This recipe only refers to what is in the picture, but as I said, you can add or take away based on what you like. I am hoping to blog about more salad dressings, depending on whether you like this one (hint – let me know). Just mix the dressing until it emulsifies. You can use mint or any other herb instead of parsley. Generally, you take double the oil of the vinegar or acidic substance but I try to use less oil. I am making a simple lemon and olive oil dressing with parsley. I prefer home made dressings, and it is more a necessity for me since there are no Kraft or Newman’s dressings lining a super market aisle. I would have loved some colored peppers here, broccoli, beans, sprouts, raisins, fruit and so on. I have used a bed of lettuce as a base and then chopped or sliced whatever veggies I had on hand. So this is just a post about a Big Salad! This post started out as an attempt to assemble a salad bar, but then I ran out of chickpeas and kidney beans at the last minute. Eating your vegetables is very very important to get in all the necessary vitamins and minerals, especially for vegetarians. However, in this recipe the sauce is used as a salad dressing that brings all the elements together. Just like the classic hamburger, the key is the special sauce. #The big salad recipe macI dream, literally dream of salad bars, as much as I dream of gulab jamuns. This recipe is a great way to enjoy all the flavors of a Big Mac in the form of a salad. I have been thinking of a ‘salad bar’ post for a long time. But the iceberg you get here is not crunchy! And anyway, iceberg has the least amount of nutrition of any kind of salad greens because it is mostly water. Iceberg lettuce is becoming a bit known, thanks to stores like Reliance stocking it and Green Tokri delivering it. The salad is definitely not mainstream in India yet. Salads are only just coming in vogue on restaurant menus, that too, only on eclectic alternate cuisine restaurants and cafes. When Pizza Hut first opened its doors in Pune, they used to have a salad bar. There is vegetarian friendly hummus and so many different toppings you definitely need more than one trip. It is one of the things I miss most about my desk job – heading to the cafeteria at lunch time and then assembling the salad of the day! Granted, most salad bars don’t offer a lot of variety when you are eating off it almost every day, but there are salad bars and then there are Salad Bars!! Jason’s Deli is another example of the bottomless salad, one that lets you gorge on an unlimited amount of nuts and all kinds of crackers. Add the dressing first and the leaves last to keep everything nice and crisp. I have been eating a salad almost every day for years. This is not just pretty, this is practical. Could anyone but Julia Dreyfus have carried it off? If you are a fan of Elaine Benis and Seinfeld, you obviously remember the ‘big salad’ episode.
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