I loved how you split the screen for showcasing how you made the three sauces step by step! So inspirational and super easy to understand! Amazingly done!
@@aeonjoey3d I have a couple/a few of suggestions that might help. First, you know you can go back just a little bit to review it. Reviewing the part just BEFORE the three section may help -> because there might have been something you missed or didn't understand. When that happens whatever follows gets confusing Second suggestion you watch it twice. You can either watch it all the way here even though you're confused and then watch it again, or you can stop it and go back as soon as you get some confused. I've done both at different times. If think maybe it'll all come together I just listen onward. Or else I think wait I miss something I'm going to go back. A third suggestion is to change the speed of the video. On mobile android the playback speed shows when you tap on the 3 dots. That brings up what they call a sub-menu. On a pc or mac you click on the "youtube screen" and the controls appear. The gear wheel means Settings. Click on that to see the sub-menu. You can pick a slower soeed. Just try it. Ironically, sometimes a faster speed helps me understand better or to skim it. Sometimes I put on captions, even though I am a flu3 t native soeaker. Go figure. My point is, he does wht he does and if you had to watch it 3 times, then so what? It is the same as him doing all 3 one after another... Or is it? You decide. PS thanks for your comment. My longish reply is not just for you alone. 👉😛😆 👀 😎 This could be read by many. And as "Chef John" would say... ENJOY!
Finally found the measurements! Chicken & Avocado salad: 2 cups of butter lettuce 1 cup of chopped kale 2 tablespoons of sprouts 1 radish, thinly sliced 1/4 cup of raisins 1 carrot 1/4 cup of sourdough crotons 1/2 an avocado 1 chicken breast salt & pepper 1/2 cup of cashew dressing Tomato Blast Salad: 2 cups of butter lettuce 1 cup of chopped kale 1 corn 1 cucumber 2 tablespoons of sunflower seeds 1/4 cup of hard goat cheese 4 eggs 1/4 cup of cherry tomatoe 1/2 cup of sun dried tomato dressing Cashew Lime Dressing: 1/4 cup of cashews soaked in water 1/4 cup of cilantro 2 cloves of garlic pinch of cumin seeds 1 teaspoon of smoked paprika Juice of 1 whole lime, possibly more Pinch of salt 1/4 cup of avocado oil Sun Dried Tomato Dressing: 5 -7 Sun-dried Tomatoes 1 clove of garlic 1/4 cup of parsley leaves 1 tablespoon of honey Juice of 1 whole lemon Pinch of salt 1/4 cup of olive oil A little bit of water to thin it out Ginger Miso: 1 heaping tablespoon of Miso Paste 1 tablespoon of grated ginger 1 teaspoon of sesame oil 1 teaspoon of chili paste 3 teaspoon of rice vinegar 1/4 cup of canola oil 2 tablespoons of mirin Splash of water to thin out
I really like these skill-based videos. Instead of just relying on a recipe and then having surplus ingredients going to waste, these videos teach us how to get creative in the kitchen !
If you want to copy the lists to save, here they are! Homemade Salad Dressing: 1. Base Flavor 2. Aromatics 3. Sweet and Spicy 4. Acid 5. Oil 6. Adjustments (Good) Salad Elements: 1. Base Greens 2. Fresh Veggies 3. Nuts, Seeds, Dried Fruit 4. Grains 5. Cheese/Creamy 6. Protein 7. Dressing
A great timesaver is pickled vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, olives, radish, onions). They add acidity and texture and you can just add small portions as you go along the week. The key is to make salads easy and fun
I want to tell you that you changed the life of my family. We now eat a thousand times more salads than before. (almost everyday!) I always have a prep of salad(you show that in another video) in the fridge and I can arrange in almost seconds very impressives salads! Thank you so much, I don't know how to tell you the difference it makes. It so much healthier and also easier for me.
After you soak/agitate your greens, LIFT them out of the water and place them in the strainer, then spin. You poured the “dirty” water on top of the greens when you put them in the strainer before spinning.
You have the BEST audience. Thanks everybody for your comments and ideas. I don't know about others but I spend just as much time watching the videos as I do reading your comments and learning extra ideas and tips from YOU. Thank you all. It's really fun when the audience is so passionate and engaged. Together we can really learn a lot from each other. Keep sharing. I totally appreciate it.
I feel like I grew up with you guys. I used to binge your videos as a college student and ate a lot of good food thanks to y’all, and now I found your channel again as an adult. So glad to see you’re still making amazing, healthy, and accessible food!
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Top Tip: An easy way to dress your salad completely is to put it in a sealable container like a tupperware. Just before you eat, drizzle in your dressing, close, and shake. It's super easy and gentle on your ingredients, and it coats everything really evenly.
I’ve found that soaking your greens a few minutes in a few tsp. baking soda (rinse off) really wakes up any older greens and also extends the life of even the freshest greens. Thanks for this great video!
One of my favorite protein additions to salad is cubes of tofu: water pressed out, tossed in nutritional yeast mixed with 21 Seasoning Salute and red pepper flakes, then fried in a little oil until they’re slightly crisp. Yummy on salad or just snacked on.
This is the EXACT video I’ve been looking for. I love salad dressings and salad but have run out of ideas and this video has no spurred me on to create new exciting dishes with a combination of texture, flavour, and different food groups. I love how you incorporate preparation like the washing and drying of the leaves (I never knew you could eat cavolo Nero raw. I also love those containers you used for the salad dressings which would last a good couple of days in the fridge. I think a salad, when done right, can fill you up all day with the amount of fibre and the long time it takes to eat. Will have to add this video to favourites. Thanks again! :)
Mike, you are doing exactly what you are meant to do in Life! Your passion for cooking comes out in every aspect of your videos. Wow, I am so impressed!!! I have watched every video and have never seen anything like your videos. So much solid value and pertinent information presented is such an interesting and logical way. Just, the Best of the Best I have ever seen!!!! You doing this solo was a Great Decision!!!!! Your abilities are way beyond!!!!!!! Keep doing your thing we are all loving it!!!!!!
I like a base of baby spinach. One favorite, spinach with mandarin oranges, cottage cheese and sunflower seeds. The cottage cheese and orange juice blend to make a dressing.
I have watched a ton of recipes on UA-cam...and I've loved (and eaten salads) since I was a kid. In my opinion, this video is the pinnacle in terms of how to construct a salad. I look forward to implementing all I've learned in tomorrow's lunch.
As someone who also loves salad and is a queen of salads, I love this video for the sake if spreading the salad religion to others. Bc salads really are only ass good as your ingredients
I love making marinated bulgogi salad bowls for lunch! After marinating the beef strips, I use the extra marinade to create some sauce. I'll add lettuce, red cabbage, edamame, and pickled daikon and carrot matchsticks. You can make the sauce/marinade as spicy or sweet as you like by grating in fresh Korean pear or apple. or adding extra gochugaru. Def recommend giving it a try if you're looking for a new recipe to mix up your meals!
Omg, I have some leftover Bulgogi sauce in my fridge and some leftover frozen marinated bulgogi in my freezer that is definitely getting thawed this week! How inspired. I love this idea!
Great presentation! Love it! I don't care for oil-based salad dressings. So another option is to use beans (cannellini or any white bean) blended until smooth. You can use the liquid in the can for thinning. If you're trying to replace olive oil flavor, you can put a couple of whole olives into the blend mix to create the olive taste. Did you know that it takes about 44 olives to make 1 Tbs of olive oil? So you can still use all of these great ideas in this video and have a lower calorie salad dressing if that's helpful to your life. Thanks for these GREAT ideas!
You're such a gifted teacher, and you can tell that you have a true passion for cooking and helping others become better cooks at home. I've watched you since Brothers Green, and you're still one of my favorite cooks online. I know so many people talk about Food Network, etc; but I think the best cooks and cooking channels can be found on UA-cam, like yours. You're definitely one of my favorite cooking channels.
I agree too. He is amazing. I watched this video a few times and now how all my salad ingredients washed and ready in the fridge. chicken too. Great videos. AND I watched and made his ramen. Jesus Christ. Amazing.
I have been eating a lot of salads recently due to health reasons and got a little fed up with vinegrette... However you make it it is a vinegrette nothing more. And this is something new and game changing! My first thought was "man I need to buy some stuff" but then I tried to use the formula and... I made my best dressing ever with what I had. So for that I wanted to give you all the compliments because your videos are so much better than just recipes. Peanut butter for base, ginger for aroma, harissa paste for spicy and salty, honey for sweet, soy sauce for salty, lemon juice for acidity. Sesame oil. Water to thin it out and I want to eat it with a spoon not wait for tomorrow lunch... It looks nice too. Thanks Mike.
Say I got to say this... I watch & learn from a lot of cooks & chefs... You teaching on how you explain things are 2nd to none... Man I can listen & learn from you all day long... I truly appreciate it! ✌🏿✌🏿🤙🏿🤘🏾🙏
One of the best things I discovered was dry frying chickpeas or garbanzo beans as you call them. Make sure you brown them and they taste amazing in salad.
Iv been watching you since you started out from rookie to pro, it's incredible how much you have upped your cooking game and developed your skills. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep rocking !!
If you use a metal knife to cut your greens the edges of the greens tend to turn brown quickly. Also, if you put paper towel on the bottom of your bowl the salad will last for leftovers. Adding dressing to the entire bowl blows your chance for leftovers.
Learned all about this in culinary school metal knives turns lettuce brown.... Not true anything that cuts lettuce will expose the ends and the ends are exposed to air and oxidize. So if you cut you lettuce with a metal knife or plastic knife or laser beam. The cut ends all turn brown.
yes the debris sinks to the bottom when you wash your greens with water but the parasite eggs float on water+vinegar mixture and you can pour it off carefully, without picking the greens up. or you can just wash each leaf individually, that works as well
You are an excellent teacher/ instructor for showing people how to learn to cook food. I do believe you are educating many people that cooking your own food is much better and tastier. I really appreciate your Channel. Respect from 🇨🇦💕
I rarely go to the local farmers market for ingredients I know I can get at the grocery store, but when it comes to lettuce, oh boy. Farmers market lettuce is a game changer. So much variety.
I've been looking for a small blender without to many bells and whistles but still multifunctional. Thanks for Recommending the Magic Bullet. I just purchased!
Mike, I want you to know you have completely changed my mind on salads after following your recipes here! I had never eaten a salad that I liked until following your system! Absolutely love it, would also love more salad dressing ideas as these are the only ones I will eat!
Good recipes. Word of advice, if you washing dirt off salad leaves don't dump the water on the leaves again. Dirt being denser tend to settle down to the bottom. So agitate the leaves a lot and leave them be for a few minutes. Then take the leaves out of the water and dump the water in sink. Rinse and repeat.
I’ve made the miso dressing three times and the sun-dried tomato one three times as well. I really started to play around with them and make them more mine. I made the miso one spicier, and the sun-dried tomato one thinner and more acidic. This video completely changed the way I eat salad. Thank you very much.
Thanks for the vid. Just a note on cleaning greens: at least for the first wash, lift the greens out, set them aside and pour out the water to avoid pouring the grit back through the greens.
Horray, there is a *_link in the description box_* that gives the broken down recipes ! I think one could also add leftover noodles or rice. And use frozen plain vegetables heat them up and give a little sauce over the still warm / hot vegetables. Maybe a little less than for a salad. (on the other hand vegies "swallow" more of the taste).
Now I already made the second salad following this guide - and both turned out amazing! Considering the fact, that I'm not a huge salad fan and that I usually want something warm in winter, that's a real game changer. I so love the way you combine free creativitiy and "use up what you have at home" with a guide to have some order and control in the salad bowl, really great! I only added fresh herbs to the salad step with the fresh veggies. Please keep those amazing vids coming, they really change the way I cook - and change it to the better! ;-)
Great salads. I like to add some fermented veggie elements to my salads. Fermented pickle juice in the dressing and some fermented veggies in the salad. Basically creating a nutrient AND probiotic dense salad
My mother use to put her washed greens into a clean pillow case. I would then take them outside and swing it around to remove the water, in the wintertime it would really chill the greens too.
Wow I just sat here at my desk (when i should be working) for the past 4 hours watching most of my old and new videos by you and you can really see how you have grown in your style and your confidence which is contagious - thank you ( I started out making SDBread with you and purchase the university package and the kombucha - Hope you do a Rama one as well, you should) Just wanted to tell you thank you I love all these new styles of "Mistakes to avoid or Mistakes (Lessons) for beginners - learning so much. Thank you again.
I don’t eat salads, but I followed everything you mentioned here and it completely changed my mind! I can’t get enough! I haven’t tried the Asian salad dressing yet, but those other two are other worldly! I need more dressing recipes!
I like your new kitchen. I didn’t realize the videos I have been watching were from years ago. I learned so much from your international cuisines. Thank you. I started watching your show last year when I was into sourdough. You are much more organized now; SMILE
We’ve been keto for 4 years and OMAD for over 1 year and we eat a salad with our meal every single day and I can tell you when you eat a salad every day you need to come up with interesting salads...to make sure you don’t get bored with your salad. My favorite salad to work with is kale. I make sure to massage it with oil, salt, and sometimes lemon juice just to the point that it changes color and is a little soft before adding other salads and other ingredients. I also prep some mixes ahead of time...like a mix of red and green cabbage with shredded carrots, I will also boil 6 eggs at a time, if I buy a pomegranate I will cut it open and put the seeds in a bowl, I will cut a lemon in wedges so if one of us wants a bit of lemon juice we just grab a wedge. Every week its a different prep it all depends what I find at the store or in the summer at the markets. By prepping ahead of time it makes it easier and it’s quicker to add to the daily salads. I am eager to try your dressings.
My favourite dressings here are ginger-tahini and peanut-chili. I also love passionfruit-curry a lot when passionfruit is in season, or Japanese creamy sesame dressing. Your ideas have just added to my arsenal, thank you! I also love some differences in texture and temperature, e.g. warm meat or oven-roasted veggies. My favourite protein element apart from a chicken variety is falafel. :)
Wendy's in the 90s made the salad delicious...they had a BLT salad with honey mustard dressing and a blue cheese with cheddar cheese salad..They dont get enough credit for their innovations...they created the dollar menu and the tempura nugget that McDonald's bought/stole from them.
THAT is the type of salad I can agree on. There's a reason why the "go-with" salads in restaurants and German households always looked sterile to me, because they are always "cucumber, tomato, lettuce, done", while Russian salads are basically the entire meal cut into pieces and mixed with a sauce, awesome!
I just made a salad with the available veggies in my fridge. Tried it with the cashew dressing and WOW this is the first time i actually enjoyed eating a salad😭 i also added boiled potato and some leftover rice and it tastes AMAAAZING !! I'm eating it as i type this and i can't stop eating it😍😭
I love using a mandoline for things I want thin, like radishes. Longer radishes mean less surface area to volume: easier to clean with my veggie scrubber.
Hot tip for getting sand off lettuce. Dunk the lettuce in (cold) water as shown. But use your hands to pick the leaves up and out of the water to put them into the strainer portion of the spinner. Sand is heavy so it falls to the bottom of the water bowl, making it easy to remove - so long as you don't pour the sandy, dirty water back into the strainer with the leaves.
I ended up roasting up sliced potatoes, carrots and spaghetti squash. Put all that in a bowl with fresh sliced cherry tomatoes, (on fried pita would be dope too) with a dried California pepper, garlic, parsley, lemon, EVOO, dijon mustard and balsamic vinegar dress. It was amazeballs. I love watching these videos
I found this video a couple of months ago, and you really inspired me to make decent salads and dressings, and to find tha flavours that I enjoy the most, and today, for the first time maybe in my life, I actually enjoyed a salad. Thank you for your tips, and keep it up man
I really enjoyed watching this show. This actually made salad making seem even MORE elevated to me but I love salads so I totally enjoyed it. Make more salad videos!
Whenever u wash any leafy vegetable the dirt sinks in the bottom so u take the leaf out so that dirt remains in water.(when u drain water out dirt remains in the bottom with leaves)..even if u are washing cilantro u should do same...that was one of the basic lessons I got from mom😄
This is such a good video bro. Truly enjoyed it. Clear, complete, High Quality, variety... man... everything I need to make a bossy salad! Many thanks.
I absolutely adore your videos, I’m a bodybuilder/powerlifter, I want to try and get a good salad in my diet but I need to make sure it’s both nutritionally dense as well as calorically dense. That’s a tough balance, I don’t see a lot of recipes for high calorie salads or anything tailored to bulking while still trying to achieve health, maybe not a bad idea for a video!
great salad & dressing ideas, definitely going to try them! The best salad I ever had was a little Italian restaurant here in town. Had all of the qualities a great salad should have: crunchy, soft, chewy, acidic. lobster, hearts of palm, butter lettuce, capers, with only lemon, oil, S&P for dressing. MAGICAL.
I started watching your videos a long time ago, and I was a little sad when you and your brother decided to work separately, but I just wanted to say thanks. I've learned so much from you guys, much love.
If you just make a salad as a side dish and there is no matter what you throw on the plate, try seasoning it with just some olive oil, salt and pepper. Makes it a lot better already and easy. I usually have just salad, cucumber and tomato and if I have some then feta or some salad cheese and nuts.
I loved how you split the screen for showcasing how you made the three sauces step by step! So inspirational and super easy to understand! Amazingly done!
i must have a learning disability or something because that was the moment I stopped watching. it was confusing and hard to follow.
Agree 100%! I wish I could do that! It makes for a perfect comparison of the different dressings!
@@aeonjoey3d I have a couple/a few of suggestions that might help. First, you know you can go back just a little bit to review it. Reviewing the part just BEFORE the three section may help -> because there might have been something you missed or didn't understand.
When that happens whatever follows gets confusing
Second suggestion you watch it twice. You can either watch it all the way here even though you're confused and then watch it again, or you can stop it and go back as soon as you get some confused. I've done both at different times. If think maybe it'll all come together I just listen onward. Or else I think wait I miss something I'm going to go back.
A third suggestion is to change the speed of the video. On mobile android the playback speed shows when you tap on the 3 dots. That brings up what they call a sub-menu. On a pc or mac you click on the "youtube screen" and the controls appear. The gear wheel means Settings. Click on that to see the sub-menu. You can pick a slower soeed. Just try it.
Ironically, sometimes a faster speed helps me understand better or to skim it. Sometimes I put on captions, even though I am a flu3 t native soeaker. Go figure.
My point is, he does wht he does and if you had to watch it 3 times, then so what? It is the same as him doing all 3 one after another... Or is it? You decide.
PS thanks for your comment. My longish reply is not just for you alone. 👉😛😆 👀 😎 This could be read by many. And as "Chef John" would say... ENJOY!
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@@aeonjoey3d click on 'show more' above comments, then click on website above 'show less' ingredient lists & recipes for dressings are shown there.
Finally found the measurements!
Chicken & Avocado salad:
2 cups of butter lettuce
1 cup of chopped kale
2 tablespoons of sprouts
1 radish, thinly sliced
1/4 cup of raisins
1 carrot
1/4 cup of sourdough crotons
1/2 an avocado
1 chicken breast
salt & pepper
1/2 cup of cashew dressing
Tomato Blast Salad:
2 cups of butter lettuce
1 cup of chopped kale
1 corn
1 cucumber
2 tablespoons of sunflower seeds
1/4 cup of hard goat cheese
4 eggs
1/4 cup of cherry tomatoe
1/2 cup of sun dried tomato dressing
Cashew Lime Dressing:
1/4 cup of cashews soaked in water
1/4 cup of cilantro
2 cloves of garlic
pinch of cumin seeds
1 teaspoon of smoked paprika
Juice of 1 whole lime, possibly more
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup of avocado oil
Sun Dried Tomato Dressing:
5 -7 Sun-dried Tomatoes
1 clove of garlic
1/4 cup of parsley leaves
1 tablespoon of honey
Juice of 1 whole lemon
Pinch of salt
1/4 cup of olive oil
A little bit of water to thin it out
Ginger Miso:
1 heaping tablespoon of Miso Paste
1 tablespoon of grated ginger
1 teaspoon of sesame oil
1 teaspoon of chili paste
3 teaspoon of rice vinegar
1/4 cup of canola oil
2 tablespoons of mirin
Splash of water to thin out
Thanks ☺️
Thank you very much! I screenshot them and so now when I go to the grocery store, I can make sure I have all the ingredients. Very nice of you!
I really like these skill-based videos. Instead of just relying on a recipe and then having surplus ingredients going to waste, these videos teach us how to get creative in the kitchen !
If you want to copy the lists to save, here they are!
Homemade Salad Dressing:
1. Base Flavor
2. Aromatics
3. Sweet and Spicy
4. Acid
5. Oil
6. Adjustments
(Good) Salad Elements:
1. Base Greens
2. Fresh Veggies
3. Nuts, Seeds, Dried Fruit
4. Grains
5. Cheese/Creamy
6. Protein
7. Dressing
Thanks a lot!
thank you for this list, much appreciated
Thanks 😊
@@james_thegirl Oh yeah, since I'm not American, I would be grateful of a recipe for coleslaw.
Thank you, that helps! Looking forward to start eating salads again!
A great timesaver is pickled vegetables (carrots, cucumbers, olives, radish, onions). They add acidity and texture and you can just add small portions as you go along the week. The key is to make salads easy and fun
Pickled stuff is awesome for salads! Esp onions!
I agree, I’d also add turnips to that great list of pickled veggies
Pickles aren't healthy for your gut.
@@Chidi-Ingraham fermented pickles are very gut healthy - probiotic awesomeness
Try some cowboy candy aka jalapeño pickled with sugar. Amazing !!
I want to tell you that you changed the life of my family. We now eat a thousand times more salads than before. (almost everyday!) I always have a prep of salad(you show that in another video) in the fridge and I can arrange in almost seconds very impressives salads! Thank you so much, I don't know how to tell you the difference it makes. It so much healthier and also easier for me.
I would consider adding pickled veggies too [carrot, onion, cabbage shreds, turnip, radish].
What’s the “prep of salad”??
After you soak/agitate your greens, LIFT them out of the water and place them in the strainer, then spin.
You poured the “dirty” water on top of the greens when you put them in the strainer before spinning.
I thought that too. Usually I hand pick or use tongs to remove the leaves into the spinner so all the dirt stays at the bottom of the water bowl
Glad i wasnt the only one who thought that lol
Lol. Same .
You have the BEST audience. Thanks everybody for your comments and ideas. I don't know about others but I spend just as much time watching the videos as I do reading your comments and learning extra ideas and tips from YOU. Thank you all. It's really fun when the audience is so passionate and engaged. Together we can really learn a lot from each other. Keep sharing. I totally appreciate it.
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I feel like I grew up with you guys. I used to binge your videos as a college student and ate a lot of good food thanks to y’all, and now I found your channel again as an adult. So glad to see you’re still making amazing, healthy, and accessible food!
I’ve never seems someone explain salads like this! I absolutely love that you gave so many examples, it helps so much!
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Top Tip: An easy way to dress your salad completely is to put it in a sealable container like a tupperware. Just before you eat, drizzle in your dressing, close, and shake. It's super easy and gentle on your ingredients, and it coats everything really evenly.
Your production value is always TOP notch. Respect the hell out of your channel, and your education. Love watching these.
I’ve found that soaking your greens a few minutes in a few tsp. baking soda (rinse off) really wakes up any older greens and also extends the life of even the freshest greens. Thanks for this great video!
This is a really good idea, thanks bro
Thanks for sharing, I've completely forgotten about this neat trick my grandma told me eons ago.
My grandmother said salt (or baking soda) will make any bugs let go of the greens!
A quick rinse in warm water will restore wilted greens...
Thank you
I made a salad for my family using the cashew dressing. They all said, ‘this is the best salad I’ve ever had in my life.’
nice
@@quartzshine2828 luckily they don’t….
@@wonderwoman5528they don't what?
@@purllow someone must have deleted their reply. I can’t remember what I was responding to
Really nailed the cooking show vibe on this one. Good examples, good flow, and engaging cinematography. Great job man.
One of my favorite protein additions to salad is cubes of tofu: water pressed out, tossed in nutritional yeast mixed with 21 Seasoning Salute and red pepper flakes, then fried in a little oil until they’re slightly crisp. Yummy on salad or just snacked on.
what are your favorite ways to make salads less sucky?
Making whatever you make lol
A metric tonne of feta cheese
Pumpkin seed oil. It's delicious and adds a lovely green colour.
Nuts and seeds, love them on my salad.
Pickled red onions.
This is the EXACT video I’ve been looking for. I love salad dressings and salad but have run out of ideas and this video has no spurred me on to create new exciting dishes with a combination of texture, flavour, and different food groups. I love how you incorporate preparation like the washing and drying of the leaves (I never knew you could eat cavolo Nero raw. I also love those containers you used for the salad dressings which would last a good couple of days in the fridge. I think a salad, when done right, can fill you up all day with the amount of fibre and the long time it takes to eat. Will have to add this video to favourites. Thanks again! :)
You can add salt or vinnegar to the water when washing your greens. This will help to detach the bugs in them.
Mike, you are doing exactly what you are meant to do in Life! Your passion for cooking comes out in every aspect of your videos. Wow, I am so impressed!!! I have watched every video and have never seen anything like your videos. So much solid value and pertinent information presented is such an interesting and logical way. Just, the Best of the Best I have ever seen!!!! You doing this solo was a Great Decision!!!!! Your abilities are way beyond!!!!!!! Keep doing your thing we are all loving it!!!!!!
I like a base of baby spinach. One favorite, spinach with mandarin oranges, cottage cheese and sunflower seeds. The cottage cheese and orange juice blend to make a dressing.
That sounds like something I d love to try. Screen shot taken for easy buying. Thanks!!
I have watched a ton of recipes on UA-cam...and I've loved (and eaten salads) since I was a kid. In my opinion, this video is the pinnacle in terms of how to construct a salad. I look forward to implementing all I've learned in tomorrow's lunch.
As someone who also loves salad and is a queen of salads, I love this video for the sake if spreading the salad religion to others. Bc salads really are only ass good as your ingredients
I love making marinated bulgogi salad bowls for lunch! After marinating the beef strips, I use the extra marinade to create some sauce. I'll add lettuce, red cabbage, edamame, and pickled daikon and carrot matchsticks. You can make the sauce/marinade as spicy or sweet as you like by grating in fresh Korean pear or apple. or adding extra gochugaru. Def recommend giving it a try if you're looking for a new recipe to mix up your meals!
Omg, I have some leftover Bulgogi sauce in my fridge and some leftover frozen marinated bulgogi in my freezer that is definitely getting thawed this week! How inspired. I love this idea!
Great presentation! Love it!
I don't care for oil-based salad dressings. So another option is to use beans (cannellini or any white bean) blended until smooth. You can use the liquid in the can for thinning. If you're trying to replace olive oil flavor, you can put a couple of whole olives into the blend mix to create the olive taste. Did you know that it takes about 44 olives to make 1 Tbs of olive oil? So you can still use all of these great ideas in this video and have a lower calorie salad dressing if that's helpful to your life.
Thanks for these GREAT ideas!
Good to know!
You're such a gifted teacher, and you can tell that you have a true passion for cooking and helping others become better cooks at home. I've watched you since Brothers Green, and you're still one of my favorite cooks online. I know so many people talk about Food Network, etc; but I think the best cooks and cooking channels can be found on UA-cam, like yours. You're definitely one of my favorite cooking channels.
I agree with you
I agree too. He is amazing. I watched this video a few times and now how all my salad ingredients washed and ready in the fridge. chicken too. Great videos. AND I watched and made his ramen. Jesus Christ. Amazing.
Thanks!
I love the idea of using what you have. Cooking is all about improvisation and getting creative
Best video I've ever seen on explaining different types of salad dressing! Thank you so much!!
I have been eating a lot of salads recently due to health reasons and got a little fed up with vinegrette... However you make it it is a vinegrette nothing more. And this is something new and game changing!
My first thought was "man I need to buy some stuff" but then I tried to use the formula and... I made my best dressing ever with what I had. So for that I wanted to give you all the compliments because your videos are so much better than just recipes.
Peanut butter for base, ginger for aroma, harissa paste for spicy and salty, honey for sweet, soy sauce for salty, lemon juice for acidity. Sesame oil. Water to thin it out and I want to eat it with a spoon not wait for tomorrow lunch... It looks nice too. Thanks Mike.
Say I got to say this... I watch & learn from a lot of cooks & chefs... You teaching on how you explain things are 2nd to none... Man I can listen & learn from you all day long... I truly appreciate it! ✌🏿✌🏿🤙🏿🤘🏾🙏
Yes!
Hands down the best cooking channel on UA-cam.Your the best cook ever!!!!
His presentation game has stepped up. I like his new flow an professionalism.
I love how you break down the recipes so well that I can literally make some version of a not-sucky salad right now if I wanted to
Literally, I mean literally yesterday I told my husband: I wanna be healthier, but I´m so bored of my salads jajaja.. thank youuuuu!!
Don't you mean jusband
One of the best things I discovered was dry frying chickpeas or garbanzo beans as you call them. Make sure you brown them and they taste amazing in salad.
Iv been watching you since you started out from rookie to pro, it's incredible how much you have upped your cooking game and developed your skills. Thanks for the inspiration! Keep rocking !!
Love the way you break things down, and at a good speed. Pleasure to listen to you.
If you use a metal knife to cut your greens the edges of the greens tend to turn brown quickly.
Also, if you put paper towel on the bottom of your bowl the salad will last for leftovers. Adding dressing to the entire bowl blows your chance for leftovers.
Learned all about this in culinary school metal knives turns lettuce brown.... Not true anything that cuts lettuce will expose the ends and the ends are exposed to air and oxidize. So if you cut you lettuce with a metal knife or plastic knife or laser beam. The cut ends all turn brown.
I made the sundried tomato dressing and it was utterly delicious. I'd never have thought of using them as a base, but wow. Totally yummy. Thank you.
yes the debris sinks to the bottom when you wash your greens with water but the parasite eggs float on water+vinegar mixture and you can pour it off carefully, without picking the greens up. or you can just wash each leaf individually, that works as well
You are an excellent teacher/ instructor for showing people how to learn to cook food. I do believe you are educating many people that cooking your own food is much better and tastier. I really appreciate your Channel. Respect from 🇨🇦💕
I rarely go to the local farmers market for ingredients I know I can get at the grocery store, but when it comes to lettuce, oh boy. Farmers market lettuce is a game changer. So much variety.
I've been looking for a small blender without to many bells and whistles but still multifunctional. Thanks for Recommending the Magic Bullet. I just purchased!
Mike, I want you to know you have completely changed my mind on salads after following your recipes here! I had never eaten a salad that I liked until following your system! Absolutely love it, would also love more salad dressing ideas as these are the only ones I will eat!
Good recipes. Word of advice, if you washing dirt off salad leaves don't dump the water on the leaves again. Dirt being denser tend to settle down to the bottom. So agitate the leaves a lot and leave them be for a few minutes. Then take the leaves out of the water and dump the water in sink. Rinse and repeat.
I’ve made the miso dressing three times and the sun-dried tomato one three times as well. I really started to play around with them and make them more mine.
I made the miso one spicier, and the sun-dried tomato one thinner and more acidic.
This video completely changed the way I eat salad. Thank you very much.
Thanks for the vid. Just a note on cleaning greens: at least for the first wash, lift the greens out, set them aside and pour out the water to avoid pouring the grit back through the greens.
Horray, there is a *_link in the description box_* that gives the broken down recipes ! I think one could also add leftover noodles or rice. And use frozen plain vegetables heat them up and give a little sauce over the still warm / hot vegetables. Maybe a little less than for a salad. (on the other hand vegies "swallow" more of the taste).
Great Saladas-&-Dressings 'Pro Home Cooks' Also, Your list of 'Salad-Builders' is so valiable. Thank You for Sharing with all of Us!
Now I already made the second salad following this guide - and both turned out amazing!
Considering the fact, that I'm not a huge salad fan and that I usually want something warm in winter, that's a real game changer. I so love the way you combine free creativitiy and "use up what you have at home" with a guide to have some order and control in the salad bowl, really great!
I only added fresh herbs to the salad step with the fresh veggies.
Please keep those amazing vids coming, they really change the way I cook - and change it to the better! ;-)
Great salads. I like to add some fermented veggie elements to my salads. Fermented pickle juice in the dressing and some fermented veggies in the salad. Basically creating a nutrient AND probiotic dense salad
My mother use to put her washed greens into a clean pillow case. I would then take them outside and swing it around to remove the water, in the wintertime it would really chill the greens too.
Wow I just sat here at my desk (when i should be working) for the past 4 hours watching most of my old and new videos by you and you can really see how you have grown in your style and your confidence which is contagious - thank you ( I started out making SDBread with you and purchase the university package and the kombucha - Hope you do a Rama one as well, you should) Just wanted to tell you thank you I love all these new styles of "Mistakes to avoid or Mistakes (Lessons) for beginners - learning so much. Thank you again.
This is a pro level. Salad 1 was mindblowing.
U made it?
I don’t eat salads, but I followed everything you mentioned here and it completely changed my mind! I can’t get enough! I haven’t tried the Asian salad dressing yet, but those other two are other worldly! I need more dressing recipes!
I have a couple aerogardens and I love to grow different types of lettuce for salads that I can harvest as I grow it!
I made your miso dressing and it changed the way I look at salad! I am 11 and am avid cook and your videos help so much. #Prohomecooks
I like your new kitchen. I didn’t realize the videos I have been watching were from years ago. I learned so much from your international cuisines. Thank you. I started watching your show last year when I was into sourdough. You are much more organized now; SMILE
We’ve been keto for 4 years and OMAD for over 1 year and we eat a salad with our meal every single day and I can tell you when you eat a salad every day you need to come up with interesting salads...to make sure you don’t get bored with your salad.
My favorite salad to work with is kale. I make sure to massage it with oil, salt, and sometimes lemon juice just to the point that it changes color and is a little soft before adding other salads and other ingredients.
I also prep some mixes ahead of time...like a mix of red and green cabbage with shredded carrots, I will also boil 6 eggs at a time, if I buy a pomegranate I will cut it open and put the seeds in a bowl, I will cut a lemon in wedges so if one of us wants a bit of lemon juice we just grab a wedge. Every week its a different prep it all depends what I find at the store or in the summer at the markets.
By prepping ahead of time it makes it easier and it’s quicker to add to the daily salads.
I am eager to try your dressings.
salads are saving me during this diet, you have saved me even more
I just had a very disappointing diet meal with salad, while in quarantine. I can't even describe how fast I clicked in this video 😂 I feel your pain.
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I love your approach of breaking down to it’s elements!
My favourite dressings here are ginger-tahini and peanut-chili. I also love passionfruit-curry a lot when passionfruit is in season, or Japanese creamy sesame dressing. Your ideas have just added to my arsenal, thank you!
I also love some differences in texture and temperature, e.g. warm meat or oven-roasted veggies. My favourite protein element apart from a chicken variety is falafel. :)
That list of steps is really new for me. We’ll try making more of our own dressings. Thanks.
Love your split screens. Thanks for the inspo.
Loving your videos. I am really trying to make as much as I can from scratch. I would LOVE a fridge/freezer/pantry tour video.
As a new student who now has to cook on his own your videos help so much thanks for all the great videos!
Wendy's in the 90s made the salad delicious...they had a BLT salad with honey mustard dressing and a blue cheese with cheddar cheese salad..They dont get enough credit for their innovations...they created the dollar menu and the tempura nugget that McDonald's bought/stole from them.
Wendy's really is superior. They have great salads!
THAT is the type of salad I can agree on.
There's a reason why the "go-with" salads in restaurants and German households always looked sterile to me, because they are always "cucumber, tomato, lettuce, done", while Russian salads are basically the entire meal cut into pieces and mixed with a sauce, awesome!
My mother was German descent. We NEVER had salad at home, really. Now trying to discover them.
Bleeding love salads. Always have. Loved the bit on making dressing, may have to start trying to make my own.
I just made a salad with the available veggies in my fridge. Tried it with the cashew dressing and WOW this is the first time i actually enjoyed eating a salad😭 i also added boiled potato and some leftover rice and it tastes AMAAAZING !! I'm eating it as i type this and i can't stop eating it😍😭
Watched so many of your videos. I’ve gotten more into making everything at home and ferments. Love everything I’ve made so far
I love using a mandoline for things I want thin, like radishes. Longer radishes mean less surface area to volume: easier to clean with my veggie scrubber.
Thank you for breaking it down because I was getting tired of the same old salad. Awesome job!
I’m really glad that you still create videos. Been an avid viewer since Brothers Green. And your salad tips here are spot on practical. Cheers!
Hot tip for getting sand off lettuce. Dunk the lettuce in (cold) water as shown. But use your hands to pick the leaves up and out of the water to put them into the strainer portion of the spinner. Sand is heavy so it falls to the bottom of the water bowl, making it easy to remove - so long as you don't pour the sandy, dirty water back into the strainer with the leaves.
I can make that miso dressing right now.I have everything for that one in my kitchen, damn that's never happened to me.
Anusuya Nallathambi how did it turn out?
Love when that happens it also means you got some goodness in the kitchen
weebs gonna be like:
I ended up roasting up sliced potatoes, carrots and spaghetti squash. Put all that in a bowl with fresh sliced cherry tomatoes, (on fried pita would be dope too) with a dried California pepper, garlic, parsley, lemon, EVOO, dijon mustard and balsamic vinegar dress. It was amazeballs. I love watching these videos
I found this video a couple of months ago, and you really inspired me to make decent salads and dressings, and to find tha flavours that I enjoy the most, and today, for the first time maybe in my life, I actually enjoyed a salad. Thank you for your tips, and keep it up man
I really enjoyed watching this show. This actually made salad making seem even MORE elevated to me but I love salads so I totally enjoyed it. Make more salad videos!
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Wow wonderful salad and good ways to Rinse it out
you deserve more subs
The dedication is on point!! Thanks for helping with my uni dorm life man
Whenever u wash any leafy vegetable the dirt sinks in the bottom so u take the leaf out so that dirt remains in water.(when u drain water out dirt remains in the bottom with leaves)..even if u are washing cilantro u should do same...that was one of the basic lessons I got from mom😄
This is one of the best videos, That inspires to be creative then only recipe base.... Thank you..😅 possibilities with that are limitless ...
To spin the salad, you can also use a kitchen towel, put your salad in it, close it with some knots, go outside and... spin your arm. It works 😊
Thanks for the tip, I dislocated my shoulder.
Depending on what detergent you use to wash your towels is what you’ll taste to some degree. Mines tasted like tide
I’ve made the first salad and by far this is the best salad I’ve ever had!!!
I usually just watch your videos, but this time I felt the need to comment how much I LOVE this video, you’re awesome dude!
They all look so wonderful and I just told my husband before I saw this how much I am wanting a good salad! Thanks👍😋😋
These look amazing, thanks for breaking it down into a formula! Makes it easier
lift your leaves out of wash water. when you pour it into a screen, the dirt ends up back on top of the food
Super special video because I'm a salad lover...thank you!
Amazing video! Love the breakdown of salad prep in 3 different frames!
This is such a good video bro. Truly enjoyed it. Clear, complete, High Quality, variety... man... everything I need to make a bossy salad! Many thanks.
I absolutely adore your videos, I’m a bodybuilder/powerlifter, I want to try and get a good salad in my diet but I need to make sure it’s both nutritionally dense as well as calorically dense. That’s a tough balance, I don’t see a lot of recipes for high calorie salads or anything tailored to bulking while still trying to achieve health, maybe not a bad idea for a video!
I've ever seen on explaining different types of salad dressing! Thank you so much!!
great salad & dressing ideas, definitely going to try them! The best salad I ever had was a little Italian restaurant here in town. Had all of the qualities a great salad should have: crunchy, soft, chewy, acidic. lobster, hearts of palm, butter lettuce, capers, with only lemon, oil, S&P for dressing. MAGICAL.
Nice job. You always do a great job. And I like your long form explanations.
I started watching your videos a long time ago, and I was a little sad when you and your brother decided to work separately, but I just wanted to say thanks.
I've learned so much from you guys, much love.
Did they fight??
@@Isaiah--vj2xu don't think so, still not sure what happened.
Wow great job!! Love that you gave us the formula and not a recipe. Loved the editing, very pro!!
Some excellent ideas
If you just make a salad as a side dish and there is no matter what you throw on the plate, try seasoning it with just some olive oil, salt and pepper. Makes it a lot better already and easy.
I usually have just salad, cucumber and tomato and if I have some then feta or some salad cheese and nuts.