Salads?

I made this the other day. It was amazing: http://paleoleap.com/broccoli-apple-salad-walnuts/

Note that it's not exactly low-calorie, especially not if you make your own dressing (egg yolks + olive oil + lemon juice) as I did. ;)

In reply to Jay:

Ease up. That guy makes a bunch of videos, mocking all sorts of philosophies. This one just happened to be his latest, yesterday, I think. I thought it was fitting, for the topic at hand.

Greek village salad - peel, deseed, and cube/dice 2 cucumbers. cube/dice 4 roma tomatoes. Mix in one small container (like 6 oz?) crumbled feta cheese. Mix in one drained can of chick peas. Top with 1/3 cup good olive oil, the juice of one fresh lemon, and about 2 tablespoons of Cavendar's Greek seasoning. Adjust any of these amounts to taste.

Mix well, consume.

If you like kalamata olives or onions, the both make great additions. Add grilled chicken and it's a meal.

Is that more what you're looking for? FYI, this lasts well in the fridge for a few days but it gets a lot of juice in the bottom of the bowl, so a slotted spoon becomes a requirement.

Jay wrote:

RealMiniParker wrote: If meat eaters acted like vegans

What the E36 M3? I haven't seen any vegans posting in here. All I've seen are a bunch of meat eaters talking about how to prepare meat in a thread about salads. If vegans acted like the kind of chest-thumpy chuffed up twits who make these things you'd never hear the end of it!

I don't think you've ever actually met a vegan, let alone had to deal with a group of them in a restaurant. Why so many of the morons decide they want to go out for a meal at STEAK and SEAFOOD restaurants, unless it's just to bitch and whine in public, is beyond me. So so glad I'm out of kitchens.

the video is a funny mockery, accept some satire into your life, it'll help you feel better.

I'll actually be making a big salad next weekend for my daughters birthday, but it's a bit unconventional, and is really only possible because I'll have the smoker going from sun up till sun down

Romaine and baby spinach, these dark chocolate cherry tomatoes my friends turned me onto, sweet onion, purple cabbage, bell peppers, shredded extra sharp smoked cheddar, smoked croutons, smoked eggs, and optional pulled pork for a meat element. Probably a bowl of diced jalapenos on the side. Maybe add some berries, if I don't make fruit pies instead.

I've never actually made this before, but this thread got me thinking, and I think it will be a semi healthy option for a side dish, compared to the smoked meats and deep fried turkey plus whatever else.

revrico wrote:

Jay wrote:

RealMiniParker wrote: If meat eaters acted like vegans

What the E36 M3? I haven't seen any vegans posting in here. All I've seen are a bunch of meat eaters talking about how to prepare meat in a thread about salads. If vegans acted like the kind of chest-thumpy chuffed up twits who make these things you'd never hear the end of it!

I don't think you've ever actually met a vegan, let alone had to deal with a group of them in a restaurant. Why so many of the morons decide they want to go out for a meal at STEAK and SEAFOOD restaurants, unless it's just to bitch and whine in public, is beyond me. So so glad I'm out of kitchens. the video is a funny mockery, accept some satire into your life, it'll help you feel better.

I've been vegetarian my entire adult life, ate vegan for various stretches of that, and most of my friends and my closest immediate family member are veg or vegan (as well as paleo, south beach, Halal, or whatever other diet-type happens to be around.) I've had countless barbecues and potlucks at my own house where a huge variety of diets were accommodated without anyone batting an eye. I have never once seen one of my friends belittle or go holier-than-thou on someone over their dietary choice. I guess that's why they're my friends.

I have seen countless instances of forumgoers on here either making "if you're a vegan you're not a real MAN, you're a Bob Costas, hur hur hur, etc." jokes or go off about "self-righteous vegans" without a single trigger or previous mention in the thread. It's not funny or clever, it's just berkeleying irritating.

Eating meat doesn't make you macho or tough. It's just another choice of diet.

In reply to Jay:

I'm not knocking you in particular. Like in all groups of people, some are just really really E36 M3ty people. That's where a lot of problems come about, not realizing these are just E36 M3ty people regardless of their diet, color, orientation, species, and would be just as annoying if they were in any other group.

I've never personally met a vegan that couldn't go 5 minutes without reminding everyone of the fact. But, the only ones I have (knowingly) met have been customers. In the steakhouse I worked in. The closest to vegan thing on the menu was the salad, without dressing. So they were just going out of there way to be shiny happy people. When that is your only exposure, you make your own judgements.

Like when your only BMW exposure is an E30 with a 2005 M5 powertrain, you think they're all beasts...

^^ If you want a label for those guys who showed up at your restaurant I think "trolls" works fine...

revrico wrote: I've never personally met a vegan that couldn't go 5 minutes without reminding everyone of the fact.

You've probably met tons of them, but they didn't think it necessary to tell you about it.

Cauliflower behaves a lot like potatoes. Sub that in for.nearly any mash. Additionally the paleo dopes have taken to making it into pizza crust and E36 M3

I do baby spinach with some sliced strawberries and some candied pecans and thinly sliced mild cheddar cheese. Delicious.

When I worked at a deli in high school the most popular salad we had was chopped cauliflower and broccoli florets (3/4" or smaller) plus sliced baby carrots, chunked Colby cheese and spiral pasta. The whole works was very lightly dressed in a thin version of ranch dressing made with the seasoning packets, sour cream, and both buttermilk and regular milk. It was popular enough that they made it in 5-gal buckets twice a week and ran out some weeks.

In reply to Jay:

Your sense of humor and ability to laugh at yourself appears broken.. a nice thick juicy steak should help fix that..

stroker wrote: Thanks for the ideas, but what I was hoping for were possibly some alternatives to leafy stuff and maybe more recipes with hard veggies like broccoli, cauliflower, carrots, cabbage, etc. You can spice 'em up with a few nuts/seeds or maybe a splash of shredded cheese, but any suggestions along those lines?

Don't over think needing a hard recipe. Just throw stuff in and see if it tastes good- especially if you already like the harder veggies.

Our local store has started putting raw broccoli in a asian kind of salad- big chunks. It's really good.

BTW, one other suggestion- grow some of your own. Some of the stuff you get at the store does not quite taste correct, as it's bred for being able to move a long distance. Although, that's mostly tomatoes. But right now is the time to get ready to plant some for this summer. Lots of good and tasty things you can grow yourself- just for the better flavor.