Ask me what I feel like eating for lunch and chances are I’ll say, “Salad.” And I’m not talking about wimpy, gotta-lose-some-weight salads. These are salads crafted with all-important salad elements: protein, crunch, color, variety. A plate of lettuce is a like a blank slate, just waiting to be turned into a culinary masterpiece.
Most days the salad elements consist of things like last night’s leftover pork, black beans or tomatoes and whatever cheese I can find in the fridge. Sometimes, though, the contents of the fridge fortuitously come together to create a refreshing and gratifying salad. Such was the case last Thursday. It was the last day of winter and the sun spilling onto the back deck had me craving a lunch to welcome spring. With a plate of romaine as my tabula rasa, I grew excited as I discovered what we had in the fridge: cucumber, red bell pepper, goat cheese. All I needed to do was sprinkle on some pepitas, tear up a handful of cilantro, drizzle on some olive oil and orange muscat champagne vinegar. Add a few grinds of black pepper and my salad was ready. Yum. Welcome, spring.
Hello! My name is Andrea, and I’m a freelance writer living in the lovely, hilly city of San Francisco with my husband Sam.
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Andrea I’m so with you! I absolutely LOVE a good salad. Usually when I tell my friends that I want to order a salad at a restaurant, they give me a look like, “aww, Katy you don’t need to be on a diet” — and I’m like, “no you don’t understand!!!” I want SALAD! Crunch, FLAVOR, delicious combined flavors, rich ingredients… mmmm so scrumptious! Thanks for dedicating a blog post to one of my favorite things.