{"id":1297,"date":"2010-03-16T11:58:00","date_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:58:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/uncategorized\/in-homage-to-spring-green-goddess-salad\/"},"modified":"2010-03-16T11:58:00","modified_gmt":"2010-03-16T11:58:00","slug":"in-homage-to-spring-green-goddess-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.suziethefoodie.com\/in-homage-to-spring-green-goddess-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"In Homage to Spring: Green Goddess Salad"},"content":{"rendered":"<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4438127322\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Green Goddess Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4040\/4438127322_f81e45356d_b.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4438127322\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><\/a>This week I wanted to explore foods for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day but then my husband reminded me that it is kind of a Christian day of celebration and there is even a theory that the &#8220;snakes&#8221; that were banished<a href=\"http:\/\/paganwiccan.about.com\/od\/ostarathespringequinox\/p\/StPatSnakes.htm\"> were actually pagans\/Druids<\/a>, since snakes have not been in Ireland since the ice age. He also reminded me that St. Patrick&#8217;s Day is a way to subvert the pagan holiday Ostara, the celebration of spring. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Well, being a proud pagan with distant Irish roots and pointy ears (I think I come from fairy folk) I will focus on celebrating the coming spring instead! I begin with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.foodnetwork.com\/recipes\/ina-garten\/bibb-salad-with-basil-green-goddess-dressing-recipe\/index.html\">Ina Garten\/Barefoot Contessa&#8217;s Bibb Salad with Basil Green Goddess Dressing<\/a>. Calling on the Green Goddess herself!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4437350027\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Green Goddess Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4037\/4437350027_eff27bff14_b.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4437350027\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><\/a>I only made half the recipe and it still made a ton of salad dressing! In a blender you put mayo, scallions, basil, lemon juice, garlic, anchovy paste, salt and pepper. Anchovy paste is very salty so I omitted the salt at this point and seasoned at the end.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4437350277\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Green Goddess Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm3.static.flickr.com\/2791\/4437350277_c3507536e0_b.jpg\" width=\"300\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4437350277\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><\/a>Blend, blend, blend and then add sour cream. I used low fat sour cream and mayonnaise for this recipe, I really do not taste a difference so I do not need the extra calories and fat here.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4438127774\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Green Goddess Salad\" src=\"http:\/\/farm5.static.flickr.com\/4004\/4438127774_babac3753a_b.jpg\" width=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/suzieridler\/4438127774\/\" title=\"Green Goddess Salad by Suzie Ridler, on Flickr\"><\/a>According to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amazon.com\/gp\/product\/1416501584?ie=UTF8&amp;tag=suzi04-20&amp;linkCode=as2&amp;camp=1789&amp;creative=9325&amp;creativeASIN=1416501584\">The Encyclopedia of Magickal Ingredients<\/a> basil is all about sensual pleasures and this salad was luscious! For the first time I bought Boston lettuce which was lovely and they even had some very beautiful tomatoes at the store for my salad. It was a stunning salad, the scent of basil was lovely and the dressing tasted even better the next day as the flavours developed. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The second time I had this salad I also added cucumbers with the tomatoes and sprinkled them with a little salt and pepper before adding the dressing which just boosts the flavour all the more. Green Goddess indeed! This salad tasted like an early spring.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>It is -1C as I type this but the sun is shining and there are rumours that warmer weather is on the way. This is the first March since I have moved here that I am not blanketed under snow for the coming of spring. <\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>I am in the mood to celebrate, bring on the colour green.<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This week I wanted to explore foods for St. Patrick&#8217;s Day but then my husband reminded me that it is kind of a Christian day of celebration and there is even a theory that the &#8220;snakes&#8221; that were banished were actually pagans\/Druids, since snakes have not been in Ireland since the ice age. 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