Whenever you go into a Japanese restaurant, they give you the little salad after your miso soup, right? There’s almost always the same orange-colored ginger dressing on the salad — and I’m here to tell you exactly what it is. You’ll need a blender to mix everything together, but I guarantee it tastes EXACTLY like [...]
Posts Tagged as ‘Salads’
July 22, 2009
Mark Bittman Does It Again! 101 Summer Salads
I’m sure the entire world knows I’m a huge fan of Mark Bittman, but in case you haven’t seen the Food section of the New York Times today, there’s a huge special on 101 simple salads for the season. I particularly like the zippy way in which Bittman writes about these recipes. Here are a [...]
April 20, 2008
Springtime Means Pasta Salad Time: Cold Penne Salad with Celery, Scallions and Broccoli
I needed a good accompaniment to the turkey pita I was eating, so I decided to make a crisp, verdant salad out of the things that I had sitting in my fridge (that’s how most of my recipes start out, I guess…college life…). I ended up with a seasonally appropriate pasta salad full of green [...]
March 24, 2008
New Salad Option at the Schine Salad Bar
If you eat at the Schine salad bar often, you know that your options are limited. Every salad topper is disgusting (corn, chopped eggs, broccoli, drained tuna, banana peppers), the dressings have flakes of tuna and olives floating in them and the only good thing about it is the potato salad and croutons. But they’ve [...]
January 8, 2008
Tito Maro’s Bok Choy Chinese Salad
Chinese salads can be made a million different ways, but I’ve never had one with bok choy as the main green for the salad. People usually use the same old romaine, but bok choy has a great texture and will make your Chinese theme a bit more authentic than iceberg lettuce. According to my Tito [...]
October 8, 2007
Tofu Salad
This recipe is inspired by my uncle’s original tofu salad. I wanted to take his recipe to the next level. I will give both versions of it: Tito Maro’s Tofu Salad: 1/2 iceberg lettuce, chopped up1/4 package firm tofu, cubed1/2 c grated carrot1 tbs fish flakes1/3 c miso dressing1/3 c chopped green onions1/2 c shredded [...]
