And my mother-in-law, Linda, was our Nonna. Sunday dinner was mandatory at the Laganella household. When the salad arrived at the table the youngest grandchildren always seemed to somehow make finger puppets out of the black olives much to the horror of my father-in-law who firmly believed you should not play with your food. Long before Elaine was ordering her big salad at Monk’s and Melissa Clark was teaching the world to toss a salad with your hands or the New York Times featured the Lucali Salad, every Sunday my mother-in-law, Linda, was making a big salad. It was usually quite a game in the kitchen when she was grating the cheese because her sons were always trying to nip off a piece of the cheese and she was always swatting them away. She always added freshly grated Locatelli cheese right before mixing the salad.
There were always cut-up tomatoes, red onion, cucumbers, black olives, garbanzo beans, bell pepper, and any other vegetable she had in the refrigerator. She would start with iceberg and romaine. Chicken Avocado Salad - Romaine Lettuce, Fresh Mozzarella, Grape Tomatoes, Grilled Chicken & Fresh Basil. Linda’s salad was truly a combination of a lot of flavors. Everyone would pile the salad on our just used pasta plate because that little bit of meatball and gravy on a fork with the greens was a little bit of heaven. Somehow we all found room for this refreshing and delicious salad. After we finished filling our tummies to complete capacity, out would come not just a big salad but a HUGE salad. Linda would make the typical Sunday Gravy dinner – meatballs, sausage, pasta, and good crusty Italian bread. Shaved Brussels Sprout Salad with Creamy Maple. She’s old and wise, so much so that your own father’s afraid of her.“ The definition of a Nonna, Linda. Fall & Winter Salads (Yes, Thats a Thing) Maple Roasted Squash Salad. I read this quote about an Italian grandmother which explains Linda completely – “ The Nonna is the true head of the Italian family. Long before Elaine was ordering her big salad at Monk’s and Melissa Clark was teaching the world to toss a salad with your hands or the New York Times featured the Lucali Salad, every Sunday my mother-in-law, Linda, was making a big salad.
THE BIG SALAD RECIPE FULL
“What is more refreshing than salads when your appetite seems to have deserted you, or even after a capacious dinner – the nice, fresh, green, and crisp salad, full of life and health, which seems to invigorate the palate and dispose the masticating powers to a much longer duration.”
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