Crazy Salad! August 9, 2009
Posted by Teresa in : Dinner, Lunch , trackbackI made a crazy salad the other day… it turned out great, so I didn’t want to forget how I made it! Preheat oven to 350°F.
Ingredients for the salad:
- 1 1/2 heads Romaine lettuce
- 5 Radishes, sliced
- 3/4 cup Almonds (whole, raw)
- 1 cup Goldfish (the little crackers)
- 1 small container (about 3/4 cup) cubed Feta cheese
Ingredients for the dressing:
- 1 can Lychee fruit
- 2 Tbsp coconut milk (canned)
- 1 tsp (approx) white balsamic vinnegar
- mint
I washed the lettuce, and then cut it into slices. Sliced the radishes, tossed them in. Then put about a cup of the Goldfish snack crackers on a cookie sheet and into a 350°F oven, to toast them a bit and dry them out. They are the croutons! Then put the almonds on a cutting board and cut them up a bit – so each nut was roughly in half. I cubed the feta cheese and threw it in. This particular feta wasn’t too salty, but I think the salty kind would be fine too.
For the dressing, I threw most of the canned Lychees (and juice) in the blender and whizzed them until they made a smooth sauce. I had some canned coconut milk from the sweet potato recipe I’d made a few days before, so I added about 2 Tbsp of it. I knew it would be ridiculously sweet, so I added a little balsamic to offset the sweetness. Try 1 tsp, taste it and add more if you need it. Then I thought I’d toss in a little mint from the garden, just for flavour! And it turned out great! The radishes give a little zing, the almonds a little crunch, and the dressing a little sweetness. The Goldfish absorb the dressing, so don’t add them and toss until you are ready to serve!
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