http://www.blogher.com/node/21461 Comments for "Beyond Lettuce: Try Something New in Your Next Salad" en http://www.blogher.com/node/21461#comment-22279 <p>I love the idea of alternative salads. Especially since summer is here. Great ideas. Thanks!</p> <p>Pamela Williamson</p> Tue, 26 Jun 2007 15:32:02 -0500 pamelaw comment 22279 at http://www.blogher.com http://www.blogher.com/node/21461 <p><a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/kalynskitchen/541557823/" title="Black Bean, Rice, and Cilantro Salad from Kalyn&#039;s Kitchen"><img src="http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1262/541557823_2baf0edbf2_m.jpg" width="240" height="160" alt="Black Bean, Rice, and Cilantro Salad" /></a></p> <p>If you're bored with lettuce, why not expand your salad recipe collection with help from some creative food bloggers? Here are five great options with no lettuce in sight.</p> <p>Habeus Brulee has <a href="http://habeasbrulee.com/2007/06/02/cucumber-salad-in-two-grandmotherly-styles/"><strong>two amazing cucumber salad recipes,</strong></a> each from a favorite grandmother.</p> <p>At The Amateur Gourmet, I drooled over the recipe for <a href="http://www.amateurgourmet.com/the_amateur_gourmet/2007/06/clotildes_carpa.html"><strong>Zucchini Carpaccio</strong></a> which Adam found in the cookbook written by <a href="http://chocolateandzucchini.com/"><strong>a famous food blogger from Paris</strong></a>.</p> <p>In Hong Kong, Heather from The Culinary Chase makes <a href="http://theculinarychase.blogspot.com/2007/06/vietnamese-squid-salad.html"><strong>Vietnamese Squid Salad</strong></a> which she says has a taste factor of "ten out of ten!"</p> <p>Joanna The Passionate Cook has a colorful and delicious-looking <a href="http://thepassionatecook.typepad.com/thepassionatecook/2007/05/green_white_asp.html"><strong>Green and White Asparagus Salad with Red Pepper and Tarragon</strong></a>.</p> <p>Finally, at Boxcar Kitchen Esther has a recipe for <a href="http://www.boxcarkitchen.com/post/2007/06/11/This-spinach-never-gets-old"><strong>Spring Spinach Salad</strong></a> that she says never gets old, and I can see why with all the interesting ingredients.</p> <p><em>The photo of <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com/2006/09/black-bean-rice-and-cilantro-salad-is.html"><strong>Black Bean, Rice, and Cilantro Salad</strong></a> is by Blogher Food Editor Kalyn Denny, who also blogs at <a href="http://kalynskitchen.blogspot.com"><strong>Kalyn's Kitchen</strong></a>.</em></p> http://www.blogher.com/node/21461#comments Food &amp; Drink Tue, 26 Jun 2007 13:56:21 -0500 Kalyn Denny 21461 at http://www.blogher.com