This is the last salad of this season.
We actually had our last salad awhile ago but I’ve been remiss in writing up the recipes.
When it’s too hot to be outside one has the opportunity to catch up on paperwork….
If one doesn’t spend it doom-scrolling.
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This is a mid-summer salad, with onions and peppers from the garden. Add some crusty bread to round out the meal.
- Prep Time: 15 minutes
- Cook Time: 10 minutes
- Total Time: 25 minutes
- Yield: 2 servings 1x
- Category: Salads
Ingredients
- 2 – 4 pork chops, boneless, 12oz (350gr) total weight
- Marinade:
- 1 clove garlic minced or crushed
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1/4 cup ketchup
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 1 tbs olive oil
- Salad:
- Lettuce – for 2 main salads
- 4oz (120gr) mushrooms, trimmed, sliced
- 1/2 green pepper, sliced, slices cut in half
- 1 medium onion, sliced, slices cut in half
- 1 tbs olive oil, divided
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 4oz (120gr) mozzarella balls
- Vinaigrette:
- 1 tbs Dijon-style mustard
- 1 tbs ketchup
- 2 tbs sherry vinegar
- 1 tbs soy sauce
- 3 tbs salad olive oil
Instructions
- Whisk together all ingredients for marinade.
- Spoon over pork chops and allow to marinate while you prep the rest of the salad.
- When ready cook on barbecue for 5 – 8 minutes per side or until done. Slightly pink is good.
- Remove from heat and let rest 5 minutes. Slice.
- In a skillet heat 1 tbs oil.
- Add onions and peppers, sauté until starting to brown.
- Add soy sauce, mushrooms and sauté until mushrooms are lightly browned.
- When done remove from heat and set aside.
- Vinaigrette:
- Whisk mustard, ketchup, vinegar and soy sauce.
- Slow whisk in oil until it thickens.
- To finish:
- Put lettuce in a large salad bowl, tearing as needed.
- Add half the vinaigrette and toss well.
- Add the remaining ingredients, the rest of the vinaigrette, and toss gently to combine.
- Divide salad onto 2 large salad plates and serve.
Notes
You could add some cubed potatoes to the skillet – and the salad
Prefer pork tenderloin? Grilled Pork, Shallot & Red Onion Salad
Just as well that I’ve pulled the lettuce – and the beans and the sweet corn.
None of it was doing well and we have just been put under water restrictions.
We can water vegetable gardens, trees planted in the last 3 years, and shrubs planted this year. The last 2 only a minimum and only once per week.
All watering has to be done between 8pm and 8 am. I’ll have to water before coffee!!!
Flowers, whether in pots or the ground, are out of luck unless you have water barrels full of previously collected rain water. Since it hasn’t rained in recent history that’s unlikely.
No personal, human or animal, restrictions or limits have been issued.
Yet…
Have I said that I miss winter?