Salads - The Complete Series

Yesterday, I got a cook book (from National Bookstore!), and it's really making me happy now - I still can't get over with the thought of buying a cook book for myself, for the first time!!! I fell in love with this instantly, it just felt like it's for ME!

...not only because I LOVE salads, but also because I've been running out of ideas lately when it comes to putting variations to our meals, in general. And google isn't that helping that much because -- as for me -- recipe searching in the internet doesn't really help in making new dishes, but rather, it helps you find and replicate meals you've seen, heard or tasted. Unless of course if you explicitly search "list of salads" but that could be cumbersome when you want to compile all favorite cyber recipes, right!? Oh, I am so OC! haha!

I love the part if the Intro where it says, "The secret to a successful salad is simple: Always choose fresh, unblemished ingredients, then prepare them in an IMAGINATIVE way. Combine flavors and textures carefully and always complement your salad with a COMPATIBLE dressing." With that, I plan not to stick exactly to what a recipe says, but rather use its general idea to create a new variety, to get what the flavor more or less should be, given exact OR alternatives ingredients that's readily available in the supermarket ...as long as the salad is fresh, imaginative, and best of all, yummy! I also love the list of favorite dressings at the end of the book, which gave me a chance to start my first dish, with just the staple ingredients I have right now: GARDEN SALAD WITH CURRIED YOGURT DRESSING! Lou chomped it happily with our fried tilapia for dinner!

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Anyway, I am so happy too that Lou is supporting me with this sudden fuss over salads! After my book shopping, I actually told him I bought a cookbook that's P700+, in a hesitant tone. Because Lou's really kuripot when it comes to things that can actually be googled. I expected him to react violently, but instead he said, "It's okay!", then with twinkly eyes he hugged me, and said "I love the book too!!!" (on 2nd thought, why would he be mad if he's the one AND ONLY ONE who will enjoy my salads anyway!? haha!). Oh, I am SOOOO happy that my husband is a veggie eater, and a fan of my cooking!