Monday, September 8, 2008

Recipe sniping: the salad course

Mmmmmm, both of the fancy salads look awesome (except for the melon, yuck). I am sooo hungry now and my stomach is growling away. Here's my quick'n'easy alternative.

This is my favourite weekday lunch in the summer (and now beyond - thanks to this awesome programme that delivers fresh local blueberries to my office, I am stocked up with five pounds of frozen berries to get me through the winter).

  • Lettuce of choice
  • Cheese, cubed (feta is best, aged white cheddar also works)
  • Blueberries
  • Cashew nuts
  • Avocado, sliced (I pre-mix all the other ingredients at home, then slice and add the avocado at work, just before eating)
And that's it! I keep a bottle of organic papaya dressing in the fridge at work, and get envious looks from anyone who sees me furtively carrying my treat back to my desk.

See also:
amuse bouche
appetisers
vegetable curry
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10 comments:

  1. AmandaSeptember 9, 2008 at 5:41 a.m.

    Mmm that sounds yummy. And it's only 8:40am. How will I make it until lunch?

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  2. Cath@VWXYNot?September 9, 2008 at 9:21 a.m.

    That was my problem when reading the other two recipes yesterday - I was starving by 11am!

    My salad is in the fridge, but I might need something sooner. That's the thing with going to the gym, it makes me really really hungry!

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  3. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 10:44 a.m.

    Yum. Makes my super-high-fibre-bread-with-low-fat-and-low-taste-everything sandwich seem positively boring.

    I noticed that the recipe war link is attracting some pretty brutal commments. Yikes!

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  4. Cath@VWXYNot?September 9, 2008 at 12:08 p.m.

    Yeah, I know - strong opinions abound!

    Gotta go, time for lunch...

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  5. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 2:50 p.m.

    Thanks for the fucking link!

    You better fucking vote for me! This round is close!

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  6. Cath@VWXYNot?September 9, 2008 at 3:43 p.m.

    Thanks for the fucking comment!

    I voted for Isis in this round. I prefer seafood to steak but hate melon with a passion - can't stand the stuff, can't even stand to eat food that's been in the same fridge as cut-up melon (unless it's in an airtight container).

    My grandma was the same way with cucumber - I once saw her almost throw up after eating some salami that had been cut with a knife that was previously used to cut cucumber. I actually like cucumber, but I know that it's very closely related to melon, so hey, I am genetically predisposed not to vote for watermelon and goat cheese salad.

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  7. Isis the ScientistSeptember 9, 2008 at 4:59 p.m.

    Thanks for the link! Your salad sounds divine. I really, really, really love avocado. Like, irrationally love it.

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  8. Cath@VWXYNot?September 9, 2008 at 5:28 p.m.

    Oh, me too. And it's so hard to find good ones around here. When I do get lucky, I buy 5 or 6 at a time. I had one last night (with my delivered sushi - a great combination) and one for lunch today.

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  9. AnonymousSeptember 9, 2008 at 6:29 p.m.

    yummmmmmmmm

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  10. Cath@VWXYNot?September 10, 2008 at 12:01 p.m.

    Yeah, I wish I'd made it today too. Stupid sandwiches.

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