18 Weeks of Salads . . .

A little more than a year ago a group of slow travel community members decided to participate in a weekly cooking experiment. We would all try the same recipe and then blog (or post in the slow travel food and drink forum for those who don't have blogs) about it on Sunday.

We started off as bakers. . . examining Dolce Italiano by the uber talented Gina dePalma (also a slow travel community member).

Then we became scoopers as we learned how to make ice cream . . . using the Perfect Scoop by the wonderful David Lebovitz.

Then we started ladling soups - just in time for the return of cold weather. We didn't use a single cookbook for this, rather we all selected a tried and true recipe that we enjoyed. The soup making lasted five months! We never got bored nor did we have a recipe that made us go 'ewww'.

Throughout the spring and summer we tackled salads. Now one might think that salads might get a touch dull . . . believe it or not this was NEVER the case. In fact, we really looked forward to our weekly salad (in addition to all of the other salads we were tossing together). Some of the salads were substantial dinner salads whereas others were an accompaniment to other things.

The 18 salads were:

Eden's Foraging the City Salad
Black Bean Salad
Raw Asparagus, Pea, and Arugula Salad
Thai Chicken Salad
Grilled Tuna Nicoise Salad
Fajita Salad with Creamy Cilantro-Lime Dressing
Roasted Corn and Wild Rice Salad
Shrimp Salad
Grilled Romaine Salad with Citrus Caesar Vinaigrette
Grilled Chicken Salad with Tarragon Pesto
Watermelon Salad
Ceviche
Israeli Salad
Thai Beef Salad
Tropical Rice Salad
Couscous Salad
Southern Mustard Potato Salad
Tortellini Salad

Thanks Eden, Judy, Amy, Debrah, Kim, Deborah, Jan, Cindy, Marcia, Candi, Nancy, Terry, Maria, Palma, Ida, and Sandi for a creative and delicious journey!

So what is next for the slowtravel chefs?

Turn in NEXT Sunday to find out!

Comments

[Candi]

Jerry,
I love that collage of the salads!

[JDeQ]

Thanks Candi - the isze doesn't do them justice - they were all so good!