Hot out there today, and since I’ve not been able to bring myself to turn on the A/C yet, dinner called for something cool. Milkshake? That would work, but there is no ice cream in the icebox, and well, I did that one day last week… Chicken salad is a summer fav of mine, but it would take a while and heat up the kitchen. Oh, and I don’t have any chicken on hand. :)
Salad bar it is. Cool, fast, real food, won’t heat up the kitchen and for some folks – healthy. For me, well, it starts healthy – but then I keep adding more things to it. I’ve always been a fan of the salad bars when they started showing up in the markets – the variety and the ability to get small amounts of ingredients is great, especially if you’re single and there’s no way you’re going to use up all the various ingredients in time if you bought them separately.
Start with some spinach and romaine lettuce. Shredded carrots – lots and LOTS of shredded carrots. Radishes, sunflower seeds, a bit of shredded mozzarella cheese and croutons. Then slathered in some creamy caesear dressing – that’s where I think the healthy part goes out the window. But it hits the spot every time and in my head, offsets Sunday’s bacon cheeseburger. Sadly, it doesn’t seem to look as good as it tastes, but that’s the hazard of tossing it all once the dressing is on. Small price to pay.
