turn brown. Throw those in the bowl. You don't have to to necessarily toss the salad because if you do, the nuts will just end up on the bottom of the bowl. Let each salad eater but their own dressing on; it will keep the leaves from getting soggy.

Brian says, after leaning over and reading my write up, that the mix of greens matter. He says that Arugula and Romaine are necessary in the mix. I maintain that mixed greens do not include iceberg lettuce because it isn't green. Therefore, use a mixed green.

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