Salad 2016 –

[kayb]

Has anyone ever tried pasta salad with gluten free pasta? I have this fear the pasta would disintegrate in the dressing.

[heidih]

49 minutes ago, kayb said:

Has anyone ever tried pasta salad with gluten free pasta? I have this fear the pasta would disintegrate in the dressing.

 

No  but before you create mush I'd dress everything and add pasta at the end. Let us know

[shain]

2 hours ago, kayb said:

Has anyone ever tried pasta salad with gluten free pasta? I have this fear the pasta would disintegrate in the dressing.

 

I love cold rice noodles, so I'd imagine rice based pasta to work as well.

[suzilightning]

John eats mainly gluten free and I've made salads with gluten free noodles.  He doesn't care for the ones that are corn based but will eat something like Barilla's elbows that are a rice and corn mix.  I also use pad Thai noodles or similar bean thread ones for Asian dressed salads.  I also have started using chickpea or red lentil pastas dressed with vinaigrette.

[BeeZee]

I have used Banza chickpea pasta shells for a cold salad - it has similar taste to a whole wheat pasta - but I don't recall if I had leftovers to say how it held up past day #1.

[kayb]

Thanks. Think I'm going to try a small portion with the quinoa pasta I have and see how it works. Have ordered some chickpea pasta.

 

[BeeZee]

Greek style chopped salad. Tomato, cuke, shallot, radish, feta, dill, parsley, oregano, red wine vinegar, olive oil, s&p.

I have made this often since it keeps a couple of days in the fridge.

 

[kayb]

A trio of salads, being that it's hotter'n the hinges on the gates of hell.

 

 

Pasta salad, broccoli-cauliflower salad, cottage cheese with peaches.

Edited July 11, 2020 by kayb (log)

[heidih]

38 minutes ago, kayb said:

A trio of salads, being that it's hotter'n the hinges on the gates of hell.

 

Nice salads. Saving the exprerssion - never heard it before

[kayb]

2 hours ago, heidih said:

 

Nice salads. Saving the exprerssion - never heard it before

Your Southernism for the day. Never have been sure why the hinges are hotter than the rest of the gate.

[heidih]

25 minutes ago, kayb said:

Your Southernism for the day. Never have been sure why the hinges are hotter than the rest of the gate.

Well if a wooden gate guessing the metal gets hot!

Edited July 12, 2020 by heidih (log)

[suzilightning]

John is supposed to go north next week (his symptoms are gradually abating).  Must add "college cheese" what his grandmother called it and some tinned peaches-not quite time for them up here - to the shopping list.  On a hot morning I can think of nothing more refreshing than a small bowl.

[Katie Meadow]

On 7/11/2020 at 7:46 PM, heidih said:

Well if a wooden gate guessing the metal gets hot!

 

Shame about those lovely wooden gates. Who knew? 

[JoNorvelleWalker]

17 minutes ago, Katie Meadow said:

Shame about those lovely wooden gates. Who knew? 

 

"At hell gate the damned in turn

Pace for sentinel and burn."

 

Who needs cherry blossoms or a rotisserie?

 

[weinoo]

 

I'm a simple man; therefore, Romaine lettuce, tomato and cucumber. French vinaigrette which I make weekly and keep in the fridge.

[BeeZee]

I have waited all summer to make this, fresh corn/tomato/avocado salad. Finally found some decent corn today at Whole Foods, 50 cents each.

 

[shain]

Wheat berries, nectarine, dried apricots (I bought some really nice one, they taste almost marzipani) , spring onions, a little sirene cheese, almonds, olive oil, apple cider vinegar.

 

 

[BeeZee]

Panzanella, since I finally got garden grown tomatoes from co-worker. Pretty much followed the recipe from Serious Eats, but added some grilled fennel and tiny mozz balls. Also not totally authentic due to the multigrain bread, but that was what I had.

 

[MokaPot]

Baby cucumbers, grape tomatoes, kimchi, and feta cheese.

 

[shain]

A few recent salads.

Freekeh wheat with carrots, soaked raising, silan, orange zest and juice, olive oil, cinnamon, chili, parsley, pepper.

Freekeh wheat with apples, maple coated walnuts, white mold goat cheese, mint, olive oil, red wine vinegar, pepper.

Lentils with same the goat cheese, grapes, pomegranate, onion, various herbs, honey, olive oil, vinegar.

 

 

Edited September 21, 2020 by shain (log)

[patti]

Quinoa with shrimp, feta, red onion, pine nuts, grape tomatoes and arugula. 

[ElsieD]

12 minutes ago, patti said:

Quinoa with shrimp, feta, red onion, pine nuts, grape tomatoes and arugula. 

 

That looks really good.  What is the dressing?

[patti]

9 minutes ago, ElsieD said:

 

That looks really good.  What is the dressing?

No dressing, but layered seasoning with salt, black pepper and cayenne. This might be the one kind of salad I don’t dress. Olive oil and lemon juice would be good though. 

[ambra]

A very unoriginal but always delicious salad I made Sunday lunch with roasted beets, arugula, feta and walnuts, finished with orange zest. Dressing was shallots, olive oil, orange juice and a touch of honey and mustard. 

[curls]

Unseasonably warm weather in Virginia along with time to prepare lunch = tuna salad on greens with assorted nibbles. (Cross posted to the Cooking with "This Will Make It Taste Good", by Vivian Howard topic)