| Salads have always been a passion of mine. | | | | |
| My son says he's never seen anyone else ever | | | | Pre-heat oven to 400. prepare a cookie |
| do a happy dance to a meal of greens the way | | | | sheet by covering with foil and spraying or |
| I seem to do whenever I'm served or am | | | | brushing with olive oilIngredients: |
| serving a platter of veggies. | | | | |
| | | | 2 large bosc pears, roasted |
| Here are a couple of my recipes that friends | | | | |
| have said are absolutely "craveable". In | | | | lemon juice |
| fact, a couple were slightly red-faced to | | | | |
| admit-they dreamed about them the night after | | | | olive oil |
| eating them! | | | | |
| | | | kosher salt, pepper4 C triple washed spinach |
| And these are easy, adaptable in size and | | | | |
| can be embellished in many ways.The first is | | | | 2 C triple washed arugula |
| a twist on a classic, I call it:Going Greek | | | | |
| SaladIngredients:1 lb triple washed greens | | | | 4 oz chevre (goat cheese) |
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| 4 Roma tomatoes, sliced thin | | | | 1/4 C toasted pinenuts |
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| 1/2 lb brown mushrooms, sliced | | | | 1/3 C bottled champagne vinegaretteTo roast |
| | | | pears: peel, halve and core pears. Brush |
| 1/4 C kalamata olives, pitted and chopped | | | | with lemon juice and olive oil. sprinkle |
| | | | with kosher salt and freshly ground pepper. |
| 1/4 C dried cranberries | | | | Place on prepared pan and roast until fork |
| | | | tender in preheated oven. approximately |
| 1/2 med red onion, thinly sliced | | | | 20-30 minutes. Cool.Place the greens in a |
| | | | large bowl and combine gently. Thinly slice |
| 1 Cucumber, peeled, seeded, thinly sliced | | | | the pears and add to the greens. Divide and |
| | | | arrange onto serving plates. Portion out the |
| 1/2 C sheep's milk feta, crumbled | | | | chevre and sprinkle with toasted pinenuts. |
| | | | Drizzle each plate with dressing.This salad |
| 2 C grilled chicken breast, cubed | | | | is wonderful served up with some artisan |
| | | | bread.Again, both of these "craveable" |
| 1/4 C toasted pinenuts | | | | healthy salads are very versitile. Both are |
| | | | terrific served with grilled salmon, for a |
| 1/3 C low-fat raspberry vinegarette | | | | heartier version. If you can't find the |
| | | | pinenuts, toast up some walnuts, pecans or |
| 4 warmed whole wheat pitas, cut into | | | | even cashews.Maybe now, you can understand my |
| quartersSimply toss all ingredients in a | | | | "happy dance" to the course called |
| serving bowl, EXCEPT the pitas, which you | | | | salad!Carine has always loved to cook. Her |
| serve on the side. Plate up onto 4 | | | | mother gladly handed her the "apron" at an |
| individual plates.The second is a very | | | | early age and she has continued her culinary |
| upscale salad that takes a bit more time, but | | | | ways to include her love of the written word. |
| well worth the wait.Pear-Goat Cheese | | | | Carine also loves to write about people and |
| SaladServes 4-6 | | | | other life's events. |