So I got this email from my sister this week. Here is how it went...Heyyyyyyyyy Inge,We are trying to remember what you put in the salad that you made for Christmas last year... it was soooooo good and I really want to make it again. Please say that you remember???? :)My first response?? Oh, Did I make a salad last year? really? I forgot that I even helped with the cooking...Oh and you liked? cool... hehehe because usually when I cook, I just put random things together and pray to the Lord above that they taste good and luckily! Last year's Christmas, I managed to score a hit.. Good timing, God! :DSo I couldn't remember for the life of me what salad I had made last year.. Until I went back into time in my pink polka dot time machine and realized for Christmas 2011 I was then obsessed with Thai food.. And then the pieces of my salad making brain started to come together :) I love time machines, don't you? They are all the rage in Korea now.. I named mine the super Western Digital Harddrive... ;)So here is my response to her recipe request... just incase you feel the need to make A Thai inspired salad for Christmas or any other day of the year ;)Hello, Hello!

Ok so the most important thing in the salad is the dressing...So here is the deal, traditionally it is a Thai dressing which uses basil but I used cilantro last time your choice both are good :) Here is the dressing recipe, but this is just one serving :) Make lots more.. :D and mess around with the spicy, sweet, sour, salty balance to your liking...

You can make the dressing with the blender if you like..

Dressing

1 Garlic4 tbsps soy sauce4 tbsps fresh lime juice

with cilantro or basil a big bunch4 tbsps palm sugar or white sugar (put this sugar into a couple of TBS... of warm water to dissolve it.)

fresh chili, quantity as desired

Salad ingredients - you can change as desired ---

All of these are prepped separately and then put on the salad after... not a lot of mixing going on..

1. Boiled Eggs

2. Avocados

3. Onions -- mixed with salt and soaked in lime juice.

4. Red Bell Peppers mixed with salad greens...

5. Blueberries

6. Strawberry slices

7. Orange slices

8. A saute of mushrooms and onions

9. Cherry tomatoes sliced in half

Mix the salad greens with the dressing

Put all of the other goodies on top and then put extra salad dressing on the top :D

How do I remember this salad so well?!?! because I'm a genius of course! photographic memory! could you expect anything less from a real Hooker? ha! No do you want the truth? Luckily, I took a photo and that is the only reason I remember this.... And I attached the photo to the email

P.s. Are you happy you have a cook and photographer sister in the family? I'm not even home this year, and I'm contributing to the Christmas dinner merriness! Boom.. I impress myself... hehehe

Love you guys and I hope it turns out even better than you remembered maybe put some delicious bacon on it to take it up a notch? good idea, eh?

Merry christmas and send me a photo of your salad creation! :D

p.p.s. I remember as well that we had eggs benedict last year? wow! sooo good ! I want to learn how to make those!