Salad Days

Ilona

The spring brings fantastic new salad greens to the table. All those seeds which are planted when the weather has barely broken from winter’s cold, stiff fingers are now shooting up into tasty and tender new leaves. Either pull thinnings or cut off some of the new lettuces and Mesclun to make fresh salads. That is what we end up eating during the busy spring season.

avocado

I can’t grow avocados, but they are one of my favorite additions to salads. They are also a good source food for glutathione, a necessary brain nutrient that you can’t get from a pill- it must be food sourced.

So what is better than some easy, delicious recipes?

A Fattoush recipe originally published on Dolly and Oatmeal, but adapted by me

 ingredients

  • 2 cups spinach, roughly chopped
  • 1 cup fresh parsley, minced
  • 2 sprigs mint (roughly 8-10 leaves), minced
  • 1 bunch spring onions, cleaned and white parts sliced thin
  • 1 small cucumber, quartered into 1/2″ chunks
  • 4-5 radishes, sliced thin by hand or mandolin
  • 1/4 cup chives, minced

Combine salad ingredients and add croutons and the salad dressing you wish. A flavorful Balsamic vinaigrette would be my choice. Equal parts balsamic vinegar and your fav salad oil, crushed garlic, salt and pepper to taste, and some chipotle chile or cayenne.

Garnish with freshly sliced avocado. Maybe a sprinkle of coarse salt like Hawaiian Black Lava salt.

Classic Favorite Salad

Simplicity itself.

ingredients

  • Baby lettuce greens
  • Sliced strawberries
  • Sliced roasted almonds or carmelized walnuts
  • Your dressing
  • Grated parmesan flakes

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Ilona

I started working on this website beginning in 1998, when it was part of "Ilona's Reflecting Pool". Since then I've branched out into a number of online endeavors and work at writing lots of content for my sites. The work on "Ilona's Garden" remains my primary site and is dedicated to home gardener's success.