{"id":1943,"date":"2009-08-29T11:51:48","date_gmt":"2009-08-29T18:51:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=1943"},"modified":"2019-10-20T08:17:37","modified_gmt":"2019-10-20T15:17:37","slug":"emerald-city-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/rosemaryandthegoat.com\/?p=1943","title":{"rendered":"Emerald City Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"

What does the Emerald City, May, and Wicked have to do with a Salad?<\/span><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

My Emerald City Salad aka Crunchy Romaine Toss Salad!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This past weekend we went to see our kids in Austin and my daughter, Alexis and I went to see Wicked. She gave me the theatre tickets as a mother’s day gift. It just so happens, her birth month is in May<\/strong><\/span> (Emerald birthstone), the Crunchy Romaine Toss Salad<\/strong><\/span> is GREEN and sitting in the theatre in Austin this weekend watching Wicked<\/strong><\/span> with all the green lights, green costumes and green face on stage, I kept thinking what kind of blog could I do that would be about something green.<\/p>\n

Well, Crunchy Romaine Toss Salad (aka Emerald City Salad) is a salad that I have catered for, I think, around 17 years. It is from a Jackson Mississippi Cookbook, “Come On In” and it has been one of my most requested salad recipes since I have been catering.<\/p>\n

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Every time I made this salad over the last 17 years, everyone always wanted the recipe and I never would share it, shame on me. I was doing a lot of catering at the time and just didn’t want everyone knowing how I made it, even though it wasn’t my original recipe.<\/p>\n

Funny thing though, one day I catered this salad for a lady’s luncheon and the hostess really liked it and said she would like to have the recipe. I didn’t share but while cleaning up after the luncheon, I was looking at her cookbooks and there sat on her counter, in her collection of cookbooks, the exact cookbook where I got the recipe.<\/p>\n

So, I have decided, even though this isn’t my original recipe, that I would share what so many have enjoyed me making over many years of catering.<\/p>\n

The noodles and walnuts in this salad can be toasted in the oven, cooled and then put in the freezer until ready to make it. I use to make about 10 times the recipe of the nut\/noodle mix and freeze in small bags so it was ready to go when I had to do this for a luncheon.<\/p>\n

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If I had a new company I was catering for, I always did this salad for the first job, because I knew I would get called back for other jobs after they tasted it… and I always did! Some companies never would try another salad because they all liked this one so well.<\/p>\n

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Over the years I sometimes add fresh sliced strawberries and have even added grilled chicken if I was doing it for my own dinner. It’s a great little salad and I hope you will try it. I’m trying kiwi this time since it is “green”.<\/p>\n

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Oh, and I forgot to say, WICKED was wonderful. To share dinner out with my daughter at a local restaurant, Eastsideshowroom<\/a> and then to see Wicked was a wonderful evening. We have had so many wonderful nights in Austin and this was another one to remember.<\/p>\n

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        Combine the broccoli, romaine and the red onions. Right before serving, pour some of the Sweet and Sour Dressing over and toss to coat. Add the walnut\/noodle mixture and toss some more. (I usually make extra nut\/noodle mixture and sprinkle some on top of salad.) If you want to add strawberries, kiwi or any other fruit, add it now.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t
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        Whisk the sugar and red wine vinegar until sugar has dissolved. Slowly pour in the oil and whisk until it has emulsified. Add in the soy sauce and salt and pepper to taste. Store in refrigerator.<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/li>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/ol>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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        Hope everyone will try this and enjoy it as much as I have in serving it to catering friends.<\/p>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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