Cupcakes and Cashmere

101 Days of Summer

August 25th, 2009

 

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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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  • http://itsalmostinteresting.blogspot.com LG

    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.

  • http://allwomenstalk.com All Women Stalker

    I’ve said this before and I will say it again. I love your foot photos.

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  • http://www.thekcloset.blogspot.com Krysta

    Looks so yummy! Think Ill make this tonight :)

  • http://wonderpuggraphics.com Carolann

    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…

  • http://www.manhattancupcake.com Manhattan Cupcake

    Looks delicious – love Bittman and his Bitten blog!

    Just added you to my blog reel :-)
    -Caitlin

    http://www.manhattancupcake.com

  • http://anotherfishinthesea.wordpress.com Beth

    All the pictures of the process look so yummy and appealing, but the picture of the final salad looks amaaaaazing. I want it now!

  • http://www.thegourmettraveller.blogspot.com Jaime

    That salad looks amazing! Your photos are really good too, and your cutting – so perfect!! :) Awesome job! xx

  • http://style-obsession.blogspot.com/ Jessica

    Sounds like a fantastic summer salad. I love the little fruit wedges all lined up in the third photo.

    http://style-obsession.blogspot.com/

  • http://www.domesticreflections.blogspot.com Jora

    We loved this salad too!

  • http://www.iheartkiwi.blogspot.com breezy

    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.

  • http://jamieofalltrades.typepad.com jamieofalltrades

    Oh yum! Great idea on the avocado too.

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  • http://thebeautyfile.blogspot.com thebeautyfile

    Those heirloom tomatoes are lookin’ kinda hot…! I can’t wait to revisit his article. Thanks for always inspiring!!!

  • http://www.fashionsnag.com Jacqueline

    definitely going to try this! the boy and i tried your other grapefruit and avocado salad recipe and loved it.

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  • Jé Nogueira

    Hi!

    It’s a beautiful salad and must be delicious!
    i’ll try here in Brazil!

    I love your blog!

  • http://www.iamstyle-ish.com tiffany

    that looks so good. I add avocado to all my salads, love it!

  • http://nikymarie.blogspot.com Nicole Marie

    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!

  • http://www.sarahmendelsohn.blogspot.com sarah mendelsohn

    mmm this food looks delicious!

  • http://www.thebudgetbabe.com The Budget Babe

    i’m definitely getting that book!

  • http://luxenoir.blogspot.com/ Luxe.

    That looks so yummy! I would never have thought of putting peach in a salad though!.x

  • http://loveliestdays.blogspot.com/ jones

    I have been inspired.

    Thanks!

  • http://bearca.blogspot.com Rebecca (Bearca)

    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. :)

  • http://www.theongoingproject.blogspot.com Shay

    That looks sooo good!

  • http://delightbydesign.blogspot.com blair

    Oh my goodness! That looks absolutely delish. Such an interesting combination of flavors.

  • http://rollupyoursleeve.blogspot.com Valencia Lia

    Beautiful photos !! The photos making me drool , yum yummy !

    Going to get the book :)

  • Jenny

    I just made this tonight for a dinner party and it was a big hit. Thanks for the inspiration Emily!

  • http://shopittome.com Laura

    Made this over the weekend for a bbq after reading your post. It was delicious! Thanks, Emily!
    -Laura from Shop It To Me

  • http://joleystar.typepad.com Dee

    That looks amazingly delicious.

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  • katherine

    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 !!

  • Andreanne

    Mmmmm…. Sounds Delicious !! I loooooove your blog.

  • http://russiansanonymous.com Diana

    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!

  • http://www.worldinapapercup.wordpress.com Niki

    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!

  • http://www.saltandserenity.com saltandserenity

    YUM! How did I not know about 101 Salads. Thanks for spreading the word. Your photos are so fabulous.

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  • http://withfulllove.blogspot.com/ sya

    look yummy! and healthty too

  • http://styleandrecipes.blogspot.de/ Denise

    I love this recipe!

    I definetly have to try it for a summer BBQ.

    Here one of my fav BBQ recipes:http://styleandrecipes.blogspot.de/

  • http://waffinsandmuffles.com Natalie

    I used this recipe and re-posted about it on my blog! So delicious. I added cantaloupe instead of avocado but both ways are yummy. Keep up the great work.

    http://www.waffinsandmuffles.com/2012/08/peach-melon-and-tomato-salad.html

  • http://londoniloveyourlook.blogspot.com Ja’me London

    I absolutely love you for this post. It’s exactly what I needed. =)

  • Taylor

    what are the serving sizes you used? looks absolutely amazing!