So Good » Salad http://www.sogoodblog.com An absurd look at the world of food Wed, 18 Nov 2009 02:52:18 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 So Good Blog/News Round-Up 7/23/08 http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/07/23/so-good-blognews-round-up-72308/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/07/23/so-good-blognews-round-up-72308/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 13:06:22 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1171
  • NYC fast food chains must now post calorie counts.
  • What’s better for the environment, soy or cow’s milk?
  • Win a Kegerator!
  • McDonald’s is buying product placement on the morning news.
  • The 7 most bizarre fast food industry lawsuits.
  • 10 delicious DIY salad dressings.
  • Cream cheese stuffed cupcakes.
  • Lavender and Rosemary Lamb Neck Fillet with Seven Bean Salad.
  • Tangy strawberry salad.
  • Peanut butter sandwich cookies.
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  • Extreme Mortman says caterers are shying away from the DNC Convention.
  • A member of Daily Kos has created a new community blog about food.
  • Candy Addict reviews Reese Hazelnut Creme.
  • A Hamburger Today reviews the chili burger at Ben’s Chili Bowl.
  • Best Bites Blog looks at Ray’s Hell-Burger.
  • 10 twists on the classic burger.
  • Vicarious Foodie makes Southwestern salad and cornbread puddings.
  • Fried chicken sandwich and poppyseed coleslaw.
  • Raw beet, apple & pine nut salad.
  • Greek chicken pasta salad.
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/07/07/so-good-blognews-round-up-7708/feed/ 0     Italian Pasta Salad http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/07/07/italian-pasta-salad/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/07/07/italian-pasta-salad/#comments Mon, 07 Jul 2008 10:30:18 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/?p=1134 It’s pretty rare that I post recipes on So Good. Occasionally I will post pictures of stuff I’ve cooked, although even that is pretty uncommon. However, this weekend I threw together a pasta salad for the 4th of July BBQ I went to. I didn’t follow a recipe, but rather just made my own, grabbing things I had around my kitchen and throwing it all together. I thought it turned out pretty great, so I thought I would share with people what I did.

    And yeah, I know the photo sucks. I don’t know what happened. I darkened it on my computer and made it look good, then everytime I posted the picture it would revert back to looking too bright from the flash.  I’m terrible at photography btw, which is why I could never have “that kind” of food blog.

    Italian Pasta Salad

    Ingredients

    1 pound rotini pasta
    1/2 pound grape or cherry tomatos, sliced length wise
    8 oz. mozzarella cheese, cubed
    3 oz genoa salami
    3 oz pepperoni
    1 2.25 oz can of sliced black olives
    2 bell peppers (I used one orange, one green, but pick your favorite)
    1 medium red onion
    1 can artichoke hearts

    Dressing

    1/2 cup olive oil
    1/4 cup balsamic vinegar
    1 Tbsp Italian seasoning (marjoram, thyme, rosemary, savory, sage, oregano, basil)
    2 tsp sugar
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp black pepper
    several dashes of Tabasco sauce

    Directions:

    1. Cook pasta for 10-11 minutes. Pasta should be firm but not al dente
    2. Slice mozzarella cheese into cubes
    3. Slice pepperoni & salami into small strips
    4. Slice red onion and bell peppers into inch long strips
    5. Cut artichokes into small pieces
    6. Combine all ingredients in large bowl
    7. In small bowl, mix together ingredients for dressing.
    8. Add dressing to salad, mix/toss thoroughly

    Enjoy!

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  • Slashfood conducts a hot dog taste test.
  • Watermelon is like Viagra?
  • Metrrocurean announces the Rammy winners.
  • Yumsugar makes steak & potato pizza.
  • One Stop Cook makes a tasty taco burger.
  • Roasted beet and candied pecan salad.
  • Summer vegetable and scallop salad.
  • Lemon Jelly makes an “indulgent egg salad.”
  • Jicama mango salad.
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  • Bob Garfield, writing at Adage, argues that Cheetos Orange Underground campaign (previously covered by So Good HERE and HERE) is irresponsible.
  • Five Guys is expanding into In-n-Out’s turf.
  • Carl’s Jr. is thinking about creating comedic webisodes.
  • Consumerist discusses the quest to order a cheesburger with no cheese.
  • Cars at the DNC convention will run on waste beer donated by Coors.
  • KFC has a new chipotle recipe.
  • Make your own raita.
  • Grant’s Rant thinks he has the best burger recipe ever.
  • Green salad with peaches.
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  • Gordon Ramsey is a big fan of In-N-Out.
  • Brand names that don’t export well.
  • The Economist asks if it’s time to lower the drinking age.
  • Heat, Eat, Review turns two years old.
  • NYC Food Guy looks for the best cheap late night eats.
  • Look up the price of a pint of beer in 165 countries.
  • Coming to Los Angeles: The Grilled Cheese Invitational.
  • Wheat Berry Salad.
  • Dry Rubbed Sirloin Steak with Bbq Sauce & Potato-Poblano Gratin.
  • The fattest fast food burgers with over 1,000 calories.
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  • Serious Eats has a comprehensive recap of last night’s Top Chef.
  • Restaurants in NYC must now post calorie counts on their menus.
  • Domino’s and Pizza Hut engage in smack talk.
  • Top 10 most disgusting candies ever.
  • As Coca-Cola profits soar 19%, shareholders are upset about their Olympic sponsorship.
  • Slashfood shows you how to make hot fudge salsa.
  • The Bitten Word makes salmon with agrodolce sauce.
  • Bacon Unwrapped looks at the Bacon Club Chalupa.
  • Impulsive Buy reviews the Jack in the Box BBQ Bacon Sirloin Burger.
  • Cucumber and Feta Salad.
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  • Pizza ingredient costs are rising, and sales are falling.
  • Anheuser-Busch’s CEO says the company will not be sold “on my watch.”
  • A nice analysis of advertising campaigns for McDonald’s & Burger King.
  • Pat Bertoletti has won the Acme World Oyster Eating championship with 35 dozen oysters in 8 minutes.
  • Best Bites interviews Wolfgang Puck.
  • Sugar Laws makes Smoked pheasant salad.
  • Sweet pepper and chickpea salad.
  • Cumin and pepper crusted steak.
  • Roasted red pepper salad with almond stuffed olives.
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  • Erin Zimmer thinks that Whoppie Pies are the new cupcakes.
  • Serious Eats reviews this week’s episode of Top Chef.
  • Grub Street has an interview with booted chef Erik Hopfinger.
  • Slate has a history of the hangover.
  • A Georgia bar gives patrons their own personal beer taps.
  • Red Bull is introducing a new cola.
  • What do vegans eat makes Herbed cauliflower soup & tofu dill hero sandwich.
  • YumSugar has a layered taco salad.
  • Sweet and Saucy cooks up some Pan-Seared Steak.
  • Hell Chef has a recipe for Chicken Fried Steak.
  • Blow torch steak with bourbon mushroom sauce.
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  • McDonald’s has introduced an internal blog for its employees to use to discuss burger related issues.
  • A new interview with Padma Lakshmi.
  • The Sixth annual Most Creative Peanut Butter Sandwich Contest winner: Crunchy Chinese Fortune Cookie Sandwich.
  • The Seattle Cheese Festival has a contest for the best grilled cheese.
  • Kentucky Grilled Chicken?
  • Do food stamps make people fat?
  • Spinach salad with cheese, walnuts & raisins.
  • Stuffed Turkey Burgers.
  • Real Food Lover has a Goat cheese salad with grapes and goji berries.

    • Oh yeah, and a special shout-out to Jordan (Jo-Jo) – yep, your friend actually is cool enough to know me.

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  • Endless Simmer has a kick-ass post on the Top 10 Drunk College Foods.
  • Mango & Ginger has my back.
  • The Baltimore City Council has voted to ban trans fat.
  • Which NYC borough has the best burger?
  • Slashfood reviews last night’s Top Chef.
  • Two new restaurant shows are in the works.
  • Make some Irish soda bread.
  • Or maybe some avocado salad.
  • Perhaps some Umami Lasagna?
    • ]]>     http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/03/20/so-good-blognews-round-up-32008/feed/ 3     New Dole Salad Blends Now in Stores http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/03/15/new-dole-salad-blends-now-in-stores/ http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/03/15/new-dole-salad-blends-now-in-stores/#comments Sun, 16 Mar 2008 04:47:24 +0000 Eick http://www.sogoodblog.com/2008/03/15/new-dole-salad-blends-now-in-stores/ I know, it’s extremely exciting news. Dole 7 Lettuces is a blend of romaine, red leaf, green leaf, butter lettuce, escarole, radicchio & endive. Dole Tender Garden is a blend of baby spinach, baby lettuces, carrots, baby greens & radicchio.

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  • Minnesota bars are treating all customers as “performers” in order to get around the new smoking ban.
  • Porn star Sarah Katherine Lewis has written a book called Sex and Bacon.
  • The Impulsive Buy reviews new Snapple antioxidant water.
  • Corn Flakes turn 111 today.
  • A look at the favorite foods of American Presidents from the past.
  • Vote Fraud at the Burger Bash?
  • Quizno’s announces their new Prime Rib Ranchero.
  • Cajun fish with Pinneapple salsa.
  • The Kitchen Sink makes a Cuke Salad.
  • Bitten has a recipe for Seared Steak.
  • Companion to Chocolate Soup makes a Peanut Butter & Apple sandwich.
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  • I just discovered a great new site called College Drinker, who writes that Vermont is considering lowering the drinking age to 18.
  • Adam from Serious Eats, reviews delivery pizza for Yahoo Food.
  • Burger King is going to start serving Kraft Macaroni & Cheese.
  • Top Chef Season 3 winner Hung has been named Executive Chef of Solo, a Mediterranean-Asian fusion kosher restaurant in Manhattan.
  • Candy Addict reviews Wildly Cherry M&M’s.
  • The Hungover Gourmet criticizes the host of Diners, Drive-Ins & Dives for doing a commercial for TGI Friday’s.
  • JoyTheBaker makes oatmeal sandwich cookies.
  • Diet, Dessert and Dogs has a recipe for bittersweet salad with apples and dandelion greens.
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  • Tabloid Baby follows up on So Good’s coverage of who actually invented the cream cheese filled bagel.
  • Eater reports on the AV Club taste test of the Cheeseburger in a can.
  • Washington Post looks at late-night food options in DC.
  • AdAge thinks Starbucks closing for 3 1/2 hours the other day was a “brilliant marketing stunt.”
  • Five Guys is heading to Madison, Wisconsin.
  • Chocolate Mix Skittles?
  • Top Chef Sudoku?
  • Todd’s Blog has a basil tortellini salad.
  • Freezer Chicks tell you how to make freeze ahead steak fajitas.
  • The Common Culinarian makes a south-western inspired chicken & BLT salad.
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