8 straw salad Recipes

salami, try : salami felino, finocchiona, napolitano, soppressata or cacciatore or a bit of each., bacon bits or small pieces of kielbasa or other such flavourful sausage., shaved smoked ham ., olives , basic lack or kalamata type, red, pink, green or brown., artichokes, fresh , in a jar or whatever. i like fresh., mushrooms , , . puffballs, morels, oyster, button, straw, porto bella, shitake, etc., tomatoes , please use vine ripened., fresh mug bean or alfalfa sprouts., peppers , bell, anaheim, whatever suits., fresh melon , cantaloupe, honey dew, etc., asparagus tips. again , fresh is best but any kind in a pinch; or use fresh spinach., cheese. take your pick according to your taste. different taste in cheese really changes the whole salad., cooked beetroot. fresh is best but canned will do. drain well ., baby (miniature) corn cobs; well drained ., olive oil. i use the old fashioned kind to get more flavour., some good wine vinegar, smoked salmon. if you can tsp get good smoked salmon don tsp use any ., braised small medallions of spiced beef , lamb, pork, fowl, alligator, etc. dice into 2 by 2 cubes. take your pick or do two or three kinds and let your table mates choose. cook to taste, cool before serving., shrimp , crab, lobster, squid, fish, etc. if it needs cooking do that and let it cool., boiled egg sliced ., salad dressings of your choice., seeded dates ., raw cauliflower or broccoli., sunflower seeds or your choice of nuts., sliced tomatoes & sliced bell or anaheim peppers., fresh endive or iceberg lattice. try the tinder tips of watercress, romaine lattice, etc., sliced maui onion. if you can tsp get maui onions get the mildest you can find ., anything i forgot

egg noodles, frozen vegetable potstickers, vegetable oil, water, water chestnuts, drained and sliced, baby corn, carrot, shredded, straw mushrooms, thai peanut sauce, chopped roasted peanuts

shrimp stock, grated lemon zest, grated lime zest, whole straw mushrooms, drained, frozen fully cooked salad shrimp, thawed, asian fish sauce (nuoc mam or nam pla), fresh lime juice, green onions, chopped, chopped fresh cilantro, red chile peppers, seeded and chopped, salt and pepper to taste

green beans (drained ), yellow wax beans (drained ), garbanzo beans (drained ), red kidney beans (drained ), straw mushrooms (or any kind of mushrooms, drained*), pickled beets (coarsely chopped, drained ), purple onion (chopped ), gherkins (chopped ), sugar (or to taste. i use a 1/4 cup.), cider vinegar, oil, salt and pepper (to taste)

farfalle (bow tie pasta), uncooked, unpeeled medium-size fresh shrimp, hot chile oil, commercial roasted minced garlic, low-fat spicy indonesian dressing, green pepper strips, freshly ground pepper, straw mushrooms, drained, lime wedges (optional)

fine green beans , topped and tailed, mange-touts peas, shredded diagonally, bean sprouts, red onion, very finely sliced, canned straw mushrooms, rice wine vinegar or 1 tbsp white wine vinegar, shoyu or 2 tbsp light soy sauce, sesame oil, raw brown sugar, fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped, thai basil, roughly chopped, spring onions, finely shredded, fresh coriander, fresh basil leaves, sesame seeds, toasted