Strawberry Frisee Salad

Garlic Girl Recipe

Prep time: 25 mins 
Total time: 25 mins 
Serves: 2

Ingredients
1 head frisee, roughly torn
6-8 fresh strawberries, sliced
1/2 red onion, sliced thinly
1 cup fresh bean sprouts
4 mint leaves, finely diced
3-4 fresh Thai basil leaves, chiffonade

For the dressing
2 teaspoons olive oil
1 teaspoon tamari (or soysauce)
1 teaspoon rice wine vinegar
1 fresh lime, juiced
2 drops fish sauce (optional)
1/2 teaspoon sugar (optional)

Instructions
1. In small jar or bowl, whisk together wet ingredients. In another bowl, toss together all vegetables. Add the dressing, toss and add to serving plates. Arrange strawberry slices as desired. Garnish with additional mint leaf or two.


Legend has it that strawberries were named in the nineteenth-century by English children who picked the fruit, strung them on grass straws and sold them as "Straws of berries".  Another theory is the name was derived from the nineteenth-century practice of placing straw around the growing berry plants to protect the ripening fruit. But the most widely held view is that the name Strawberry was derived from the berries that are "strewn" about on the plants, and the name "strewn berry" eventually morphed into "Strawberry".