Thursday, June 26, 2014

The vlog: Composed Salad for Summer

It's finally here! The first in a new series of instructional web cooking videos on the Blu Aubergine blog...that's right, the vlog! (Sounds Slavic, no?)...Well, it's here to guide you in delicious food prep with simple, easy-to-follow instructions for making various seasonal dishes.

First up: this summer composed salad. Like other famous composed salads (think Cobb, Nicoise, et al), these salads are composed of several ingredients other than greens -- usually a protein, a cheese, a fruit, a vegetable, and sometimes a nut or a grain. Most dressings can be whisked up in no time, but the dressing I make here has a spicy-sweet-sour base which requires a bit of cooking to infuse the flavor. I mention straining the ingredients after cooking, though I never actually do that in this video -- but the diced rhubarb, pepper, and garlic certainly don't detract from the salad. They may even enhance it. What kind of interesting combinations can you come up with for a delicious composed summer salad? The possibilities are endless...


As always, we welcome your comments and feedback. Enjoy, and buon appetito
 

6 comments:

  1. Dana sounds wonderful and coming from you I know it will be. Bravo. Mickie

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    1. Thanks Mickie! Try it and let me know know how it goes!

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  3. sounds good. Can you use a substitute cheese or spring greens?

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    1. Of course! The idea is to play around with the ingredients. You could try any other kind of cheese you like, and kind of fruit, spring greens, or any green -- spinach, arugula, kale, radicchio and endive, butter lettuce and herbs like parsley and dill...the possibilities really are endless!

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  4. This looks good. I assume your father didn't teach you how to cook. Cousin Barry Klitsberg

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