Salad Freak: Recipes to Feed a Healthy Obsession

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JD: It's so funny, one of the salads that I make the most often has lettuce. There's a Little Gem salad with a creamy lemon dressing and whatever sort of herbs I happen to have around. [​Editors’ note: If you’re looking for this recipe in Salad Freak , it’s Little Gem With Creamy Dressing, Hazelnuts & Petals.] The dressing is two ingredients: jarred mayo and lemon juice, and it's so good. I love that one because it's really adaptable to whatever else you have on hand. In the summer, definitely throw some tomatoes and cucumbers on there. It's so easy and crunchy and fresh. And I am such a freak myself, I just want everybody else to eat the same way. I have so many friends who are like, ‘Oh, we don't eat fruits and vegetables.’ And I'm like, ‘Well, first of all, I don't understand how you're alive. But second of all, you're really missing out because they're so good.’ And I think one of my biggest accomplishments in the past few years has been convincing my parents that they should make their own salad dressing. It took 10 years for them to be like, ‘You know what? You're right, it's not that hard.’ In summary the cookbook does not contain recipes with ingredients many people can readily get their hands on or likely afford! The "What to Have on Hand, Always" is not your typical list of pantry items. Roasted pumpkin seed oil, toasted walnut oil, pomegranate molasses, yuzu kosho, saffron, za'atar- these are not easy to find items. Not to mention the cost of keeping the 10 recommended cheeses and over a dozen seeds and nuts on hand. Many of the ingredients are not readily found in our local grocery stores - puntarelle (chicory), endive and radicchio can be grown here but there is not the demand to keep them on the shelves. (I live in a city of over 100,000 people so we are not talking just one local grocery store). Perhaps if I lived in a different part of the continent, closer to where the cook book author resides, the recipes would be more relevant. Her voice as a writer is privileged stoner/surfer girl who’s into spirituality. Kinda Gwyneth Lite. Depending on my mood, I found that anywhere from lovely and transcendent to eye-rolling and grating. But no matter my mood, the recipes were fabulous. Some of the recipes are laughably simple. I'm all for simple, but a recipe for scooping balls of melon? No herbs, salt, nada. Sure there's a nice anecdote to go with it, but scooping balls of melon is not a recipe (at least not to me). Neither is adding some edible flowers to tomatoes.

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What a joy this cookbook has been! It’s helped me see salad in a new light – what it can be, how it can look, and how it can taste. UPDATE: I took full advantage of paraíso mango season to make the Martha's mango and mozz salad and Y'ALL IT WAS DELICIOUS. I added a touch more honey to the vinegarette because I used a larger lemon. As Borat would say: great success! Things I was less wild about: It's totally bougie. Like, there are play lists involved, mindfulness reminders, things like that. How I eat my salad and how the author eats her salad can be two totally different ways - like she's talking about mindful chopping, and maybe I'm angry and want to rage chop? Either way is OK (I think). And unless you've got some really unique suggestions (like Marcus Samuelsson does in some of his books), I don't want to know what you're listening to. Where to start ... for transparency I did not make a single recipe in this book. I took this cookbook out of the local library after seeing it recommended on a local IG feed I had followed for quite some time.

RF: I really like the concept of ‘anything can be a salad,’ because it's kind of true. It doesn't have to be lettuce with stuff on top of it. RF: We’re also sharing another recipe of yours that isn’t in the book, but would be great for Passover, Natural Wine Charoset. Can you tell me about that one? Strip the leaves of two bunches of Swiss chard from their stems, and tear the leaves into bite-size pieces. Chop the stems into half-inch pieces.

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I was excited to start this book because I was hoping for some exciting takes and ideas about eating salads/vegetables more. However, while there are definitely some interesting and inspiring salads in the book, on the whole it is very un-approachable. I loved him before he broke the melon open with his hands, but that day on the beach was one of my favorite days and stands out in my memory - one of those that makes me laugh when I'm angry and believe in my bones that it's right." As a side note, I wish cookbooks would state their values & biases up front. For example, do you think saturated fat is healthy or unhealthy? Do you have concerns with GMOs or food miles? Who is the intended audience (both in terms of cost & hunting down unusual ingredients)? If an author says, "Put coconut oil in everything, I only go to farmer's markets & co-ops, and I don't care where food is from" then I'll know to avoid the author. A lot of her ingredients are also expensive. She uses the justification that the salads are only a few ingredients so they need to be good since you’ll really taste them. Sure - but 84% butterfat butter for a salad? Further, a lot of these ingredients are only available at more bougie stores or farmers markets. In a cast-iron skillet, heat one tablespoon or so of olive oil over medium-high heat. Once the oil begins to shimmer, add your chard stems. Cook until they begin to get tender, about three minutes. Add the chard leaves, and cook until wilted but not too much, still green but softened, about two minutes. Squeeze the juice from the zested lemon into the pan, stir the greens around a bit, and then remove them with tongs and set aside.

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With salads, it not only has to do with the visual, but it also has a lot to do with texture. In all the citrus salads, sometimes I want them cut as a wheel, but sometimes I like them supremed. And it's not only because it's beautiful, but it's really delicious that way. I think supreming citrus is something that anytime I teach someone how to do that, it truly blows their mind. And once you start doing it at home, I think that it becomes habit. In the winter it's definitely chicories and citrus. Especially when I'm in New York in the winter. It's funny because I think that people who are new to cooking seasonally don't realize that citrus is such a winter thing. And it is such a gift. Such a bite of sunshine when we all really, really need it.