The only girl I’ve ever loved was born with roses in her eyes
But then they buried her alive one evening 1945
With just her sister at her side and only weeks before the guns
All came and rained on everyone now she’s a little boy in Spain
Playing pianos filled with flames on empty rings around the sun
All sing to say my dream has come
“Holland 1945″ by Neutral Milk Hotel
I had a spectacular chopped salad last month from the recently opened Marzano restaurant, which is less than a block away from my apartment. I liked the salad so much that I have been recreating it every week since I’ve had it.
I know what you’re thinking “salad, really???“. Yes, salad, and it kicked ass.
I usually cut up all of the vegetables and make the vinaigrette on Sunday and make salads throughout the week. I keep the heartier “chopped” items in a separate bowl in the fridge and cut up the leaf lettuce as needed (this prevents it from getting limp). All of the items should be about the same size, around 1/4 inch-ish squares (except the leaf lettuce and cheese). I will be featuring my favorite item in the salad (spicy cheese curds) and my go-to vinaigrette in posts later this week. Marzano’s chopped salad was probably better than mine, I think it’s mainly because I don’t feel like cooking pancetta everytime I eat a salad…
Marzano’s Chopped Salad:
Corn, broccoli, fontina, crispy pancetta, radicchio, ice berg lettuce, hard boiled egg, and red wine vinaigrette ~ $11
My Chopped Salad:
Corn, broccoli, spicy cheese curds, red pepper, mushrooms, carrots, raddichio, leaf lettuce and house vinaigrette ~ Not $11
3 Comments
October 20, 2009 at 8:16 am
I would never scoff at a salad! Yours looks great. Looking forward to the spicy cheese curd recipe!
October 21, 2009 at 8:08 pm
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October 22, 2009 at 3:38 pm
Oh, I love chopped salads. I still haven’t checked out Marzano, probably because it’s four blocks from my apartment instead of one. ;-) So I guess for now I’ll just have to make this salad!