La Grande Insalata Mista (Pomodori e Vino)

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Beth, along with her husband, Mike, is co-owner of two Italian Deli/Markets in St. Louis - Viviano’s Festa Italiano. When not creating yummy new menu items for the deli, she’s the pediatric research lab supervisor at Washington University School of Medicine. Read more out about Viviano’s Festa Italiano.

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Irene loves to think, read and dream about food. She enjoys cooking & eating in general. Although she demures about her talents, Irene has a finely-tuned palate that her friends envy. She bakes on occasion. The rest of the time she's creating memories with her family and friends. . . or she's learning a new needlecraft technique.

About Deborah

Deborah is a wife, mother, grandmother, traveler, bootlegger, and a very poor speller! As Victor Hazan so eloquently puts it, Deborah has chosen Umbria to be the home of her soul. When she can’t be there in body, she spends her free time cooking & reading about Italy. She blogs mostly about food and about trips – past and future – here: Old Shoes New Trip.

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Doug lives in Eastern Ontario in a farmhouse built in 1903. He is a retired teacher with four adult children, a wife, a son-in-law, two Irish step-grandchildren and one grandson who he is lucky to hang with a lot. He has way too many books. Doug also blogs at To Slow Time Down.

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Cindy lives in Eagle River, Alaska where her freezer is always full of salmon, halibut & shrimp. Cindy participates in several regular cooking challenges. You can read more about her cooking and life in the last frontier on her blog, Baked Alaska.

About Sandi

Sandi is a true Southerner, but a traveler & Italian cook at heart. She lives in Alabama and knows more about fried green tomatoes than fricassees. Her family owned the WhistleStop Café for many years. Sandi also blogs at Whistlestop Cafe Cooking.

About Jan

Jan, a serious home cook, has owned “Essentials” since 1992. She is passionate about all things Italian, especially the cuisine & the language. Jan blogs about her travels (next trip Italy May/June of 2010) at: Keep your Feet in the Street.

About Jerry

Jerry is a food obsessed Canadian. He learned to love Italian food as a child while eating the meals prepared by his Napolitano uncle. He learned to cook Italian foods by watching his uncle cook these feasts for the family. This love of Italian food has been honed through serious personal experimentation in eating and cooking. Willing to try most anything once, Jerry isn't so sure about tripe! Jerry also blogs at Jerry's Thoughts, Musings, and Rants!

About Palma

Palma is a Marriage & Family Therapist in Palm Desert, CA. She’s an Italian-American with a passion for cooking, entertaining, & travel to Italy. She’s always planning her next culinary adventure to Italia on her blog, Palmabella's Passions

About Kim

Kim is our permanent sub and the image above gives you a good idea of the look on her face when she realized she was drafted. Kim loves to eat, drink, travel and cook - probably in that order. When she's not here, you can find her organizing and leading food, wine and beer tours in Europe as co-owner and operator of GrapeHops or blogging at What I Really Think.

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La Grande Insalata Mista

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What a great way to kick off the salad chapter! This mixed raw salad has a variety of colors, tastes and textures. I used mixed Italian greens, Boston lettuce and arugula. There was also fennel, a yellow pepper, celery heart, carrots, red onion, and tomatoes. I decided to skip the artichoke, as it was large, and we ate it another night with our dinner.

Other ingredients can be included: cabbage, radicchio, radishes, cucumber, or zucchini. Choose based on taste, what is available and in season.

I appreciated how Marcella includes in this recipe a detailed explanation of how to clean, slice, or prep each vegetable.

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The salad is sprinkled with salt, tossed, with a pour of good olive oil. A dash of red wine vinegar is added, and the salad is served! It is so PRETTY!

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Posted to 6. Saturday - Jerry/Palma | Salads by Palma on March 12, 2011 5:07 AM
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Comments (6)

Ed Hoos:

This is another recipe that I haven't made yet but now I really want to.
I'm reading this at 7am and could actually have it for breakfast it looks so inviting.

Posted by Ed Hoos | March 12, 2011 9:07 AM

Posted on March 12, 2011 09:07

Jerry:

what a beautiful looking salad. I get so bored when I am out for dinner and the salad consists of a few tired lettuce leaves. THIS is a salad!

Posted by Jerry | March 12, 2011 10:36 AM

Posted on March 12, 2011 10:36

Susie L:

So pretty Palma and it looks beautifully dressed.

Posted by Susie L | March 13, 2011 8:15 PM

Posted on March 13, 2011 20:15

Deborah:

Beautiful photographs, Palma. As I sit here with the snow falling in St. Louis, it makes me long for summer.

Posted by Deborah | March 14, 2011 9:21 AM

Posted on March 14, 2011 09:21

Marcella Hazan:

That was very nice arugula you were using. But don't you miss the tang that rucola has in Italy? There has been such a flap over olive oil recently. I'd be curious to know what you use, if you feel like disclosing it.

Posted by Marcella Hazan | March 16, 2011 10:36 PM

Posted on March 16, 2011 22:36

Palma :

Marcella,

I used an Umbrian Olive oil from Le Case Gialle, shipped to my home from Italy each year.

Posted by Palma | March 17, 2011 12:06 AM

Posted on March 17, 2011 00:06

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Pomodori e Vino is a group of nine who, on March 28th, 2010 began a challenge to cook every recipe in Marcella Hazan's "Essentials of Classic Italian Cooking" We are documenting our results here with a post every day. Check in often.