When I googled the oeufs mayonnaise Dorie talks about in the introduction I came across this blog Sophie Cuisine. Its in french but the link is a translated page. I love the "yes, yes they say it all. But I say: No brainer" about how to boil eggs. Cooks are a pretty opinionated bunch about lots of things, aren't we?
We enjoyed this salad but in America its a pretty basic dish.
I just read over my post and realized if anyone not participating in FFwD read this it would make little sense! Mais bon...
See what the other French Friday cooks thought about this one.
I halved the recipe, and it still served three people easily!
ReplyDeletelol! we do have our opinions... it looks delicious all the same!
ReplyDeleteI only made enough for one, because my husband wasn't interested. Oh well. I'm one of those fools who can't seem to boil eggs properly. More specifically, I can't peel eggs. The white always gets stuck, no matter how many "foolproof methods" I try.
ReplyDeleteLove your arrangement! Very creative!
ReplyDeleteYour salad looks lovely! I shared this salad with my parents for a light supper (light as in not filling, as it is not light in the other sense). We enjoyed it a lot.
ReplyDeleteI was little taken aback by the "deconstructed" part of the title - it's just a BLT salad. But I guess not everyone has had them before. I thought the dressing really added something that was missing in other BLT salads I've had.
ReplyDeleteYour post makes sense to me. I made the full recipe for two (for dinner). It was simple and delicious.
ReplyDeleteThis was definitely a lot of food on one plate, for sure!
ReplyDeleteBut it was a nice twist on an old standby...
I loved it but it didn't seem 'deconstructed' to me...at least not in the newly created 'foodie' dictionary term sense.
ReplyDeleteI really enjoyed the flavors in this but I used the slow roasted tomatoes instead of the sun dried. I halved the recipe. It was more then enough for the 2 of us. Nice presentation!
ReplyDeleteYes, it was a good sized salad, but I thought it was tasty...it disappeared quickly. I like your post...makes lots of sense to me. Always enjoy reading you.
ReplyDeleteYes, I cut down the size of our salad, knowing my kids wouldn't eat it. I loved it, but it wasn't really out of the ordinary :)
ReplyDeleteYour salad looks great, but I agree that at least the eggs need to be halved for this recipe; two per serving seemed to be a bit much.
ReplyDeleteAnd that post of oeufs mayonnaise was interesting. It is simply amazing how many ``recipes'' there are out there for simple boiled eggs and how strongly we all believe that our method is the best.
Gorgeous salad, but I kinda know what you mean. It's not like a company salad or anything, more just a nice (though perhaps a bit involved) lunch-ish salad. At least in my humble opinion. Thanks for that link on oeufs mayonnaise!
ReplyDeleteWhat a creative and delicious salad.
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