Dressing Edition

Hi friends,

I've found some yummy ways to dress salads living in the Middle East and wanted to share a few with you.

For Arabic salads just add some olive oil, vinegar, lemon juice and salt to taste

Or just lemon juice, sumak, chopped oninon and salt

Or for American Salads which really are our favorites:

Olive Garden Salad
2 purple onions, sliced
8 jumbo black olives, preferably pitted
6 banana peppers
3 tomatoes, sliced
Lettuce mix (Romaine, purple cabbage, julienned carrots)
Large homemade croutons

Olive Garden Dressing – in blender
½ c. mayonnaise
1/3 cup white or grape vinegar
1 tablespoon vegetable oil
4 tablespoons parmesan like cheese
1 clove garlic, minced
½ t Italian seasoning or oregano
½ t. parsley flakes or 1 tablespoon fresh.
1 tablespoon lemon juice.
Instructions:
Put ½ of lettuce in bowl, add half of toppings, add remaining lettuce and toppings, add dressing or leave on side and toss well.

And Sweet Mustard Dressing by my friend Cara Key and her Mom Deana Blackburn https://www.blogger.com/comment.g?blogID=1235357455272471736&postID=4121038719760490996&page=1&token=1270138851027_AIe9_BF6z_UQgtkUn2ThkYTAQ7GiWvV0bMD577E9Zu-kNWjDAX09fjvcwYi0BfFSo7pVRpAxTpYWU7VSBQtJ1u9zjDqbYceaW28TiM2gW5iruHI0juUjGhksLuXC8iSWv0lhnrm5uz0psgTtT67Uq0bZIRalYFsYL1SIC-R6WjycS271Ij7grBSVVxYYZb1LeT1EEQ3WCU4HMG6uyu5bOpKo0WKopw0n8K64GSdiF4dyhsqcx8TUs8h7VHlS5vbQYOC8T9X9QESP

I substituted the sugar with 1/4 cup honey the last time I made this and really liked the results too!

1/2 onion
1 t salt
1 t celery seed
1 T vinegar
2 T mustard
1/2 C sugar

1 c oil

Whirl first group of ingredients in blender

Slowly add oil

Tip: do not add the oil all at once. It takes a very long time to blend, if you do. Ask me how I know.

Hint: this recipe can be made without the celery seed. It changes the taste, but it is still good.


(I'm sure I'll do more with salads as the weather turns warmer, but one of our favorite salad toppings is sardine cakes, which I've made for dinner tonight.

Robert's Sardine Cakes
2 cans of Sardines, washed
1 egg
parmesan cheese
bread crumbs, we like the spicy ones

Mix all of the above with your hands or a fork in a bowl then shape into "cakes" or "patties" Then put onto a heated pan and turn after a few minutes. Enjoy with a salad or dip.

Don't let the canned fish scare you. But enjoy the homemade dressings if that interests you.