7/15/14 Email to kids, from momz:
<br />"Ever since one of the Skokie Valley Skating Club dance weekend's Saturday banquets, I wanted to find a great strawberry/greens/candied walnut salad. None of the recipes I could find seemed to use strawberries more than as just a token garnish...until I came across this "ideas in food (http://blog.ideasinfood.com/ideas_in_food/) idea: mix sorrel and strawberries, add olive oil and salt and toss roughly (no acid of any kind). The strawberries release juice, the sorrel wilts. That was what all the other recipes were missing--real integration of the strawberry into the salad.
<br />I thought it was a genius base but not quite enough to meet my "fantasy" strawberry and salad image. So I went to my collected salad-with-strawberries recipes from the web files and added some stuff that sounded promising: super-thin sliced red onion, soft goat cheese, balsamic, and used something called "power mix" for the greens. I didn't get the idea far enough in advance of the meal to make candied walnuts, but there are plenty of recipes on file to try next time.
<br />Our guests went bonkers over the salad. Even daddy ate it...onions, goat cheese and all...and loved it!
<br />I've only made this once, and it's not my usual measured ingredient list, but I think it will produce great results within the range of your personal tastes. The brief rough toss technique is key."
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