Choose Sides: How Do You Like Your Green Salad? Fruit or No Fruit

Been married to my husband for over 40 years. This is a long-standing DIVIDE. My husband says fruit has no place on a bed of lettuce or other greens used to make a salad. I say all green salads taste better with fruit - nectarines, pears, strawberries, raisins, mangos! Love that sweet taste. He says "Forget about it!" This coming from the man who taught me to eat carrot and raisin salad.

Whose side are you are you on? 

Fruit is fantastic in a salad. Yes??

If you say NO.  These recipes might persuade you to change your mind.

Summer Fruit Medley Green Salad - 

The Grateful Girl Cooks!

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Pomegranate & Pear Green Salad with Ginger Dressing Recipe | Yummly https://t.co/9PBr8M0vLl via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

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Grilled Mango and Pineapple Salad https://t.co/D9bihbolRQ via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

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Tropical Salad with Pineapple Vinaigrette Recipe https://t.co/9N71nMbYyE via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

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The Ultimate Fruit, Cheese & Nut Salad | Ambitious Kitchen https://t.co/VFgWVfQlmf via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

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Green Salad with Beets, Oranges & Avocado Recipe | Yummly https://t.co/aFjg5SWBtZ via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

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Christmas Tree Salad - Aka Raw Chard Pecan Pom Salad Recipe | Yummly https://t.co/OvHshZXWMF via @flipboard #saladrecipes #salads w/ #fruit #eatyourveggies #fruitsandveggies @EverydaySpices

— Treathyl Fox (@cmoneyspinner) June 29, 2019

Herbs and Spices: There is Ginger and Then There is Blue Ginger

Spice Spotlight: Blue Ginger or Galangal 

One of my favorite Asian TV chefs is Ming Tsai. He had a restaurant called Blue Ginger, which sadly, closed in 2017, even before the COVID-19 pandemic. I never really thought about the name of his restaurant until I learned that there is a plant called “blue ginger”. 

It is not in the ginger root family but it looks like ginger; and its stems have beautiful blue flowers. So people call it “blue ginger”. If you accidentally put galangal or blue ginger in your recipe thinking it is ginger, you'll know as soon as you taste it that you made a mistake. Although, you might not mind the difference in the flavor.

This tropical plant is native to Indonesia and is a seasoning that adds flavor to numerous Southeastern Asian dishes. Blue ginger is used as a ornamental plant for home or garden; as well as a cooking ingredient. Also, like most herbs and spices, it has medicinal purposes.  

(NOTE: Also called Thai ginger or Siamese ginger.)

REFERENCES:

PropagatingBlue Ginger: Tips On Growing Blue Ginger Plants

Top6 Galangal Nutrition facts and Health benefits

What’sthe Difference Between Galangal and Ginger? | Kitchn

(The Kitchn article shares recipes that use galangal and recipes that use ginger.)

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Galangal is available on Amazon in Grocery and Gourmet.

All About Tropical Plants - How to Buy, Store, and Use Galangal |Food52

Ingredient Spotlight: Galangal, the ‘Thai Ginger’ You Need in Your Pantry – One Green Planet

Foodie Friday : Let's Do Sushi! Keep It Kosher!

Determined to make your own sushi? The four ingredients listed below are considered the "basic sushi essentials".

1. Gari, thinly sliced and pickled ginger.
2. Wasabi, aka Japanese horseradish
3. Nori, dried seaweed used to wrap the sushi roll
4. Sushi rice, a Japanese rice that is sticky and short-grained.

Got these tips from Bani Grill. Great basic information to get started. But beyond this point? Uuuhh ... Let's go together.

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"Revolutionizing the way you eat sushi."

Starting with:

KOSHER SUSHI

• Enough With the Gefilte Fish. I'll Have Sushi. - The New York Times
• Sushi for Passover? With age-old ban lifted, rice is now kosher at ...
• How to Make Homemade Kosher Sushi [HD]| איך להכין סושי כשר ביתי - YouTube
• Sushi for Beginners : Five Steps to Making Sushi at Home

BambooWorx Sushi Making Kit – https://t.co/UWneYGaPeK
2 100% Bamboo Sushi Rolling Mats, Rice Paddle, Rice Spreader #1BestSeller pic.twitter.com/PsYl2YX3EA

— EverydayExoticSpices (@EverydaySpices) May 29, 2020

Michelle Wibowo's Sugar Art Is More Than Precious!

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Food historians say sugar art dates as far back as 4000 B.C.  In the 17th century, Catholic friars taught Mexicans how to use sugar to create ornaments and decorations used in Day of the Dead celebrations.

♦ From 4000 B.C. ... Fast Forward to the 20th Century

Michelle Wibowo, took the technique of sugar art to an entirely new level by creating and/or recreating incredible edible sugar sculptures.  She recreated Michaelangelo's famous painting, 'The Creation of Adam', using marshmallows and sprinkles.

Food Ways thinks she should be called the "Sugar Artist of the Century".  

Patience, please.  One more click.

The History of Sugar Art and a Spotlight on the Sugar Artist of the Century!

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Cool Tweets About Sugar Art

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— Hope You're Hungry (@re_hungry) February 17, 2020

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— CEE's (@ceesbakingbits) February 17, 2020

I've been messing around with cakesicles again!! Both mini and large sized with chocolate ganache & rice krispy treat fillings.

This time in geode fashion#cakesicles #chocolateart #sugarart #chocolatetreats #sCrumbtiousKakes pic.twitter.com/CvILH7QVPC

— sCrumbtious Kakes (@sCrumbtiousK) August 9, 2019

Treat yourself to a decadent dessert at On the Rocks Restaurant. Our Crème Brule with spun sugar and summer berry coulis is always a show stopper and crowd favorite.#spunsugar #sugarart #sweettooth #cremebrule #bloubergstrand #westcoast #seaview #capetownfoodies pic.twitter.com/wMxKvGajkP

— On the Rocks (@On_The_RocksZA) June 19, 2018