Every once in a great while, something really nice happens to me, and I wanted to share it with all y'all. Last year I wrote a blog for a website called Adoption Under One Roof and, much to my shock, I recently learned it was one of their Top Ten Blogs in 2011. The blog featured my mother's famous salad recipe, which is truly an amazingly good salad, and very versatile. Most folks like it. [my guest blogs for the site mostly focused on food. Adoptive families have to eat too..]
I reprinted the recipe below.
Elva’s Fabulous Salad
2-4 cloves fresh garlic
2 small heads of Boston lettuce
Juice of one lime or enough to make a tart dressing.Taste and add more if needed.
1/2 tsp salt
1-2 cups fresh mushrooms, washed and sliced.
½ cup Olive oil
½ cup good feta cheese, crumbled
Chop the garlic cloves fine, or use a garlic press. In a glass dish, place the mashed garlic; sprinkle with salt; mash the salt into the garlic using a fork or back of a spoon. (This releases the good flavor). Add the olive oil and lime juice. Beat with a fork or whisk. Add sliced mushrooms. Put it aside for an hour or so if you have time. Don't chill it. Meantime, wash the lettuce and put it in the fridge, or spin it and refrigerate it.
When you are almost ready to eat, tear the lettuce into bite size pieces, add the lettuce leaves and the mushrooms to the dressing. Toss everything well, from the bottom. Sprinkle the feta over the top. Don’t put any other dressing on it.
OPTIONAL: Can add : sliced scallions or cherry tomatoes.
