Author Notes
Move aside romaine! For years I've had salads with romaine, tomato, and cucumber with italian dressing. Not very inventive and let me tell you, it gets old quickly. I've dabbled with different lettuces before and found that they were too bitter. However, when a sweet poppyseed dressing is added to a bed of bitter lettuce and topped with strawberries, there is a perfect balance between bitter, and sweet. I used watercress, arugula, and a little bit of radicchio to form the greens in my salad. Watercress isn't terribly bitter and is actually quite mild. Arugula is peppery, which adds a different layer of flavoring, and the radicchio brings the bitter punch to the salad. The poppyseed dressing, taken from Taste of Home, adds a subtle sweetness that coats the lettuce and tempers the bitterness. With strawberries, the dish becomes both satisfying and bright. —Dominick
Ingredients
- For the poppyseed dressing
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3/4 cup
Sugar
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1 teaspoon
Onion salt
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1 teaspoon
Ground mustard
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1/3 cup
Vinegar
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1 cup
Vegetable oil
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1 tablespoon
Poppyseeds
- For the salad
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3 ounces
Watercress
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3 ounces
Arugula
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1 cup
Chopped radicchio
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2 cups
Strawberries, chilled, sliced thinly
Directions
- For the poppyseed dressing
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In a bowl, add the sugar, onion salt, and mustard. Pour in the vinegar and whisk. Slowly pour in the oil while whisking and beat until the mixture becomes thick. Stir in the poppy seeds.
- For the salad
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Pour about 1/4 cup of dressing into the bottom of a large bowl. Add the lettuces and strawberries and toss gently. Serve immediately.
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