[Liz]

MAKE THE FABULOUS RUTH CHRIS' CHOPPED SALAD AT HOME.

METHOD COmbine 8 cups packed crisp julienned iceberg lettuce, cup ea packed julienned fresh spinach/radicchio, 1/3 cup very thin slices red onion (or chp red onions), ½ cup chp green olives, 6 oz sliced mushrooms, 4 chp hd-cooked eggs, 14 oz can chilled hearts of palm, rinsed, well-drained and sliced, ½ lb chp fried applewood-smoked bacon. Toss well. Add cup crumbled blue cheese, ½ cup croutons. toss well. Divide among 4 dinner plates, top w/ crispy fried onions.

SERVE garnished w/ cherry tomato halves.

DRESSING cup sour cream (or sour cream/ mayo), ¼ cup chp fresh basil, 4-5 tb l/juice, seasoned salt, garlic pepper.

[trisham]

Looks good!

[Liz]

As featured in NIGELLA SUMMER. An easy and beautiful recipe: first course before a plain roast chicken, a full-on dinner with next to no effort. NOTE be rather brutal as you tear off the lettuce from 1-2 icebergs. Then leave them in a sinkful of very cold water. They will arc into cups while you cook beef; drain well before piling on plate.

THAI BEEF LETTUCE WRAPS

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MeTHOD warm tsp veg oil on med; add 2 fine-chp chillies; cook/stir 2-3 min. Add 12 oz grnd beef, turn up heat; break up w/ wooden spoon, cook 3-4 min (no trace of pink). Add scant tb fish sauce; stir/ cook dry. Offheat, stir in 4 chp white scallions, zested/juiced lime, coriander.

Turn beef into bowl, sprinkle w/ coriander just before serving.

SERVICE Arrange stacked iceberg lettuce leaves on plate. Guests DIY at table, filling cold crisp lettuce leaves w/ spoonfuls of sharp, spicy, hot, crumbled meat. Add bowls of lime wedges, carrot sticks, more coriander.

[2nd amendment mama]

Sounds yummy.