God made salads and main dishes.

[obsidiandragonfly]

Thank you so much!! This is such a huge help for me

I wondered which Gods Diet Book everyone is talking about? There are a couple on Amazon.

Off to my printer! Again, thank you for all the hours of hard work that went into this thread.

[trcg]

Just saw this on yahoo for a salad without lettuce. Use with a vinegar and oil dressing and your set for a great GM side or meal.

Middle Eastern Cucumber & Tomato Salad

(makes 4-6 servings)

4 cups peeled cucumbers, cut in 1/2-inch chunks

4 cups riped tomatoes, cut in 1/2-inch chunks

1 large red or green bell pepper, cut in 1/2-inch chunks

3 tablespoons fresh cilantro, chopped (optional)

3 tablespoons fresh mint, chopped (optional)

1 cup crumbled or cubed feta cheese (optional)

1/2 cup pitted kalamata olives (optional)

2 scallions, cut in 1/4-inch slices (optional)

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice

3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper

1) Chop the fresh vegetables as described above and place in a large salad bowl or glass bowl. Refrigerate until ready to serve so the salad will be nice and cold. If adding olives, feta, herbs, and/or green onion, sprinkle them evenly over the salad.

2) Mix the oil and vinegar, salt, and pepper in a small bowl and set aside until ready to serve.

3) Pour the dressing over the vegetables, toss.

4) Taste for salt, pepper, quantity and balance of the dressing. Add more of any of the dressing ingredients if you like.

[Starling]

I made a tomato cuke salad today, I like your recipe. I made mine with oregano olive oil, ACVinegar, olives on the side.

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[Lori French]

Another great salad for this time of year

2 cobs sweet corn, as close to fresh picked as you can find
1 fat heirloom tomato (try a lush Brandywine or Purple Cherokee for the color) any fresh *real* tomato will work, no greenhouse ones here!
1/2 ripe avocado, cubed
1/4 cup feta
4 leaves basil
dash of truffle salt (or fleur de sel, if you can't find the truffled salt)
a pinch of pepper

Shuck the ears of corn. Clean them. With a sharp knife, shave the ears of corn. Set aside.

Chop the tomato into small pieces. Add the tomato to the bowl of corn kernels.

Cut the avocado into small cubes. Add these. Crumble a few handfuls of the feta cheese into the mix. Tear the basil leaves apart, roughly, and toss the pieces into the salad. Add the salt and pepper. Taste. Enjoy!

[u]Lori</u>

[Casey]

These sound good.

Casey
T-Tapp Staff & TNT
Clearwater, Florida
casey@t-tapp.com
http://www.myspace.com/caseylovesttapp

[England.Calling]

Compliments of my French relatives, here's some great salad ideas:

Here's a super-easy salads and a dressing recipe (a la francaise):

Balsamic Dressing

1/3 c. olive oil
1/3 c. grapeseed oil
1/4 c. balsamic vinegar

Mix and put on top of your favorite salad.

It is delicious as well on a grated carrot salad and fresh parsley. You can use a traditional vinegarette dressing on it as well.

Also, slice tomatoes, add fresh parsley or coriander on top. Top with this vinegarette or the traditional one (I'll be happy to share it too if anyone wants it).

Also, slice an avocado in half. Remove the pit. Fill this space with your favorite vinegarette and serve as an appetizer.

Bon Appetite!

Amy



T-Tapping since 2001

[melligail]

I absolutely love this thread! And I so appreciate everyone posting such great recipes here. I love to revamp recipes to see if I can make them healthier, more nutritrious, and really workable in this world of busy lives. I have these in a Microsoft Word document so I have access to them even if my Internet connection is goofy. Thanks for all the great sharing ladies!

Melissa

[Juniper]

Hey Mel -

Let's plan on doing lots of GM this weekend. What do you think????

Jenny Russell
T-Tapp Trainer
IFPA Certified Personal Trainer
South Texas
jenny@t-tapp.com

[melligail]

Hey Jen -

Lots of GM sounds great this weekend! Maybe you can help me think it a little better than I do right now. I'll see if there are some great recipes we want to try from the collection in this thread. If you have requests, let me know. I can't wait to see you on Saturday to celebrate your b-day!

Mel

[Lizzy Joy]

Hey ladies... if you haven't already heard about this...

Try adding VIRGIN COCONUT OIL to some of your recipes! []

COCONUT OIL IS THE GREATEST!

Check out this thread... full of recipes and great information:

http://forum.t-tapp.com/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=59628

Blessings,
Lizzy Joy

"He who began a good work in you will be faithful to complete it."