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Favorite Salad?

mrtnzangel8 15 years ago

I love a Ceaser salad when I go out. Never have made one for myself at home.

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kimmer 15 years ago said:

Thats my hubbys favorite salad and I have made one at home. But always seem to enjoy it more when I eat out. I can't quite say what my favorite salad is. I like so many. Sometimes just a garden salad with ranch dressing just hits the spot. Fresh and simple.

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jencathen 15 years ago said:

I love to toss grape tomatoes with little balls of fresh milk mozzarella and dress with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, fresh basil, salt and pepper.

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knoxcop 15 years ago said:

Mine? SEVEN LAYER SALAD!!! Although I can eat salad all day some days....fruit salads, jello salads, veggie salads....different dressings, ingredients, etc. Just gimme something fresh and I'm all over it!

I should post the way I do mine...it's another one to add to the pile, lol!

--Kn0x--

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mrtnzangel8 15 years ago said:

Oh yes! Love 7 layer salad....

What a silly thread, how could anyone possibly pick a favorite? LOL

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tnacndn 15 years ago said:

My fave salad is any made out at a salad bar where I can put as much of anything and everything I want on it. LOL

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notyourmomma 15 years ago said:

I love salad. Adore salad. And there isn't one favorite.

Still haven't posted my 37 year old dressing made in a wooden bowl, with a coddled egg, the tableside Caesar...can't bring myself to measure what I do by feel. But, everyone loves that Caesar. And I love my ancient wooden bowl...it is so well seasoned, it is perfumed with garlic all on it's own.

But if there is one salad that continues to befuddle me is a macaroni salad. I can't get them to have any flavor, they are always so bland and mushy. Give me a good potato salad over macaroni anytime.

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pleclare 15 years ago said:

I love all kind of salads. Love lettuce,apples,walnurs and blue cheese with raspberry vinagarette

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pointsevenout 15 years ago said:

Far be it from me to give advice on macaroni salad. But your description makes me think the elbow macaroni is overcooked. Try cooking the pasta to the box spec's for al-dente, (I'm assuming here that you don't make fresh home made pasta) then rinse and wash the pasta in cold water to stop the cooking process. Then just a little oil or butter to keep the macaroni from sticking together. Personally I like all my pastas cooked past the al-dente state, so I cook mine twice what the box directions indicate. Maybe go with some other flavored salad dressing instead of using mayonaise or Miracle Whip. Maybe some crumbled Feta for a little zing.
I have never made a macaroni salad, so blow up this message if you like.

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notyourmomma 15 years ago said:

PEO, that is what I don't like about macaroni salads..they become blah....I like a strong vinaigrette on a warm potato, it soaks in flavor like a sponge. But macaroni becomes soggy vinegary, dare I say, slop. I wouldn't blow up your message, by no means, I'm looking for a macaroni salad that sings!! Al dente is the way to start, but where does the "dressing" go from there? How do you make it flavorful and toothsome without resorting to heavily seasoned mayonnaise? The verdant green rice salad sings...it isn't gloppy or heavy. Potato salads can be herbal and light despite their humble beginnings, it is the pasta that eludes me. Enlighten me, dear foodies, where have I gone wrong? An erstaz potato salad is not what I seek, but a flavorful pasta that stands alone.

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pointsevenout 15 years ago said:

How about a pasta other than elbow. Maybe the corkscrew looking multicolor pasta. If you can't tell, I don't know what it's called.

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dixiediner 15 years ago said:

I usually order Ceaser Salads when we eat out (never made one at home). At home, I usually have lettuce, tomatoes, cheese, bell pepper, ham or turkey - everything but the kitchen sink.

My favorite macaroni salad is our family recipe..............

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pleclare 15 years ago said:

Dixie,are you sharing your family recipe for macaroni salad?

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