im vegetarian. i bought salad dressing to eat w/ salads but it turns out im not a big fan of large salads.

i have honey mustard, chipotle ranch, and italian (tuscan). i dont really know wat to do w/ them.
i tried putting the chipotle ranch in mashed potatoes but i wasnt really feeling the taste..
i've used the italian to make a cucumber, jalapeno, onion and tomato salad that works. just cut in w/ some vinegar and sweetener.

please suggest vegetarian options
if u can think of a way to make a fusion dish w/ those dressings, i'd be so happy!

Try using the Italian dressing in some pasta with w/e you want.

use them to marinade things like zuchinni, eggplant, squash, carrots, apples, then throw the marinated vegetables in the oven (drain the marinades off bfore oven :P)

This post was edited by 2743595 on Oct 5 2011 10:26pm

use the italian to marinate things

throw em in the sink.

well, should prob like large salads before becoming a vegetarian.

i come from a poor family, i cant bring myself to throw away food. well i might toss the ranch tho. really dont like it lol



cos eating large salads is why we become vegetarians, right? u obviously dont appreciate the ethics behind vegetarian culture.
having a leafy vege based salad as a meal is unsatisfying. its mostly water, so ur full from liquid not solid matter.
my diet is around 2/3 starch. i make fun of all my friends who do low carb. im super skinny even tho i eat like 6-12 servings of starch daily.
salads are good as sides. light and crisp. but who wants to make a meal out of lightness? perhaps sadomaso milan kundera fans?

and update: i used the honey mustard in mashed potatoes w/ basil, cilantro, sriracha and worcestershire, and i thought it worked well.
i bought a 10lb bag of russet potatoes so im eating a lot of potatoes. i have ideas for a miso mash potato, some alcohol, sweetener and spice

I always presumed there was some sort of brain trauma or mental condition that prompted people to become vegetarians.

As for salad dressings, I always make my own. That way you get something good and ever have to worry about this scenario.

about vegetarianism, i'd like to quote a.p. rossiter, from this wonderful essay called "angel with horns" comparing shakespeare and wordsworth.
'by terror, i do not mean what scares us out of our wits: rather, what jerks us into them'
for me, vegetarianism is about a respect for life. the realization that animals experience existential fear in just the same way humans do evokes massive sympathy from me. intelligent creatures shouldnt have to be scared of having their throats slit. i heard a description of a cow being led to slaughter that buckled out on all fours and collapsed on the ground, bellowing and shedding tears because it understood what was happening. this kind of realization is certainly describable as 'brain trauma or mental condition'
this is how deep my psychosis is, in another sense :3
i dont religiously abstain from meat. i 'relapsed' a couple weeks ago, had some braised pork belly. i love pork. the thing is, if u tried going vegan for at least a month, u would see how ur body changes into rejecting animal fat. i had like 3 bites of pork and i felt so sick. the truth is that animal fat is so fatty its noxious. as american consumers, we've just developed a very high tolerance for animal fat. but im sure all of u have memories as a child of feeling very sick after eating too much animal fat. this concept is confused w/ the label of 'food coma'
i believe it was an evolutionary adaptation, for the human being to develop a taste for fat, which has the highest calorie index of any chemical category. i dont think calorie consumption is a reason for survival concern anymore. we can do away with the urge for animal fat in the same way patriarchal sexuality can do away w/ natural instincts like rape or pedophilia.

on salad dressings, ur right. i should make them myself. i have recipes for asian dressings but not for western ones. theres a double impulse of having something healthy and fresh vs something instand that keeps a long time in the fridge. i of course prefer the former over the latter. i just havent tried it yet. cant wait to try making a fusion korean-caesar dressing.