Romancing The Bowl Salad
From wolfpackjack 16 years ago
- 10 minutes to make
- Serves 2
Perfect salad for a night of romance... chock full of natural aphrodisiacs, plus it's light and refreshing.
Ingredients
- 4 cups baby salad greens shopping list
- 1 carrot, peeled and sliced thin or julienned shopping list
- 2 green onions, chopped shopping list
- 6 strawberries, hulled and sliced thinly shopping list
- 12 fresh raspberries shopping list
- 1 tsp minced garlic shopping list
- 1/4 cup chopped walnuts shopping list
- 1/4 cup seasoned almond slices shopping list
- 1/4 cup dried currants shopping list
- 1/4 cup crumbled feta cheese shopping list
- 1/2 bunch asparagus, trimmed shopping list
- 1 avocado, peeled, seeded and sliced into thin wedges shopping list
- 1/2 cup seasoned croutons shopping list
- 1/2 cup herbed vinaigrette salad dressing, or to taste (try the new spray "spritzer" balsamic vinaigrettes.... awesome) shopping list
How to make it
- Steam asparagus until cooked crispy, removed and place in an ice water bath. Once cooled, drain and pat dry. Slice diagonally into 1-1/2 inch sections. Set aside.
- In a large bowl, toss together the salad greens, carrot, green onions, strawberries, raspberries, garlic, walnuts, almond slices, currants, asparagus, and feta cheese.
- Divide between two salad bowls.
- Place avocado wedges in each salad bowl.
- Top each bowl with some croutons and serve with vinaigrette dressing.
- Best when served at or near room temp.
People Who Like This Dish 2
- bluewaterandsand GAFFNEY, SC
- dtour Somewhere In Florida, FL
- lunasea Orlando, FL
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Very interesting...the earthiness of some of the components attract me of this salad as well. I'm saving this to try when romance is in the air...
Great post, Dave - thanks so much!
lunasea
in Orlando loved it
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At my age we take all the help we can in the Aphrodisiacs and Romance dept. What a plus when it'll taste good too! Thanks for a great post. Hubby & I both love a good salad.
dtour
in Somewhere In Florida loved it
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They say that strawberries are the best in the Aphrodisiacs and Romance dept. Incredible recipe!
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