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Questions tagged [salad]

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What is the secret to avoid bitter-tasting rapini?

At a certain pick-your-own-food-and-stamp-your-card-then-pay-at-the-exit restaurant, the salad bar includes a delectable rapini, even though it looks like it is prepared with nothing more than steaming or boiling, followed by sprinkling with olive…
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Keeping pre-cooked asparagus crisp

I would like to pre-blanch some asparagus to dress and serve later as a salad. Will it stay crisp?
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Squeezing excess water from seaweed

I was making seaweed salad for the first time tonight and had just finished soaking my wakame for some time. I rinsed it and put it in a colander, but just couldn't squeeze out very much water. The pieces stuck to my hands, squished, and made…
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Advice on preparing/incorporating sprouts in salads?

Alfalfa/Bean sprouts can have a strong taste or they are too firm to chew on easily. I tried adding salt or salty ingredients with some success to soften the sprouts and reduce bitterness. What is your advice for combining them in salads?
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My cheese congealed and I don’t know why?

I mixed up a salad in a glass container I added dressing and goat cheese crumbles and shook it up. The next day when I went to eat it all the cheese ended up in a big congealed lump in the bottom of the container. Did I do something wrong?
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what should I do with overgrown beautiful clusters of Chia seed leaves?

A few weeks ago I soaked Chia Seeds to add to my daily smoothie the following morning.However, this got forgotten to add and left over for the next day. Instead of throwing away in the trash bin, I threw these soaked and smelly in my back vegetable…
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Bitter tasting salad

I've noticed that sometimes when eating salad the first bite can taste quite bitter. Is this just the natural flavour of particular leaves and my palate adjusting to it? Is there a possibility it's caused by poorly washed salad that has not had the…
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Is it possible to freeze salad dressing

Is it ok to freeze Vinegarette Dressings. Need to take on a flight for a friend. Label says keep refrigerated so would this be ok for a 12hr flt in checked luggage in a insulated freezer bag. Thank you.
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How to make olives to be used in salad?

Hey i was trying something different, and want to serve olives as salad but don't know how to make that salty thing to be included in salad.
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Making my salads a little better

I eat a lot of salads for lunch. It's not hard for them to taste bland because I don't use creamy dressings and try to use healthy greens. Here is an example of a typical salad I make: Spring mix, tuna (sometimes mixed with a dash of mayo),…
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How to get rid of goitrogens from goitrogenic foods without cooking?

Cruciferous vegetables like cabbage, Brussels sprouts, broccoli, broccolini, cauliflower, mustard greens, kale, turnips, and collard greens contain goitrogens. Is there a way to get rid of these without cooking. I eat those vegetables daily in…
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Salads that are made of tomatoes, onion, chilli, coriander, salt and lemon

Recently I've been making salads that are made of tomatoes, onion, chilli, coriander, salt and lemon. Then, I eat them with bread. I have no idea where this recipe is coming from. Do you have any suggestion on making recipes with these…
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How long does store bought ranch dressing last once opened and does it need to be refrigerated?

once we open the bottle and reseal with our own bottle would it need to be refrigerated? we are looking to buy in bulk and rebottle the dressing. Thank you
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Better methods for meal-prepping salads?

Every time I've tried to prepare salads for the week, they always go bad. I meal prep on Sunday and make 5 days worth of meals. I've been doing this for months but salads always give me trouble. Greens will go soft or veggies will get…
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What's this salad of gray lumps in white dressing?

I can identify the green lettuce at the bottom, but not the physical matter under the red maraschino cherry. I happened upon this on Open Rice for a popular Western cuisine restaurant in Central, Hong Kong. What are the gray lumps? What white…
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