Thursday, May 20, 2010

Summer is for Salads

I'm getting so excited about the Farmers' Market opening soon that I could explode! I'm gathering ingredients to make a million different kinds of salad dressing. Today, I'll be discussing homemade honey mustard dressing. But first, things to put on your amazing, awesome, delicious salad:

all manner of lettuce and greens
herbs such as basil, thyme and oregano (This is actually the secret to an amazing salad.)
frozen peas
slices radishes
olives
shredded carrots
sliced tomatoes
avocado
hard-boiled eggs
sauteed portobello mushrooms

You know you want to eat salads at my house! Yum! Yum!

Back to salad dressing: Honey Mustard. I don't measure anything. It's all by taste. Take these ingredients and mix them together in a small bowl. Taste it, dip a piece of lettuce in it until you get the right proportions. This is so much better than any dressing you'll buy at the store.

Olive Oil
Red Wine Vinegar
Mustard (I prefer fancy Dijon mustard to the kind you put on hot dogs.)
Honey (You can get this at the farmers' market!)
Maple Syrup
Pepper to taste

Mix, enjoy.

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