Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label salad. Show all posts

Monday, March 5, 2012

Asian Inspired No Recipe Salad

Got five minutes? That's all this bit of deliciousness will take you to whip up. I love salad, I think it may be my favorite food. As in, if I were stuck on a deserted island, it may just be my food of choice. It's so versatile. My current salad kick was born out of a desire to make a salad that I didn't feel needed tomatoes. The tomatoes here are horrid right now. At the beginning of each week I chop, then wash a bunch of romaine hearts. I spin them dry and store them in a ziploc. Then, at lunch during the week it only takes a few minutes to throw a salad together. I have actually declined lunch invitations to eat salad at home. Not to toot my own horn or anything, well okay, just this once...I have been told I make the best salads by quite a few people.

Here it is.
Five Minute Asian Inspired  No Recipe Salad

Stuff you will need:
  • A bowl. The size will depend on how much salad you want to eat.
  • Chopped Romaine. The first important part to a good salad is healthy lettuce cut into bite sized pieces. BITE SIZED. Think about that.
  • Some chopped, not peeled, English cucumbers.
  • One or two chopped scallions. White and green parts.
  • Some shredded carrot.
  • Some toasted, sliced almonds and sesame seeds. Just toast them in a pan on your stove. Takes 3 minutes!
                                                   Raw                      Toasted 
You need to have smellervision because these toasted nuts smell AMAZING! Finally put all your ingredients into the bowl and toss the salad with your favorite Asian dressing. I used Kraft Light Asian Toasted Sesame. It is not the healthiest, but it is really good. Besides, I don't have a good homemade Asian dressing recipe and I'm too lazy to make my own for lunch.
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