Tuesday, March 1, 2011

Simple, fast salad plus dressing

This recipe is sweet and tangy.

Ingredients for salad:

  1. Lettuce (cut into bite size) or spinach. I prefer spinach but have never tried the two together for this recipe.
  2. Strawberries (quartered)                                                      




Ingredients for dressing:

  1. Red wine vinegar
  2. Corn oil. I have tried olive oil but it's heavier and does not mix well with the other ingredients.
  3. Poppy seeds (happy drug testing a la Seinfeld)
  4. Sugar. I use sugar substitute (agave nectar or Equal) which works better than cane sugar texture-wise and visually speaking.
  5. Paprika (the highlight of the dressing)
Disclaimer is that my measurements are not exact as I make it according to taste. But the below measurements should work just fine. 

For two generous sized salads:

1/4-1/3 cup of red wine vinegar
1/2-1 cup of oil   (1/2 cup should be more than enough)
1 tablespoon of poppy seeds
1 tablespoon of sugar/substitute
1 tablespoon of paprika 

Mix it all together and adjust whatever ingredients for taste. 

*The salad tastes better if slightly chilled so perhaps place the dressing in the fridge for 15 minutes prior to serving. 

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