ISO a specific salad

chippy

Wed, Aug 17 2011, 4:21 pm

I had this amazing salad once- but can't find the recipe anywhere.
here are some of the things that were in it, maybe you can help me find it or recreate it.

lettuce
avocado
mango
some type of nut

dressing - what I really want to find!
it had:
mayo
oil
soy sauce
garlic (maybe)

I am missing some ingredients! anyone familiar with which salad this may be?

chocolate moose

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 11:50 am

you sure it had soy sauce ?

chippy

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 1:41 pm

I vaguely remember soy sauce in it. but if I'm wrong and it didn't, would you recognize the rest of ingredients without it? I don't particularly care for soy sauce that much anyway.

Chavelamomela

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 2:00 pm

could it be with balsamic vinegar, which is what you confused w. soy sauce b/c they're the same color?

chippy

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 2:26 pm

it's very possible. I haven't had it in a while. does it sound familiar with balsamic vinegar?

ra_mom

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 2:50 pm

If you're looking for a salad like that with a honey dijon dressing
http://imamother.com/forum/vie.....salad

Happy18

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 4:41 pm

I feel like there are a bunch of similar salads to the one you described. I wouldn't use soy sauce in a dressing though I would go with the balsamic vinegar.

lamplighter

Fri, Aug 26 2011, 6:07 pm

I agree that it is most likely balsamic vinegar (also a brown color). I don't see how soy sauce would work with those ingredients.

here's a salad that sounds similar to what your looking for (no mayo tho):

Lettuce
avocado
mango
slivered almonds
chopped red onion

1/2 cup sugar
3/4 cup oil
1/3 cup balsamic vinegar
1 tsp salt

Blueberry Muffin

Sat, Aug 27 2011, 9:40 pm

lamplighter wrote:

mmmm... sounds yummy!

lamplighter

Sat, Aug 27 2011, 9:51 pm

Oh it is! (with all that sugar how can it not be Smile

)

The chopped onion is important, it adds to the dressing flavor. If you don't have any, use onion powder.

Blueberry Muffin

Sat, Aug 27 2011, 9:55 pm

lamplighter wrote:

Oh it is! (with all that sugar how can it not be Smile

)

The chopped onion is important, it adds to the dressing flavor. If you don't have any, use onion powder.

nah... dont think onion powder give the flavor and sharp zip as a real red onion....

chippy

Sun, Aug 28 2011, 11:34 pm

thanks for all your help. but sadly I don't think this was the salad...or even so similar. I must say, I really do think there was soy sauce in it. I will try and hunt it down and post it if I ever get ahold of it because it was so yummy!

ra_mom

Mon, Aug 29 2011, 12:03 am

rivkahk wrote:

I've been thinking. How about mayo, soy sauce, rice vinegar, honey, ginger, garlic, dry mustard, and black pepper?

chippy

Mon, Aug 29 2011, 9:32 pm

ra_mom, that sounds really really similar. you know of a recipe that calls for that?

ra_mom

Mon, Aug 29 2011, 10:17 pm

rivkahk wrote:

ra_mom, that sounds really really similar. you know of a recipe that calls for that?

I can give you approximate amounts of what I would do.

chippy

Mon, Aug 29 2011, 11:31 pm

ra_mom wrote:

rivkahk wrote:

ra_mom, that sounds really really similar. you know of a recipe that calls for that?

I can give you approximate amounts of what I would do.

sounds great!