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Melted Salad

Posted by Candice on December 19, 2009 at 10:39 pm

There are only six days until Christmas. This should be a lovely post about a wonderful Christmas memory or a favourite Christmas recipe. Except, truth is, I have whatever Tom has. Sore throat, headache, and I’ve slept more in this past week than I have in the past semester. So this is a bit of a lame post, it’s just a recipe.

I’m really not a fan of anything cold. I’m that annoying girl who says “no ice” at restaurants.  This makes winter a little tricky; however I compensate by eating very warm things all winter long. Apparently though, you are supposed to eat salad all year round because the vegetables are good for you. So, to get around the cold-ness of a salad, here is my recipe for Melted Salad - I invented it on the bus the other day after griping for a while about eating salad in winter.

Cut up an onion and some garlic.
Cut up some celery (really tiny because celery strings are gross)
Cut up a few carrots
Cut up a turnip (or rutebaga if you’re from Toronto)
Cut up some spinach (salad = need for some leafy greens)
Cut up anything else you like in your salad (except berries)

Put your favorite salad dressing in a big pot (Greek is good. So is oil and balsamic vinegar). Add tons of salt and pepper. Throw in all the vegetables. Cover the works with water, turn on burner. You’ll know it’s done when everything has melted.

This is the kind of salad you’ll want to serve in a bowl, not on a plate.

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