Goldberry’s Green Herbs
Choose your favourite mixture of greens. Rub inside of salad bowl with a cut clove of garlic. Tear or cut greens into bite-sized pieces as necessary.
- baby spinach leaves
- Romaine
- Endive
- Dandelion greens
- Escarole
- Bibb lettuce
- Leaf lettuce
- alfalfa sprouts
- fresh basil leaves
- fresh parsley
- nasturtiums or pansies (thanks for the great suggestion, Raefindel!
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If desired, add other vegetables:
- mushrooms, sliced or quartered
- radishes, finely sliced
- red onion, finely sliced or green onion, chopped
- tomato wedges or cherry tomatoes
- cucumber, sliced
- zucchini, sliced or julienned
- sweet peppers, sliced or diced
- hot peppers, sliced
- avocado, cubed & sprinkled with lemon juice to prevent browning
- etc.
Serve with Basic Bombadil Dressing or a variation.
Basic Bombadil Dressing
No, it’s not Yellow Boots & a Blue Coat!
- ½ cup olive or vegetable oil
- ¼ cup wine vinegar
- salt and pepper to taste
Combine all ingredients in a small jar and shake well. Mix as close to serving time as possible.
To make it spicy, add:
- ½ clove garlic, finely chopped
- generous pinch of oregano
- generous pinch of sweet basil
Or to make it cheesy add:
- 3 Tbsp. Parmesan cheese, grated
Or to make it tomatoey add:
- ½ clove garlic, finely chopped
- ½ cup tomato juice
Or for blue cheese dressing add:
- 2 oz. blue cheese
- 1 oz. softened cream cheese
- 1 Tbsp. light cream
Combine all ingredients; mix well, cover and chill. Serve at room temperature.