DAY FIFTY NINE:
strawberry season is upon us! fresh sweet strawberries, mushrooms, white onion, avocado and spinach salad with oven roasted pork tenderloin, drizzled with strawberry balsamic dressing
Posts Tagged ‘Balsamic vinegar’
Day 59 of the 365 Day Salad Project…Strawberry Mushroom Avocado Spinach Salad with Pork Tenderloin
Posted: June 13, 2013 in 365 Day Salad Project, RecipesTags: Balsamic vinegar, clean dinner ideas, clean eating, dinner ideas, gluten free, healthy dinner ideas, low carb salad, salad ideas
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Day 38 of the 365 Day Salad Project…Mediterranean Grilled Salad
Posted: May 22, 2013 in 365 Day Salad Project, RecipesTags: anchovies, Avocado, Balsamic vinegar, chicken salad, clean dinner ideas, gluten free, grilled chicken thighs, grilled eggplant, grilled zucchini, healthy dinner ideas, low carb dinner
DAY THIRTY EIGHT:
Oh yes, the Mediterranean Grilled Salad…this was a good one!
grilled chicken thighs + grilled veggies : baby eggplant, zucchini & red pepper + pan crisped garlic + anchovies + avocado slices + wedged tomato + fresh torn basil leaves + red onion + red leaf lettuce + balsamic & honey dressing
Day 30 of the 365 Day Salad Project…Roasted Beets, Chickpeas & Cauliflower Chicken Spinach Salad & Curried Ginger Coconut Carrot Soup
Posted: May 14, 2013 in 365 Day Salad Project, RecipesTags: Balsamic vinegar, carrot soup, Chicken, chicken salad, clean eating, clean salad ideas, curry soup, dinner ideas, healthy meal ideas, low carb dinner ideas, roasted vegetables, salad ideas, vegan soup
DAY THIRTY:
Curried Ginger Coconut Carrot Soup + Roasted Beet Chickpea Cauliflower Spinach Chicken Salad with Balsamic Vinaigrette….very, very good. The sweet beets, the chewy crunchy salty chickpeas, hearty roasted cauliflower, delicious all together!
Day 29 of the 365 Day Salad Project….Roasted Veggie & Fresh Pineapple Chicken Salad
Posted: May 13, 2013 in 365 Day Salad Project, RecipesTags: Balsamic vinegar, Chicken, chicken salad, clean salad ideas, Cook, fresh pineapple, Home, roasted veggie salad, Salad
DAY TWENTY NINE:
Home at last! Hurray, never been so happy to eat oatmeal and fried eggs and salad, good, real salad…. It being Mother’s Day, Richard took over cooking duties tonight and out came a roasted veggie salad, so roasted eggplant, asparagus, red and yellow peppers, red onion, garlic, on crunchy fresh romaine finished with fresh pineapple chunks and cherry tomatoes, with a gigantic chicken breast on the side (which I could only eat about 2/3’s of). Just sprinkled a titch of balsamic vinegar and some salt and pepper to round it all out. Hope you all had a lovely Mother’s Day! 🙂
Day 24 of the 365 Day Salad Project…Salmon Bacon Mushroom Salad
Posted: May 8, 2013 in 365 Day Salad Project, RecipesTags: Bacon, Balsamic vinegar, clean eating, dinner ideas, low carb dinner, Olive oil, Salad, salad ideas, Salmon
DAY TWENTY FOUR:
Salmon + Bacon + fresh Mushrooms on a bed of red leaf & radicchio lettuce drizzled with a reduced balsamic & shallot dressing….very good except….always test your lettuce first, this radicchio was extremely, more than usual, crazy bitter! I wound up picking most of it out, little kid style
UPDATE! Request for dressing recipe:
Ingredients:
4 slices bacon
2 tbsp minced shallot
1/3 c balsamic vinegar
2 tbsp chicken broth
1 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
Method:
Cook the bacon in the oven, 400 degrees, till crisp (or preferred “doneness”). Drain off oil, saving about 1 tbsp. Let bacon cool, chop, and set aside.
Warm a pan over medium heat with the reserved 1 tbsp of bacon drippings. Add the shallot and saute for 1-2 minutes, then raise the the heat to medium/high. Add the vinegar and deglaze the pan, stirrring to scrape up any browned bits. Add the chicken broth, reduce heat to low, and simmer for about 5 minutes. Whisk in the olive oil. Remove from heat. Cover to keep warm OR let cool to room temp., your choice. When the salmon is ready, place it on top of the salad greens and top with chopped bacon and finish with drizzled dressing.
Balsamic Salad Dressing
Posted: May 7, 2013 in RecipesTags: Balsamic vinegar, clean dressing recipe, Cooking, dinner ideas, Garlic, Home, homemade salad dressing, Olive oil, Salad, salad dressing, salad ideas
Balsamic Salad Dressing
This is our go-to dressing in our kitchen. Consistently good and goes great with almost any salad you can toss at it…haha! Toss at it….oh sorry….This is a great ‘basic’ that can be adapted to make other dressings, for example, sub in red wine vinegar and a tbsp of dried oregano for a perfect Greek salad dressing, or, instead of sugar, sub in a tbsp of homemade strawberry jam for a strawberry spinach salad.
You can change it however you want to suit your needs but just be sure to keep the acid to oil ratio the same.
Let me know if you try this dressing and what you think! 🙂
Ingredients
1/3 C balsamic vinegar
2/3 C extra virgin olive oil
1Tbsp Dijon mustard
1 tsp sugar … (can substitute honey if you’d prefer)
1/2 tsp salt
1/2 tsp garlic powder … (or 1 tsp minced fresh garlic)
1/2 tsp pepper
Method
In your prettiest jar (this is of paramount importance:), whisk together vinegar, mustard, sugar (or honey), garlic powder (or minced fresh garlic, which I used to do, when all I had was time to burn, lol), salt & pepper. Once this is completely blended, start to slowly pour the oil in a steady stream, whisking the entire time. And that’s it! Double, triple the batch and keep it in your fridge for salads all week long. And then promise me you’ll never but a nasty overpriced under-quality store bought dressing ever again!
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