101 Days of Summer
Mark Bittman’s 101 Simple Salads became an overnight sensation among foodies with good reason. If you love salad, but find yourself sick of the same old lettuce routine, you’ll be in awe of his creative combinations. I didn’t get too far down the list (#2) before I finalized yesterday’s lunch plans. After buying all the ingredients at the farmers’ market, I made his peach and tomato salad with slivers of red onion, chile flakes and cilantro tossed in a lemon juice and olive oil vinaigrette (I added avocado for a bit of creamy texture). The final result was a light and refreshing salad bursting with flavor and tremendous depth.
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Thank you for a light, fresh, and exotic recipe!
must get this book, asap!
i always feel stumped when it comes to salads..
That looks crazy good! Makes me want to actually start preparing more fresh meals.
Sounds delicious! I am liking your addition of avocado. I like to have lots of different textures also. Makes it all the more satisfying.
Wow. It was probably not a good idea to see and read this post at wee hours of the morning. I want food so badly now!
yum that does look delish. esp those juicy peaches!
that looks soo so great! perfect summer meal.
I am so making that TODAY!!!
those peaches! delightful.
Looks delicious!! perfect for the hot summer!
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looks delicious!
That looks scrumptious!
Yum.. that looks delicious!
I have made this salad so many times this summer, and I love it. It’s so pretty in your photos
perfection. looks amazing! what great tomatoes you’ve found!
this looks so good i’d eat it right now and it’s only 9am!! fabulous job lady!
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oh, yummy! that looks heavenly!
These look fantastic and with how hot it is going to be in L.A. this week it looks like a good time to make a few of these!
Oh, yum!! I would never have consideed this combo, but it sounds amazing!
I love the 101 salads!! I don’t know where to start, but the peach one looks amazing.
Awwww thanks!!!! I was starting to get bored with the ordinary, this is a perfect guide to something new!!!! I can’t wait to try most of them, lunch will never be the same again!!!!!
The pictures look so fresh and pretty!
I’m definitely buying this book! Beautiful pictures
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It looks 100% amazing! I’ve been eating the same dull salad all summer … really need to mix it up.
yummy! I need that book ASAP!
Oh my gosh, that looks delicious! And I love the idea of adding the avocado in there. Avocados make everything better, in my opinion.
Mmm, that looks so tempting. I need to get his book!
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Yum…sounds and looks delish! You find great recipes!
This looks so delicious. I’ve been trying to figure out how to spice up salads.
Oh wow, this looks amazing! I have that list of salads bookmarked, I should really pull it out before summer’s out
That sounds like a book I definitely want to read! Your salad looks incredible.
That looks delicious!
Have you ever considered making a cookbook of your own? All your concoctions look delicious!
Yum! I just had a salad last week that used grilled peaches, goat cheese, curried almonds, mesclun greens and a honey-cut vinaigrette. Your salad looks great too!
The colors alone thrill me. Love this – I think I need something to eat!
That looks crazy good!
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beautiful colors, that salad looks delicious and fresh!
Yum! What a great flavor combination.
This sounds (and looks!) absolutely delicious. I made a salad last night for dinner and it just wasn’t cutting it. As much as I love salads I definitely think this is worth investigating-and hopefully finding some new favorites! Thanks for sharing
oh wow, these are all my faves! yummy!
mmm, I could eat that day & night, the avocado must make it extra creamy.
Oh. My. God. It looks amazing. Please have me over for dinner soon.
This one looks like a winner for sure! I did the carrot/blueberry/sunflower salad for the people at work and it went untouched. I felt so sad!
that looks SO GOOD! one of my friends received a mark bittman cookbook for christmas and she swears by it! i think i need to get my hands on one.
wow, that looks deeeelish!
Delish! I love summer salads!
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i read that list too and quickly added it to my bookmarks! your salad looks delish! can’t wait to try them out!
yum, yum, yum!!!! looks delish!
looks heavenly. perfect for a hot humid day like we’re having today.
That looks wonderful. I’ve never thought much about non-lettuce salads; I’m liking the sound of his couscous-oranges-honey salad, too.
Those are pretty much ALL of my favorite things.
(sans cilantro, unfortunately) Great addition with the avocado!
Thanks for the link! It will be a nice resource to try to grasp onto this last bit of summer. And I LOVE how short and simple the descriptions are! I think even I can recreate them, and I’m pretty disastrous in a kitchen.
I’ve said this before and I will say it again. I love your foot photos.
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Looks so yummy! Think Ill make this tonight
Your whole life just comes off as so much more fashionable and for lack of a better term – white (clean? stable?) – than mine…maybe it is the east coast versus west coast difference? I love reading your posts because they bring this calm to me during the day…
Looks delicious – love Bittman and his Bitten blog!
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All the pictures of the process look so yummy and appealing, but the picture of the final salad looks amaaaaazing. I want it now!
That salad looks amazing! Your photos are really good too, and your cutting – so perfect!!
Awesome job! xx
Sounds like a fantastic summer salad. I love the little fruit wedges all lined up in the third photo.
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We loved this salad too!
a perfect summer salad! i did chicken with grilled peaches last week for dinner.
i still love those salad tongs! am on the hunt for something similar.
Oh yum! Great idea on the avocado too.
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Those heirloom tomatoes are lookin’ kinda hot…! I can’t wait to revisit his article. Thanks for always inspiring!!!
definitely going to try this! the boy and i tried your other grapefruit and avocado salad recipe and loved it.
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It’s a beautiful salad and must be delicious!
i’ll try here in Brazil!
I love your blog!
that looks so good. I add avocado to all my salads, love it!
that looks delicious! i’ll have to try that one. i made the one with grilled cheese on top and still have so many more to try that sound amazing!
mmm this food looks delicious!
i’m definitely getting that book!
That looks so yummy! I would never have thought of putting peach in a salad though!.x
I have been inspired.
Thanks!
I am a huge fan of Mark Bittman and that looks delicious! We recently had dinner at Jar, and one of the appetizers was a salad with thin slices of white peach. SO DELICIOUS!
Anyway, after the Gap party on Saturday, Whoorl pointed me to your site… it is beautiful (and so are you!). Hope you are loving your boyfriend jeans.
That looks sooo good!
Oh my goodness! That looks absolutely delish. Such an interesting combination of flavors.
Beautiful photos !! The photos making me drool , yum yummy !
Going to get the book
I just made this tonight for a dinner party and it was a big hit. Thanks for the inspiration Emily!
Made this over the weekend for a bbq after reading your post. It was delicious! Thanks, Emily!
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That looks amazingly delicious.
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This just looks a-m-a-z-i-n-g…
Help! I can’t find the list with all of Mark Bittman’s salads.. thx in advance !!
Mmmmm…. Sounds Delicious !! I loooooove your blog.
ummm.. this look delightful. Living next to Central Park I end up doing a lot of Sat + Sunday picnics… this would be perfecttttttttt to bring and eat with chips. THANKS!
That’s definitely not a combo I would ever have thought up on my own…but now that you mention it, it seems like it could be sorta amazing!
YUM! How did I not know about 101 Salads. Thanks for spreading the word. Your photos are so fabulous.
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