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!
@@joeylopezdesign 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!
@@joeylopezdesign click on 'show more' above comments, then click on website above 'show less' ingredient lists & recipes for dressings are shown there.
15:59 I worked in a cafe, for freezing greens we put them in a deep metal bowl, added dressing, and swirled with tongs. This works well for salads, or for greens that go on sandwiches. Give it a try!
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 !
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.
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
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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
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.
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’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! :)
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 have watched a ton of recipes on TH-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
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.
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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 TH-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 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!
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 !!
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.
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!
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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.
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.
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! ;-)
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'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!
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.
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
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).
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 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😍😭
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.
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
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.
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.
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. :)
I love a good vinagarette, but I also love a good creamy dressing. My formula is 1/2 mayo, 1/2 sour cream, a bit of acid , always salt and pepper, and whatever seasonings/ingredients I want. I use a bit of buttermilk or cream to thin it out. I often do a chipotle lime creamy dressing, blue cheese (I blend in half with an immersion blender to really get that flavor in), I do parmesan pepper,an Italian with garlic, grated onion, and Italian herbs. The possiblilites are endless with fresh herbs aromatics and spices.
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 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!
First time watching you! I love salads but yeah they can be boring. I watched carefully as you planned these lovely salads. Really OPENED my mind to the possibilities. You are awesome, creative and cute too, just like your salads. I'm gonna try these out. Thanks, Richard [Seattle, WA]
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.
I know it’s cheesy for TH-cam cooks to write books, but I’ve come back to this video like 10 times for the recipe for these dressings just to make them over and over again. They are absolutely wonderful. Could you please make a book so I can skip the ads and give you some money?
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.
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
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
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 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!
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 love this video!!! I have been making my own dressing for years, but it’s wonderful to learn how to make something new and fresh. Thank you so much ☺️🙏🏾♥️
I love to eat salads when someone else makes them. So much chopping...so I like your system of prepping and storing, which I will definitely try. I love these prepping videos so much. I am so disorganized in the kitchen which I am trying to improve on, and your system will help with that.
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.
Nice video. I worked the "Garde manger" station of a nice restaurant and used most of the same principles. As you showed, it's important to dress the salad immediately before serving so the greens don't wilt. No one likes a soggy(and sad) salad ;)
Defiantly NOT sucky & love your "build" lists. & I feel Miran is to Miso what Oil is to Vinegar. Can't wait to go to market! PS: When I make my Caesar dressing (with tofu), I dip in a leaf of green in order to make adjustments.
You did a lovely job of simplifying the creation of a truly interesting salad, and some lovely alternatives to the same-old basic lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper vinaigrette. Sending this link to my nephew, who like most young men wouldn't bat an eye at preparing and serving some fried animal part, with french fries, sans greens of any sort! This was fun. Thanks!
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😄
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.
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!
@@joeylopezdesign 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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@@joeylopezdesign click on 'show more' above comments, then click on website above 'show less' ingredient lists & recipes for dressings are shown there.
15:59 I worked in a cafe, for freezing greens we put them in a deep metal bowl, added dressing, and swirled with tongs. This works well for salads, or for greens that go on sandwiches. Give it a try!
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 !
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”??
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’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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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!
Your production value is always TOP notch. Respect the hell out of your channel, and your education. Love watching these.
Really nailed the cooking show vibe on this one. Good examples, good flow, and engaging cinematography. Great job man.
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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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 .
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
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! :)
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
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 have watched a ton of recipes on TH-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
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!!
You can add salt or vinnegar to the water when washing your greens. This will help to detach the bugs in them.
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!
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 TH-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.
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!
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 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
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 !!
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.
Hands down the best cooking channel on TH-cam.Your the best cook ever!!!!
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!
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 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.
Thanks!
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
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.
His presentation game has stepped up. I like his new flow an professionalism.
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.
Love the way you break things down, and at a good speed. Pleasure to listen to you.
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 Saladas-&-Dressings 'Pro Home Cooks' Also, Your list of 'Salad-Builders' is so valiable. Thank You for Sharing with all of Us!
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'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!
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.
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
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).
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 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😍😭
This is a pro level. Salad 1 was mindblowing.
U made it?
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.
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 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
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
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.
This is one of the best videos, That inspires to be creative then only recipe base.... Thank you..😅 possibilities with that are limitless ...
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.
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. :)
I love your approach of breaking down to it’s elements!
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 love a good vinagarette, but I also love a good creamy dressing. My formula is 1/2 mayo, 1/2 sour cream, a bit of acid , always salt and pepper, and whatever seasonings/ingredients I want. I use a bit of buttermilk or cream to thin it out. I often do a chipotle lime creamy dressing, blue cheese (I blend in half with an immersion blender to really get that flavor in), I do parmesan pepper,an Italian with garlic, grated onion, and Italian herbs. The possiblilites are endless with fresh herbs aromatics and spices.
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!
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.
Thank you for breaking it down because I was getting tired of the same old salad. Awesome job!
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.
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 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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First time watching you! I love salads but yeah they can be boring. I watched carefully as you planned these lovely salads. Really OPENED my mind to the possibilities. You are awesome, creative and cute too, just like your salads. I'm gonna try these out. Thanks, Richard [Seattle, WA]
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.
I know it’s cheesy for TH-cam cooks to write books, but I’ve come back to this video like 10 times for the recipe for these dressings just to make them over and over again. They are absolutely wonderful. Could you please make a book so I can skip the ads and give you some money?
Love your split screens. Thanks for the inspo.
I love your stuff dude. Straight up. Whenever I find myself low on inspiration I.come and check it sonething you do and off I go again.
💙💛💜💚❤
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.
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
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
That list of steps is really new for me. We’ll try making more of our own dressings. Thanks.
As a new student who now has to cook on his own your videos help so much thanks for all the great videos!
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.
They all look so wonderful and I just told my husband before I saw this how much I am wanting a good salad! Thanks👍😋😋
I've ever seen on explaining different types of salad dressing! Thank you so much!!
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!
Watched so many of your videos. I’ve gotten more into making everything at home and ferments. Love everything I’ve made so far
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.
Nice job. You always do a great job. And I like your long form explanations.
I love this video!!! I have been making my own dressing for years, but it’s wonderful to learn how to make something new and fresh. Thank you so much ☺️🙏🏾♥️
Wow great job!! Love that you gave us the formula and not a recipe. Loved the editing, very pro!!
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!
I haven’t purchased dressing in years. But you have given my some good ideas. I need to think more out of the box. Thanks 😊
I love to eat salads when someone else makes them. So much chopping...so I like your system of prepping and storing, which I will definitely try. I love these prepping videos so much. I am so disorganized in the kitchen which I am trying to improve on, and your system will help with that.
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.
Nice video. I worked the "Garde manger" station of a nice restaurant and used most of the same principles. As you showed, it's important to dress the salad immediately before serving so the greens don't wilt. No one likes a soggy(and sad) salad ;)
Defiantly NOT sucky & love your "build" lists. & I feel Miran is to Miso what Oil is to Vinegar. Can't wait to go to market!
PS: When I make my Caesar dressing (with tofu), I dip in a leaf of green in order to make adjustments.
you deserve more subs
The dedication is on point!! Thanks for helping with my uni dorm life man
You did a lovely job of simplifying the creation of a truly interesting salad, and some lovely alternatives to the same-old basic lemon juice, olive oil, salt, pepper vinaigrette. Sending this link to my nephew, who like most young men wouldn't bat an eye at preparing and serving some fried animal part, with french fries, sans greens of any sort! This was fun. Thanks!
Bleeding love salads. Always have. Loved the bit on making dressing, may have to start trying to make my own.
I’ve made the first salad and by far this is the best salad I’ve ever had!!!
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😄
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.
Wow just downsized my house ..going to get a magic bullet and concentrat on these delicious salads for house warming xxxx many thx