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April 21, 2009

Doing the "Oh My God, It's So GOOD" Dance in My Chair

On the way home from teaching today I decided to stop at our Co-op for some salad fixin's. I planned out a couple of salads in advance for this week, so I needed to get the fresh stuff for them. I intended to save this particular salad for tomorrow, but once I got home, it's all I wanted. And now that I'm eating it, I remember why. Every single time I have this salad, Every. Single. Time, I am convinced it's one of the best things I've ever eaten--EVER--in my life.

Whenever I take a bite, my entire focus, energy, soul moves into my mouth. I wiggle around and get all contorted, the better to taste it. I can't help myself. Just now, for instance, I tried to take a bite and then type. But my hands wouldn't let me. They didn't want to distract me from the flavors doing the lambada on my tongue.

It's from Everyday Food Magazine's website. (My comments/alterations are the lengthy parenthetical bits in italics.)

Orange and Avocado Salad
Serves 4, but I'm eating it all by myself.

• 3 oranges (Today I used 2 oranges and a grapefruit. Because that's what I had. Still amazing. In fact, perhaps even moreso than usual.)
• 2Tbs white wine vinegar
• 2Tbs olive oil
• Coarse salt and ground pepper (I'm not a big fan of salt & pepper, I left them out. Frankly, I don't think this salad needs them. I think they'd only detract from the amazing freshness that is this salad.)
• 1 lg head torn red leaf lettuce (I used about 3 cups of spring herb mix. Leafy greens are leafy greens.)
• 1 peeled pitted and thinly sliced avocado (Today I just cut the sucker into chunks. I gave the same treatment to the citrus, in fact. It doesn't have to be pretty. It just has to taste good. And it does.)
• 4 radishes, cut into wedges.

Directions
1. Segment oranges, reserving 3 Tbs juice (I got 3/4 cup of juice, all told, from these fruits, just from cutting them up and squeezing the empty rinds. So I measured out 3Tbs and drank the rest. That alone was worth the price of admission.)
2. In a small bowl, whisk together reserved juice, white wine vinegar and olive oil. Season with coarse salt & ground pepper.
3. In a large bowl, combine lettuce, avocado, oranges & radishes. Drizzle with dressing as desired and toss gently to combine.
4. Serve immediately.

And by "serve immediately," I mean grab yourself a fork and a spoon, tuck that bowl under your chin and growl menacingly at anyone who tries to get this amazing salad away from you. You won't want to share.

I don't know who invented this salad, but they deserve a medal or sainthood or deityism or something. As far as I'm concerned, they're already a magician or a god or the best human being ever to walk the earth. Seriously. Try this salad and tell me I'm not right.

Posted by sally at April 21, 2009 03:50 PM

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