{"id":277,"date":"2025-01-26T04:10:50","date_gmt":"2025-01-25T20:10:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/ill-never-stop-making-jennifer-anistons-perfect-salad\/"},"modified":"2025-01-26T04:10:50","modified_gmt":"2025-01-25T20:10:50","slug":"ill-never-stop-making-jennifer-anistons-perfect-salad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/2025\/01\/26\/ill-never-stop-making-jennifer-anistons-perfect-salad\/","title":{"rendered":"I&#8217;ll Never Stop Making Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s &#8220;Perfect Salad&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.simplyrecipes.com\/thmb\/va-avGtpgg-WN415hUW5UY9bfpM=\/4000x2667\/Simply-Recipes-Jennifer-Aniston-Salad-LEAD-01-9b5ccac073a6466686b0acae01a35ad7.jpg\" \/><\/p>\n<div id=\"mntl-sc-page_1-0\" data-sc-sticky-offset=\"135\" data-sc-ad-label-height=\"11\" data-sc-ad-track-spacing=\"100\" data-sc-min-track-height=\"250\" data-sc-max-track-height=\"600\" data-sc-breakpoint=\"50em\" data-sc-load-immediate=\"5\" data-sc-content-positions=\"[1, 1, 1, 1250, 1, 1, 1, 1]\" data-bind-scroll-on-start=\"true\">\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s &#8220;Perfect Salad&#8221; combines fresh herbs and fun-to-chew textures for a quick dish you can throw together any day of the week. And, unlike &#8220;The Rachel&#8221; haircut from &#8220;Friends,&#8221; these flavors are timeless.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_3-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> I was a total fan of the show that made Aniston famous in the &#8217;90s, spending the entire series imagining life in a sprawling New York City apartment funded purely by a coffee shop job, which must have sooo easily covered the rent.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_5-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> While Courtney Cox has since copped to eating the same Cobb salad for lunch every day with Aniston and Lisa Kudrow while shooting &#8220;Friends,&#8221; this isn&#8217;t that salad. This is the one that went viral on Instagram when Aniston posted a salad snap with the vague recipe instructions, &#8220;My perfect salad.&#8221; (What is this, the technical portion of &#8220;The Great British Baking Show&#8221;?) Luckily, this tabbouleh-adjacent medley is simple to assemble\u2014and even easier to eat.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_7-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_1-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Simply Recipes \/ Lauren Bair\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><span class=\"heading-toc\" id=\"toc-how-to-make-jennifer-anistons-perfect-salad\"\/><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"mntl-sc-block_8-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-heading mntl-sc-block-heading\"> <span class=\"mntl-sc-block-heading__text\"> How To Make Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s Perfect Salad <\/span> <\/h2>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_9-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> You can use leftover <strong>quinoa<\/strong> for this salad, but I was making it fresh, so I started on the stove. Hoping to max out the color wheel for my salad, I went for tri-color (or rainbow) quinoa completely based on looks. I also like that each of the colors appears to cook to a different consistency, lending a slightly seedy crunch.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_11-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> Next, I put together the simple <strong>lemon, honey, and olive oil dressing<\/strong>. While I have visions of Julia Child merrily whisking emulsions in the French countryside, I love making a vinaigrette in a jar where you pour everything in, screw on the lid, and shake the crap out of it. I first learned this technique from an ex who worked in the food industry, but for the purposes of my future salad memoir, I learned it from Jamie Oliver.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_13-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> For the veg, I halved an <strong>English cucumber<\/strong>, then scraped out the seeds with a spoon. Cucumber water is for the spa, not the bottom of my salad bowl. Rinsed <strong>chickpeas<\/strong> straight from the can offer the starch to soak up that beautiful dressing. A little creamy <strong>feta cheese<\/strong>, toasty <strong>roasted pistachios<\/strong>, and pungent <strong>red onions<\/strong> make each bite pure bliss.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_15-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> I LOVE the <strong>mint<\/strong>, which takes this salad over the top. If you like fresh mint, you could definitely add a little more than suggested. I also didn\u2019t incorporate all of the dressing or the full portion of quinoa. Instead, I made up for any missing seasoning by sprinkling in a little extra salt and pepper after I tossed everything together.\n<\/p>\n<p id=\"mntl-sc-block_17-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block mntl-sc-block-html\"> If you&#8217;re feeling it, warm, shredded roasted chicken or a handful of leafy greens could easily bulk up the veg or the protein. But this is one satisfying plant-packed salad I&#8217;ll be making until a &#8220;Friends: The One Where They&#8217;re &#8216;The Golden Girls'&#8221; episode comes out.\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"mntl-sc-block_19-0\" class=\"comp mntl-sc-block lifestyle-sc-block-image mntl-sc-block-universal-image mntl-sc-block-image--no-theme no-theme mntl-sc-block-image figure-landscape figure-high-res\"><figcaption id=\"mntl-figure-caption_2-0\" class=\"comp mntl-figure-caption text-utility-100 figure-article-caption\"> <span class=\"figure-article-caption-owner\"><\/p>\n<p>Simply Recipes \/ Lauren Bair<\/p>\n<p><\/span><br \/>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>#Ill #Stop #Making #Jennifer #Anistons #Perfect #Salad<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Jennifer Aniston&#8217;s &#8220;Perfect Salad&#8221; combines fresh herbs and fun-to-chew textures for a quick dish you can throw together any day of the week. And, unlike &#8220;The Rachel&#8221; haircut from &#8220;Friends,&#8221; these flavors are timeless. I was a total fan of the show that made Aniston famous in the &#8217;90s, spending the entire series imagining life [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":278,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[290,288,289,239,291,106,158],"class_list":["post-277","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-dinner","tag-anistons","tag-ill","tag-jennifer","tag-making","tag-perfect","tag-salad","tag-stop"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/278"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artoz.xyz\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}