Leafy Greens
Meatball and Spinach No-sagna and a Basic-Is-Best Italian Salad
This meat and spinach casserole hits the same flavor notes as lasagna, hold the noodles: No-sagna Lasagna! Serve it with a simple salad of mixed greens.
Mariel’s Sauce for “Mish”
I have a very beautiful friend, Mariel Hemingway. She eats all organic foods, only fish, no meat, and she includes no carbs whatsoever in her diet. She makes a double dinner every night: one for her, one for the fam. However, when she makes this one really crazy blender sauce, it gets passed to everyone. (Mariel makes half of her food for each day in a blender.) The sauce is awesome with chicken, pork, meat, or fish. This is my version of her specialty. I call it Mariel’s Sauce for “Mish”—meat or fish.
Salmon Niçoise and Olive Dressing
If you are completely exhausted, substitute the salmon steaks with canned salmon. Buy one large can (18 ounces), drain, and arrange the chunks atop the salad. Buy hard-boiled eggs from the salad bar at the market, or boil your own (see Tidbit, page 90).