March 25, 2010 | Issue 1.4
Greetings!
This week, we're sharing more of our favorite salad recipes. They're extremely simple to make, and utterly
delicious.
In our Gruyere Salad, we toss a mixture of lettuces
in our Basic Dijon Vinaigrette, which we spruce up by adding a bit of chopped
garlic and shallot. Then we shower the
salad with a grating of luscious Gruyere cheese, which attaches itself to every
lettuce leaf. (We like to use Bibb and
red leaf lettuce in this salad, but you can really use any kind you want.)
Next, there's our light, refreshing Romaine Salad with
Feta and Lemon. We coat chunks of
crunchy romaine in our classic Lemon Dressing, which we make creamy by
adding feta cheese, and then sprinkle the salad with thinly sliced red onion
and a little extra feta.
Since washing lettuce is usually the most time consuming
(and boring) part of making salad, we try to do it as infrequently as possible,
and wash a whole lot of lettuce at once. (If stored properly and refrigerated, clean,
dry lettuce will keep for about a week.
For details, see Step-By-Step: How to Dry and Store Lettuce.) Mix up and refrigerate a big batch of dressing
(it should also keep for about a week) and you'll be able to toss together a salad
in seconds, whenever you want one.
You'll find links to our two salad recipes
below. Also, be sure to check out our
slew of new Step-by-Step ingredient prep guides.
Cheers!
The Kitchenista
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Gruyere Salad
Tender but crunchy lettuce, luscious Gruyere cheese, and a light, creamy dressing make this salad utterly perfect. We like to use a combination of Bibb lettuce (aka Boston lettuce) and red leaf lettuce, although you can really use any lettuce that's sold by the head.
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Romaine Salad with Feta and LemonThis is a wonderfully light, refreshing salad. We typically use French feta in this recipe (it has a nice, creamy texture) but any kind of feta will work just fine.
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