Ok, I'm posting my attempt to recreate a salad I had out at lunch with the mrs.
If anyone went out to eat with me very often, they would notice that I tend to try new things on a menu. Well we were out at a place that serves tacos and such, but I noticed this chopped salad that sounded pretty good. It had cabbage, avocado, radish and jicama in what seemed to me to be a cumin scented vinaigrette. With some grilled mahi mahi on the side it was so good!
Several weeks later I was cooking and remembered this salad and decided to try and recreate it. Well one might say that I am missing several main ingredients from that salad, but I just went with what I had in the fridge. I chopped up some jicama, celery, carrot, red pepper, green onions and jalapeño. Then I just made up a simple cumin vinaigrette as I often do, and I think you should as well. I don't want to pour something out of a bottle onto the veggies that I had just worked with.
It was pretty spicy with a whole jalapeño so I cut that in half. It's obviously not the same but I thought it turned out pretty tasty.
Chopped Veggie Salad
1 celery, diced
1 carrot, peeled and diced
1/2 red pepper, diced
2 green onions, chopped
1/2 jalapeño, seeded and diced
1/2 lime, squeezed
1 T red wine vinegar
1/4 t ground cumin
salt and pepper
2 T olive oil
Serves 2
Mix together the veggies in a bowl.
In a small bowl, mix lime juice, vinegar, cumin, salt and pepper.
Whisk in the olive oil slowly to make a simple vinaigrette.
Taste for seasoning and pour enough dressing over veggies
to coat, and mix well.
Have you ever tried to recreate something that you have had while dining out?
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