Thursday, July 19, 2012
Chopped Salad --- So it's a little less like a salad!
8:36 PM | 
Posted by
Kaplan Center for Health and Wellness
by Lisa Beach, Ph.D.
Don't tell anyone this, but I’m not actually a huge fan of salads. I've learned that if a salad has certain qualities (like NOT containing big huge fluffy greens/leaves), I’m happier. I like chopped salads because they’re easier to eat and the smaller pieces of greens make the leaves blend in more with the good stuff.
I use a mezzaluna to chop the greens and I use fancy oil and vinegar from a local source (F. Oliver's), then I put in lots of other stuff with a variety of textures. That’s my ideal salad.
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| Pre-Chopped Salad |
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Post-Chopped, with Dressing
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Here’s what is in the salad pictured:
Spring mix, about 4 cups chopped and therefore shrunk to about 1 1/2 cups
Avocado
Tomatoes
Goji berries (just a few)
Crushed pecans
Cheese
Spring mix, about 4 cups chopped and therefore shrunk to about 1 1/2 cups
Avocado
Tomatoes
Goji berries (just a few)
Crushed pecans
Cheese
Herbs de Provence olive oil
Apricot balsamic vinegar
Apricot balsamic vinegar
Mix, chop, eat!
Do you enjoy salads? Have you ever used a mezzaluna?
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