Composed Salads--Cook-Off 12

[helenjp]

I was gunna post a photo, but my original idea morphed so fast and so far, that I couldn't possibly call it a composed salad any longer. But in this weather, other people might also want to make a salpicon of chicken or beef. Hope somebody does, and posts a photo!

[Pam R]

First big salad of the summer.

Looking over the 4 pages of posts, it seems this is my standard composed salad. But I do enjoy it, so I'm OK with that.

[LindaK]

I don't have a picture, but tonight I tossed together my first impromptu composed salad of the season. Fresh greens from a visit to the farmer's market (arugula, pea tendrils, mixed baby lettuce), fresh herbs from my garden (tarragon, chives, parsley), local asparagus--roasted, all tossed with a nice lemony sherry vinaigrette, topped with smoked trout and shaved parmesan. Nothing fancy but it was quick and tasty. thank heavens the farmers markets are back!

[Pam R]

I had some rib-eye ends and a trip to the farmer's market this weekend combined with a hot summer evening and it was one of my favorites again.

A bed of arugula, ripe cherry tomatoes, fresh snap peas, steamed new potatoes and green/yellow beans, grilled yellow zuccini, green onions, red onion, corn, bell peppers and rib-eye. All dressed in a mustardy-balsamic dressing.

I picked up some beautiful beets -- need to come up with a salad for those.

[Jon Savage]

I had some rib-eye ends and a trip to the farmer's market this weekend combined with a hot summer evening and it was one of my favorites again.

A bed of arugula, ripe cherry tomatoes, fresh snap peas, steamed new potatoes and green/yellow beans, grilled yellow zuccini, green onions, red onion, corn, bell peppers and rib-eye.  All dressed in a mustardy-balsamic dressing.

That looks great Pam. Not so coincidentally tonight's dinner was:

Romaine hearts + Radicchio, blanched green beans, sliced red potatoes. capers, homemade pickles, olives, hard boiled eggs and some Albacore I poached gently in Olive Oil + garlic. I also threw a couple of pepperoncini in (because I like them)

The vinaigrette was lime juice, some olive oil, a little smoked Cayenne, Dijon and a touch of S&P.

Tasty even if the plate was not so pretty.

--edit forgot the tomatoes... Wanted to inculde some but forgot...

Edited August 19, 2008 by 6ppc (log)

[Pam R]

I think it's very pretty. Your salad looks great.

It's summer days here. I roasted some candy-cane beets last night and they were incredibly sweet. Sliced them up today, some butter lettuce, a sprinkling of red onion, some really good, creamy goat cheese, toasted almonds and a citrus vinaigrette (lemon, lime, orange juice, s & p, grainy dijon, honey and canola oil).

This was really, really good. The citrus dressing was very light, but complimented the beets beautifully and the goat cheese gave it a good punch. I'll be making this again (maybe even tomorrow with the last 2 roasted beets . . )

[Cadbury]

I'm sure I've posted this elsewhere, but this is one our favourite salads: a warm chicken salad.

I marinaded the chicken with ginger, garlic and a little chilli from memory.

[Pam R]

Looks great, Cadbury. What else is in there? Cheese or tofu? Are those sundried tomatoes? Dressing?

[Plantes Vertes]

Made a composed salad to fill the gap between lunch and dinner today. Something's gone wrong with stock control at my local supermarket and they're getting rid of huge quantities of veggies for next to nothing every day, so I got most of the ingredients for 10p. Fridge and freezer are both full.

 

Sauerkraut, beetroot, baby cucumbers, asparagus, tahini, toasted seeds, iceberg.

 

Edited May 2, 2014 by Plantes Vertes (log)

[huiray]

I think Yee Sang (魚生) (Google images) ought to qualify as a "composed salad".

 

Here are some that I've made in the past.  Of course, after the "toss" it is no longer neatly arrayed. :-) :-D

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/137686-salad/page-5?p=1905141#entry1905141

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/143989-lunch-whatd-ya-have-2012%E2%80%932014/page-6?p=1909399#entry1909399

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/146451-dinner-2013-part-6/page-6?p=1947655#entry1947655 (scroll down)

 

Some additional comments about the dish:

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/137686-salad/page-6?p=1910133#entry1910133

http://forums.egullet.org/topic/137686-salad/page-5?p=1905146#entry1905146

Edited May 5, 2014 by huiray (log)