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Beyond the Salad Bowl

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Salad: It's not boring anymore. This is the twenty-first century and we've learned to think outside the box when it comes to our food, espeically healthy, local food & produce. If you can, make the salads below after you come home from the farmers market laden with fresh produce. It will make every salad more flavorful. If not, just use the freshest organic ingredients you can buy in a store. Your salad will thaink you.

Below, find creative suggestions for turning your salad inside out, making it out of corn, and recreating the well-known restaurant salads, tuna nicoise and the NY Steakhouse salad.

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Turning Your Salad Inside Out

If you're sick and tired of that old salad-in-a-bowl concept, turn your salad inside out with this fun trick! Asparagus, carrot sticks, and greens are the perfect things to stuff inside a hollowed-out cucumber or tomato. Serve with a variety of dressings on the side. Read More

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Corn Salad

Why limit yourself to green things as a salad base? Swap out your greens for colorful, bright corn! Use fresh farmer's market corn: boil and shave off of the cobb, then mix with other vegetables and serve warm. In winter, or in a time crunch, just buy a bag of frozen corn kernels. In fact, once you see how tasty this recipe is, you may want to keep a bag of frozen corn on hand in your freezer at all times so you can always have a gourmet dinner in an snap! Read More

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Tuna Nicoise

What is tuna nicoise? It's a healthy salad with a hefty dose of protein...no need to follow with a main course! This French salad originates in Nice, and is topped with delicious rare tuna steak. The other traditonal ingredients include sliced hard-boiled eggs, fresh string beans, cold dill potatoes, red onions, and capers. Read More

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Updated Steakhouse Salad

Take a trip to the big city without leaving your kitchen with this updated classic NY Steakhouse Salad. Cucumber, watermelon, feta, shrimp, string beans, red onions and bacon in a red wine vinaigrette are the tart and delicious ingredients you'll need to transport yourself to NYC. Follow with a steak. Read More

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