HAPPY ST. PATRICK'S DAY!
In honor of this oh-so-Irish holiday, Starke Deadly Delicious Recipes is
FREE, Monday March 17th! One reason? It contains a recipe for
slumgullion, that oh-so-Irish dish. And here's a variation on
slumgullion, a slumgullion salad recipe, great for lunch if you
overindulge celebrating the holiday! ENJOY!
SLUMGULLION SALAD
A twist on an old traditional salad
The inspiration for
this "leftovers" salad came from the simple Greek salad of tomatoes, cucumbers,
onions and feta cheese, with vinegar and oil dressing. But never stop
there—slumgullion salad can be any mixture of vegetables that you like. You can
even mix cooked and raw veggies.
Some combos that
work well are:
Either raw or cooked
broccoli and cauliflower (or one can be cooked and one raw, trust me, it works)
with raw or cooked carrots.
Cold cooked brussel
sprouts with garbanzo beans and raw carrots
Add fresh tomatoes
to any slumgullion salad (not cooked or canned, because it is too reminiscent
of spaghetti sauce and the tomatoes are too liquid)
Add garbanzo, lima
beans or white beans to the Greek salad
Add olives to the
salad, or capers
Add nuts and/or dried cranberries or raisinsAdd chopped apple or pineapple, or even mangos, if you like sweetness
with your salad
Tomatoes are a strong flavor, so be careful what you mix them with,
apples and tomatoes don't mix well, for example.
Avoid adding too many ingredients together, this will create a murky,
muddy taste, with no one taste standing out.
Avoid too much of the strong tasting topping, for example too many nuts
or olives or capers will overwhelm the salad, and in the case of pickled olives
and capers, will make the salad too salty.
