Larson Recipes
Salads
Bibb Lettuce Salad with Caper Dressing
Ingredients
- 2 small heads bibb lettuce
- 4 radishes, sliced
- 1/4 cucumber, sliced
Dressing
- 4 tablespoons capers
- 2 tablespoons fresh dill or 2 teaspoons dried
- 1/4 cup parsley leaves
- 1 small shallot, chopped
- 3 tablespoons red wine vinegar
- salt and pepper
- 1/3 cup olive oil
Directions
Place each half head of lettuce on individual plates cut side down so the lettuce forms a mound on the plate. Arrange the radishes and cucumber slices around each lettuce mound. Blend capers, dill, parsely, shallot, vinegar, salt and pepper in a blender, then stream in olive oil. Spoon dressing evenly over the salad.
Caesar Salad
Ingredients
- ¼ cup olive oil
- ½ t worcestershire sauce
- ½ t mustard powder
- 4 anchovies, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic/black pepper
- 1 lemon
- 1 head romaine
- Homemade croutons
Directions
Croutons: Bread, butter, garlic salt. Bake 350 degrees 7 minutes/side. Add parmesan cheese.
Chef's Salad
Ingredients
- Bed of lettuce
- Peas
- Sliced hard-boiled egg
- Cubed/ chopped meat
- Broccoli
- Carrots
- Etc...
Directions
Make it up!
Columbia's 1905 Salad
Ingredients
- ½ head iceberg lettuce, cut into chunks
- 2 ripe tomatoes, cut into eighths
- 3 ounces Swiss cheese, cut into julienne strips
- 12 large shrimp, shelled, deveined, cooked and cut in half lengthwise
- ½ cup pitted Spanish olives
- 2 teaspoons grated Romano cheese
Dressing
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 teaspoon dried oregano (or 2 teaspoons fresh oregano)
- 1 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1 egg yolk
- ½ cup Spanish olive oil
- ⅛ cup white wine vinegar
- Juice of 1 lemon (optional, but in our family NOT optional)
- Salt and pepper to taste
Directions
Toss together all salad ingredients except Romano cheese.
To make dressing, combine garlic, oregano, Worcestershire sauce, and egg yolk. Beat until smooth with a wire whisk. Add oil gradually, beating to form an emulsion. Stir in vinegar and lemon juice and season with salt and pepper. Add dressing to salad and toss well. Garnish with Romano cheese.
French Dressing
Ingredients
- ¼ cup oil
- 3 T ketchup
- 2 T sugar
- 1 ½ T vinegar
- ¼ small onion
- 1 T lemon
- 1 clove garlic
- ½ t paprika
- ⅛ t salt
- Bleu Cheese
Directions
In a food processor or blender, mix all the ingredients except the bleu cheese. Crumble the blue cheese in. Dress your salad.
Scott's General Rules for Making Dressing
Ingredients
- Garlic
- Vinegar
- Spice
- Some kind of sweetness
- Olive oil
- Taste
- Pepper + Salt? (or elsewhere)
Directions
Mix and serve.