Salads Made Simple

I love salads and eat them year round. As the weather gets warm I often make salads as the whole meal and I when the seasons change I love adding things like apples or pears and toasted pumpkin seeds in the Fall.

I have to tell you that I never use bottled dressing and I’d love to get everyone to make their own fresh dressing. Not just because it’s easy, delicious and really gives you a chance to highlight the flavors of your salad but more so because even the best quality bottled dressing tends to be made with less expensive lower quality oils and other unnecessary ingredients that overpower the flavor of the salad. Often, oils like soybean and canola are genetically modified and as many of you know, genetically modified foods have not been tested for safety and don’t have to be labeled in the US. Many of the more popular mainstream store brands are filled with additives from high fructose corn syrup to MSG which have no place in our food so why would anyone want to pour them on their fresh produce?

Here’s a quick video of how simple it can be to make a great salad. This is so easy, basic and delicious as it is or a great starting point for using your imagination and adding other ingredients.