Winter salad/summer salad, and not a single ingredient in common. We need more words for “salad”! So people don’t get confused and think they need tomato-rocks that have survived a road train trip to make a salad in winter, or soapy tasting hydroponic lettuce in summer! End of rant.
The winter salad is:
- lettuces of several kinds
- rocket
- parsley
- celery
- carrots
- snow peas
- nasturtium
- mandarin segments
- avocado
- cottage cheese
- dressing of lemon juice, olive oil, soy sauce and chili jam shaken together in a jar
The summer salad is
- cucumber
- tomato
- basil
- capsicum
- aragula
- red salad onion
- olives
- dressing of balsamic vinegar with olive oil, soy sauce and a little honey
I love any salad, and funnily enough, I am eating more salad now in Winter than I did last Summer? Salads are a great way to put heaps of In Season stuff into a bowl, and I think having too much junk food when I was recovering from my operation, I was SO craving greens and crunchy vege’s and yummy salads full of good stuff after a week!
Love the look of your winter salad! 🙂
I love warm salads too…roast seasonal veggies, tossed with leaves and drizzled with a dressing. Winter salads are such a nice accompaniment to hot food…which (although I love it) can be a bit heavy. A salad adds lightness and a different texture.
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