intermezzo salad

When I think back to my college years, Cafe Intermezzo in Berkeley is usually one of the first things that pops to mind.  Their legendary salads, piled high in a wooden bowl with turkey and beans spilling over the side, served with a huge chunk of their homemade wheat bread are what helped us girls survive the food that our sorority had to offer.  Their salads and sandwiches are amazing and any time I make it back to Berkeley I try and figure in a trip to Intermezzo to get my salad fix.

To make at home, put together a salad w/ any of the following ingredients and toss with the poppy seed dressing (see below): romaine lettuce, red cabbage, grated carrots, garbanzo beans, kidney beans, cucumber, avocado, hard boiled egg, alfalfa sprouts, and croutons.

Here’s the closest recipe I’ve found (after intense online research) for their poppyseed dressing… it’s what makes this salad so darn good.
 
Shake together in a jam jar:
1/2 cup vegetable oil

1/4 cup sugar

1/4 cup red wine vinegar

1 tbsp grated onion

1 tsp salt

1 tsp dry mustard


Then add in 1 tbsp poppy seeds and shake once more.
 
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