This weekend was a lot of fun, I did a film and TV workshop, which took up the whole weekend, and introduced myself to a delicious salad inspired by a Jamie Oliver DVD that I watched during the week. The DVD was a disc from the series 'Jamie does', in which he goes to different cities to experience the culture through the food. It's the second disc I've watched, and I love it!! Highly recommended! The flavours that he introduces and the beautiful places that he visits are so inspiring. The dishes he makes are mouth watering, and it's great to see food made so differently in some places. There are such unique ways of preparing food, and so much more to explore than frying in a pan or roasting in the oven. In the first DVD that I watched, he took a sort of clay pot with a lid, the size of a meal for one person, and went around the market throwing in some lamb (I think), olives, lemon, and so on, and brought it to a place where those pots would be buried and cooked for the day while the people went to work, and later on, everyone would come and fetch their little pot with a delicious meal ready. The same would happen with bread. Each household would prepare their dough, and send their kids to drop it off at the community oven before school. Watching these DVDs has made me re-realise how much flavour can be infused when cooking slowly, over a longer period of time, and the beauty of tender, flavourful meat.
Shaved parmesan
Homemade croutons (2 slices of bread cut into squares and fried in olive oil)
Ham
2 Tomatoes
2 Spring onions
Pickled jalapeños (chopped small)
A bag of mixed salad leaves
Creamy roasted garlic dressing
Lemon juice
Mmm this was really good, and got two thumbs up from Eirik. I have quite a few recipes saved to post, sorry I've been so slack lately! Quite a few from Norway, and a few from here aswell :o) Looking forward to sharing them with you, and hearing what you think if you try them out!
MMMMMMM Loooks yummy!!!
ReplyDeleteDid you just buy the dressing, or would you mind posting what was in the creamy roasted garlic dressing?
ReplyDeleteHey Tyler, thanx! I bought the creamy roasted garlic dressing (Praise - Deli style), but just did google search and found a recipe with a similar salad and a recipe for what seems like a similar dressing, which has gotten high ratings and comments loving the dressing. Here is the link http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/emeril-lagasse/romaine-salad-with-creamy-garlic-dressing-and-roasted-garlic-croutons/index.html
DeleteOtherwise, an easy mustard dressing might be nice. Use some Dijon mustard, olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice (approx same amount of each of the last three ingredients), salt and pepper to make a thick creamy textured French dressing.
I hope this helps :o) Bonne appetit!
Well done my precious girl, your stories, recipes and photos are all great. You have done so well here and I come and check almost everyday. I have tried some of the recipes and they are delicious. Can't wait for you to try them out on us here at home. Have a great weekend. Bless you my darling. Love and hugs, Mom
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