@JessTheUnstill also I think a lot of American salad dressings out of bottles are awful and 95% of the time most salads just need this
@skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill when my partner was still able to live at home we had salads with every meal. With a vinaigrette like this. A cabinet full of vinegars and oils and a few other condiments gets you a wide variety. And they take 2m to whip up.
Also, when you’re eating them every day you go through a huge amount of veg and can stock a diverse selection.
@petrillic @JessTheUnstill my fave thing to do right now is a green bean, shallot and radish salad with this vinaigrette. I’m fine without leaves in salads haha
@skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill absolutely. Leaves are just one of many possible options. Lots of flavors and textures. Always toss in some toasted nuts as well, or something crispy/crunchy.
Oh and those fried shallots you can get at Asian groceries.
@petrillic @JessTheUnstill I think that’s why restaurant salads are full of leaves. It plays to a certain audience that wants to cospay green leaves as healthful and moral
@skinnylatte @JessTheUnstill although, if you make your own fried shallots, the oil (I typically use peanut) is… a gift of the gods.
@petrillic @JessTheUnstill I do that often and also use it to toss the noodles in shallot oil noodles and as a base for Malaysian Chinese style wanton noodles
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My favorite vinaigrette is just lemon, olive oil, garlic, salt and pepper. I have no idea the proportions. I just add until I feel happy.
I actually really love salads. I think you have to make them with the goal of making something tasty, rather than the goal of making something virtuous that you choke down to seem good tough. Its nice to have a light, cold side in a meal.
@Jackiemauro @petrillic @JessTheUnstill there’s an inherent Chinese suspicion of raw vegetables that I also had to push past. Most Chinese people think of uncooked vegetables as super weird. Hehe
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Ha! I totally get that. Most vegetables are better cooked anyway. My family is Italian so it always felt incomplete not to have *some* salad at a meal.