Salads

Feta and Tomatoes

Warm additions to cool greens is a great combination for anytime of year but especially when the grill is handy. The base salads can be topped with any protein you like. Come on, you know the drill. Think outside the recipe!

This spinach salad is a healthier version made with turkey bacon and chunks of sautéed tomatoes. Complete it with slabs of rustic whole grain bread brushed with olive oil.

Low plastic tables and stools filled with contented customers are out in the street. At the far edge of the sidewalk are lined up a couple tables. On these tables jars of different ingredients are placed on a shelf. Behind the table, laughing and chatting, lovely Burmese ladies with long delicate fingers are mixing your salad up to order.

I pull up a tiny stool, with my knees around my ears I have a look at the menu on the low table. Pickled Tea Salad, Pickled Rice Salad, Pickled Ginger Salad…I don’t even bother reading any more, I know what I want. A young lad with a longyi pulled up and tucked around in back comes bouncing up and I ask for rice salad.

Dressing:
2 slices turkey bacon, slice into thin bits
½ Cup of Olive Oil-split in half
¼ Cup of thinly sliced red onion
¼ Cup of good Balsamic vinegar
¼ Cup chicken stock
1 Ripe Medium tomato, split in quarters gently squeeze out seeds and rough chop
Salt and Fresh Pepper
2 1″ thick slices of a rustic multi-grain bread brushed with olive oil
2- 4 ounce portions of fresh sea scallops*. Marinate before hand if you like.

* You can use salmon, swordfish, or other fish that holds up to the heat of a grill. I love this salad with sea scallops as the sweet of the scallops compliments the smoky bacon flavor and the bite of the spinach.

Method

Place the cleaned spinach in a mixing bowl with the mushrooms.

In a medium saucepan over low heat put ¼ cup of the olive oil and the bacon bits.

Cook until they are browned, then add the onions. Cook for one minute.
Now add the vinegar and stock and let simmer for about 2 minutes. Remove from heat and hold.

Suddenly there is a small bowl on the table in front of me with a tiny spoon poked into one side. I am about to join the tea-party. My saliva enzymes are already well primed and I dig in.

Just as I remembered it and more.

Completely unforgettable. With the golden stupa of Sule Pagoda shining out in the background and my mouth full of personally-touched rice salad, I am content.

Over the years I learned that you can make your salad healthy and taste good at the same time.

All you have to do is add delicious healthy salad dressing to the vegetables and fruits in your salad. It is not hard to do. There are many healthy salad dressings you can easily make at home in 2-3 minutes, really! And they taste so yummy!.

Use the same spatula to toss the salad with the dressing til it is completely coated. Split this mixture on to two plates. Spoon tomatoes around the salad. Top with scallops. Cut the bread in half and complete the plate.

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7. Caring For Animals
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GMO crops and ingredients are off limits under organic standards. More than 1 million tons of GM crops are to provide sustenance for non organic livestock that produce practically all of the non organic pork & dairy products in our super markets and grocery stores.

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