Sohla's Rules for Salads | Off-Script with Sohla

Sohla El-Waylly is back to show you two of her favorite salads; one inspired by an Italian combo sandwich, the other by a Mediterranean mezze platter. Watch her crisp up some mortadella and provolone, roast eggplant and halloumi, and layer flavors to create Big Salads that make a great meal. READ MORE ►► f52.co/3xFpMi6
Recipes Featured in this Video:
Italian Combo Salad With Mortadella & Provolone: f52.co/3uaYRIO
My Big Fat Halloumi Salad: f52.co/2SeJroK
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VIDEO CHAPTERS:
0:00:00 Intro
0:01:21. Italian Combo Salad
0:11:21 My Big Fat Halloumi Salad
0:17:58 Let's Eat!
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[@food52]

For more of Sohla's rules for building a great Big Salad, be sure to check out her article on Food52: f52.co/3xFpMi6

[@danbam465]

GROSS and im not talking about the food

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@Joseph Zayd yup, been using Flixzone} for since december myself =)

[@pkrdy3]

This is so good and exactly the way Sohla is most effective as a food presenter! I enjoy all the segments she's found that have her doing gimicky cooking, but THIS is what I want. Creative and beautiful food that seems like the kind of stuff she would make herself in real life. This inspires me so much: please keep Sohla coming to us in this format!!!

[@RachelKatzable]

100% agree.

[@TamLeigh]

I couldn’t agree more strongly with your comment if I tried

[@denises-a7819]

I second that!

[@mildredtoepfer7897]

That lion roar to cover up the whisking noise took me by surprise.

[@SHeltFC]

It woke me from resting my eyes and I spilled my trail mix

[@lorddampnut4187]

Scared the ever-loving shit out of me.

[@ruffridge02]

@Shelly oh, it was lol

[@ruffridge02]

@Shelly oh but then a lion haha

[@anisiapetcu2517]

Now your comment is top rated so I saw it before the video so no surprise

[@SK-iq8wv]

I have been religiously watching food tv for decades, and I feel like I found a home with Sohla. I have never been so inspired to make so many new things while feeling completely unthreatened. Where have you been all my life, Sohla? (Also, sorry, I’m in Ham’s camp. I just shake up all my salads so all the bites have an equal balance. 😂)

[@theouthousepoet]

Omg I definitely in Sohla’s camp. I want every bite to have a different narrative than the last! But I love everything you said and I just ADORE Ham! Inexplicably so! Hahaha Cheers! ❤️

[@jraaccounts]

this is the first time i haven't been in full agreement with sohla. it feels a bit discombobulating! but i'm in ham's camp too. and even more than that, i like chopping the ingredients (esp. lettuce) into bite-sized pieces so i can actually get several of them in my mouth at once and taste them together (and i don't have the mouth of like, a giant, idk). plus that way they don't go flying off the plate / out of my bowl when i go in for a bite.

[@robertstanley9633]

Sohla is booked and busy henny, everytime I refresh KZbin shes featured on a different KZbin channel, get that lacoinya.

[@amandalett6246]

Busy, booked, and blessed!

[@rachelsweets]

😍😍😍

[@CattyMcMeow]

She fucking deserves it after what BA put her through

[@LINKedup101]

@@CattyMcMeow yo for real, BA didn't deserve her expertise on every subject under the sun

[@emilymcglynn]

"This time last year I was only eating cinnamon rolls" -- hard agree

[@peacechickification]

Omg ham and sohla having that respectful disagreement at the end just made my heart swell

[@anneslovin7072]

Me too. Relationship goals!

[@iconoclastic-fantastic]

“sohla’s rules for salads. nice” i click the link as i bring the pizza slice to my lips

[@food52]

Ha! How about tomatoes, mozzarella, a little anchovy and garlic in the dressing, plenty of basil, pepperoni or olives or artichokes or roasted peppers and onions....CROUTONS...pepperoni or sausage.... (But seriously: you. can't go wrong with pizza :) Thanks for watching, Avery!

[@elleoftwocities]

@@food52 if this is Sohla just say so

[@coconutlaa101]

lol, i am also eating pizza while watching

[@avery2k2]

I always end up hungry at the little Italian deli and spend like $50 to make 1 salad! Well, I still have stuff for 10 more. Mostly I replied because my name is Avery too.

[@brittanymcmcmc9730]

literally as i eat reeses

[@broccolirahb]

Of all the food-smart people out there, Sohla makes it the most approachable. The perfect balance of high level food thinking and home cook simplicity 👌🏼

[@bluelilacfawn]

her outfit is so warm and earthy and it looks lovely against the backdrop

[@cynhanrahan4012]

My dog Rose, from long ago, raided my garden and ate all my arugula. She was also known to steal a cocktail. So props to Clementine. The salads look delicious!

[@food52]

Sounds like Rose and Clementine would have gotten along! :) Thanks for sharing, Cyn.

[@naomiwallace3658]

I was already planning a nice bitter greens + wild rice + strawberry + pecan salad for this week, but now I'm gonna grill some provolone and make fried pepperoni "croutons" as well haha. Also now that I realize every sandwich can be a salad... I have so much work to do.

[@SwitchelSweets]

Sohla is blowing my mind with the idea of meat croutons and cheese croutons! These sound delicious and give me some really good ideas 😄💕

[@pookarah]

Yeah, definitely gonna make some cheese crunches and do salad this week, that should get my picky family to dig in more

[@bonniebrianb]

Great tip on preheating the pan. Tucking that away for future reference. Thanks, also, for addressing how eggplant sucks up the oil. Good to know roasting will help release and distribute the oil.

[@food52]

So glad you found it helpful!

[@hollyvict]

Sohla's Big Salad presentation is beautiful, but I'm team Ham.

[@brendanmorin9935]

I always plate my salads as beautifully as I can, but then I mix it all up as soon I start eating lol

[@somethingcool0808]

hahaha same here, I love seeing salads with the big leaves and everything, but when it actually comes to eating it, I like everything chopped fine and coated in dressing cuz it just makes it so much easier to get a bit of everything on your fork and so much more delicious

[@taylorfausett177]

"Just know that you're wrong." Lol

[@osioneoseni-elamah4161]

Premium content : when you see Sohla spinning salad leaves like a shotput

[@cherrymate20lite24]

Ham has really grown on me, he's so incredibly supportive and their relationship is just lovely! such a great dynamic

[@ReclinedPhysicist]

Sohla genuinely enjoys cooking. It comes through.

[@lukethomas658]

If you ever have another restaurant, it would be cool to offer your salads either Ham style or Sohla style.

[@sgiang]

I love Sohla and Ham's relationship shown at the end of the video. Ham knowing that "choosing her own adventure" including salad presentation 🥺

[@AppyDancer]

I am 59 years old and today I learned that the little white blobs in mortadella where, in fact, blobs of fat, not tasteless cheese pockets.

[@emilyvanbergeyk471]

I literally gasped when I saw this video! One of the most versatile dishes - the perfect thing to cover in this series. Off-script with Sohla is by far the best show on this channel. Thanks so much :)

[@eurekamarijka]

Had a poodle who ate watermelon - rind and all! He was also the best cow dog we ever had - so smart, rounded ‘em up without biting their tails, also rounded up the piglets we had to bottle fed when the sow had milk fever. We always knew which ones they were because later on these huge pigs would gather at the fence to touch noses with him! ❤️

[@Brainhoneywalker]

I’m a salad lover and I’m in love with both of these. I’ve never tasted Halumi or baked cheese. Excellent lesson and a delightful chef. Thank you so much. If I wasn’t already subscribed, I would have subscribed.

[@quixentric]

@@BooksRebound Yessss echoing this comment. I had it for the first time a few years ago and it's just so, SO GOOD. Want to get some and just throw it on the barbecue this summer!

[@O2life]

Yes, you must try halloumi!

[@irenel1119]

It's my favorite cheese!

[@O2life]

@@BooksRebound That's so funny! They were apparently already obsessed in the'80s, too. My high school friend, who had spent her childhood in the UK, introduced me to halloumi. Her family grilled it on both sides -- YUM!

[@Brainhoneywalker]

@@BooksRebound I will!! Wouldn’t want to miss out on some other kind of wonderfulness.

[@Maiasatara]

THANK you for having someone old enough to appreciate the Seinfeld reference working at Food52. I’m a food writer and recipe developer who’s also available. Worthy; one might say.

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[@ebick77]

Had never seen a Sohla cooking video until this weekend. Now I’ve seen at least 10 in the last few days. Great stuff 👍

[@sheepwithblogs]

I wish her rules for building a Big Salad were in the video too! It just seemed like two recipes that were only connected because they were both salads, without many specifics. But they looked delicious!

[@pookarah]

Yeah, definitely gonna go read the accompanying article looking for her rules/ratios, those were so great for beans and greens etc

[@callalily4052]

Sohla! It's a good day when it's a new Sohla video day. Both salads look delicious. When I used to eat lunch at the office, I'd be a "Ham" salad eater. Mix it up and eat it, ain't nobody got time for two hour salad-grazing. Outside of that, I'm a "Sohla" salad eater. I want to leisurely meander through the yummies and it might take a while.

[@Msquared112]

I like the way Sohla thinks: She likes putting cooked items on her salads and isn't shy about using unusual ingredients. I NEED these great salad ideas!

[@QuickQuix]

What to say about the Divine Miz S.? I love the way her hands, with such sensitive and respectful fingers, handle food...the sign of a born chef. Her sense of playfulness never spills over into smugness or triviality...again, respectful throughout. Her technique? She's got it. going. on. And her natural, unscripted, never-forced commentary - so enjoyable and inviting. Globally knowledgeable. Culturally fluent. Not since Julia Child, imo, has there been such a compelling, watchable food maker/recipe innovator and inventor. All hail Soula!

[@88Eleo]

As Italian, never thought of putting mortadella into a salad...I’ll try it for sure 😉

[@elizabethtakeo]

This video has done the impossible and made me want to eat eggplant. That haloumi salad though!

[@giualonso]

I find it so funny that mortadela is such a fancy thing in the US because in Brazil it's super cheap and like a "poor guy's ham"

[@moochydacat]

It's not that expensive in the states, its basically fancy bologna (as you say poor guy's ham) with pistachios. But the italian spicing is way better than american bologna, to be sure.

[@kristindemaria2327]

It’s not fancy it’s just expensive

[@moochydacat]

@@kristindemaria2327 Fancier than Oscar Meyer.... Cheers!

[@WegnerJacobsen]

Same in Venezuela. Although with the current economic situation, I guess it's a luxury now.

[@reneevasconcellos5335]

I love off script, the best

[@louiscisse]

Seeing ham wear the telfar converse tee was perfection!

[@McAuliflower]

Ham's t-shirt game is always 🎯

[@mariadoantrager753]

Omg, is anyone else blown away by the salad spinner hack??? Sohla, you culinary hack genius!! I can get some exercise in while cooking 🤣

[@adedow1333]

Toasted cheese is such a joy! I've recently discovered bread cheese. Toasted, drizzled with honey and topped with berries is lunch all to itself!

[@floief]

Before I had a salad spinner I had a dedicated pillowcase that lived with my kitchen towels. Its entire existence was to contain the greens I'd washed and be taken outside to fling around in circles over my head until the greens were dry. It worked perfectly.

[@Mississippibabb81]

I saw a video where skme was prepping a lot of greens and they put them in a pillow case then set their washer to spin on delicate and did it in the washing machine. It was wild.

[@pattygilson9669]

I love watching Sohla and Ham interact. What a power couple!!

[@Syveril]

This series is so educational! Love it

[@DuyNguyen-yx2vd]

"Just know that you're wrong" gave me flashbacks to Emma's "And that's a choice..." from the Pickle Sandwich video.

[@food52]

The cross-show love warms our hearts! Thanks, Duy

[@fishlamp]

The world is a better place with Sohla videos.

[@elebirdz]

Team Sohla! I feel like my mood changes while eating something like a salad, so it's nice to have the option to change it up as you go along.

[@rockchalk4life13]

Finding out Sohla and I both have that Labrador bowl fills me with a joy I can’t quite explain

[@XTremeCaffeine]

As always, Large Bowl MVP

[@EtreTocsin]

When I am really in the mood to eat and enjoy my meal, I make a big salad..it takes me at least half an hour to work through it and I thoroughly enjoy every varied bite.

[@gabbi33]

The outdoor lettuce spinning was tooooo funny omg LOL

[@ellesugars]

i learned a lot from this and i love sohla’s personality!! she rules

[@loopylou5841]

Gorgeous salads and inspirational thank you

[@mxvickispeak]

That's exactly like how I like to do it, change it up each bite. Looks so good.

[@dannewhall5256]

You can tell good chief's like Sohla when they taste their ingredients as they are cooking. Jay Kenji Lopez Alt does the same thing too. Appreciating their ingredients (plus a snack) and checking seasoning as they cook.

[@jcbrightman]

Her love for food is just so contagious.

[@thiscozyskull]

Gosh, she's so lovely and funny! Thanks for these! I love it when Sohla goes off script.

[@susankilpatrick2918]

Love you guys! And the inspiration for the salads too!

[@hesperheart6622]

Entertaining, educational, inspirational, and yet I feel refreshed and relaxed while enjoying the presentation. I can't get enough of Sohla content.

[@MoYvStarkey]

Thanks. These salads are great. Love the work you do!

[@jaklin225]

that lion roar 🤣🤣 props to the editor

[@joelatino3748]

Tried the Halloumi salad tonight for dinner and it was perfect. Definitely going to make it again. Gotta say, I love this series of videos, I always learn so much. 😎

[@PandaBearNead]

Sohla is always a mood

[@ralphibrahim9325]

Just a notice for anyone who hasn’t tried grilled hallumee, it’s one of the most delicious things you will ever have. Especially is such a kind of salad

[@greeksalad6111]

I don't have words for how adorable and lovable I find Sohla El-Waylly. She emanates such warmth I just want to hug her. ❤❤

[@donnanoe6736]

The salads look great. However, the dog is downright adorable. I would love the second salad. I could eat it every day.

[@user-bj1tm6ui4d]

I am so excited to try that halloumi salad! Thanks for the inspo

[@Iroxinping]

I have never NOT liked a video Sohla was in....she reminds me SO MUCH of my daughter lol. when is your book coming out? do you have a publisher yet?

[@clancyson]

BEAUTIFUL, the salad looks good too!

[@laurapascual4667]

I love how much fun she has with the lettuce! I sometimes skip it in my salads because I hate washing and drying it.

[@helloitsheena]

Thank you Sohla, just what I needed to get better at making salads!!

[@EnglishbulldogMilo]

You should do like "cooking with dog" and put Clementine on a highchair next to you while you cook!

[@xBobaFetish]

☝️☝️☝️pls food52!!!

[@tychoderkommentator2989]

And the name of that show should be "A recipe for tragedy"

[@Megan-tm9de]

Martha Stewart used to do this with two dogs sitting on bar stools on Martha's cooking school. I loved it!!

[@nodezsh]

Rest in peace dog. (Sohla should try it once -before it's too late)-

[@EnglishbulldogMilo]

@@nodezsh It had been so long since i watched that channel. RIP Francis.

[@JustCaite]

Love the off script series! It’s inspiring me to try new recipes :)

[@food52]

So happy to hear that, JustCaite! Thanks for letting us know

[@thelipstickgal]

I love this so much. Now I want to make an incredible salad to go along with tonights dinner! Thanks Sohla!

[@dawgbarklay255]

Sohla is my kitchen savior!

[@ladykstra]

I'm definitely going to try and make that second salad! It looks soooooo good.

[@adrienneterzen2604]

Just great salads! I would have never thought of these. They're delicious!!

[@rebeccafoster-faith6647]

Suggestion for future episode - Office lunches. Either completely make ahead and eat cold or just a microwave or hot water application.

[@marilynnergord7993]

This was great! We need to see Sohla more often.

[@felix3145]

Gorgeous salads!

[@Noname-cn4ly]

I LOVE that her baking pans and oven look like mine……. NOT new looking but definitely used! ❤️

[@mary-zv6cu]

these look so good 🤩

[@kerrylinda2000]

Thank you for your creativity. My partner & I made the first salad tonight it was amazing! Definitely a keeper. Can’t wait to try the other salad.

[@kristinwright6632]

My big takeaway is dressing at the bottom of the bowl. The number of times I have overdressed a salad by estimating wrong is legion. And I alway put all the toppings in the toss and wind up fishing them out. This is a keeper of a technique. Finally I'm not much of an eggplant person but it sounds really nice done this way. Thanks, Sohla.

[@youngmoney9966]

imma try this

[@cassvanessa5]

Amazing salads!!

[@dridleyroberts]

These look great!

[@lucisue53]

I'm going to make both these salads. Never thought of making a chiffonade of mortadella and frying it up. Wonderful idea!

[@cinemaocd1752]

I am eating the big fat haloumi salad right now. (Using Jussto because that's what they had at the store). AMAZING. I too spent the first nine months of quarantine baking and now I am low carb and eating salads. Sohla saves the day.

[@xBobaFetish]

i’m gonna try these!!

[@cmd406]

Those salads look amazing! Making me so hungry right now!

[@Snickerdoodlejust4youdle]

I loved this video!

[@justinmiller5141]

YESSS, I've been thinking about how to make salads lately!! Thank youuu

[@chrispeterson3647]

Just found you.....I am in LOVE!!!! Thank you so much for this channel!!!!

[@changingman7256]

Alternately, for a ham and cheese salad, you could just make a cheese salad and have your husband sit next to you, 😂

[@OOool]

Never thought I’d disagree with Sohla, but yeah, big salad is all mixed up in a big bowl!!! But shredded mortadella crisps! I will absolutely try that on everything! That sounds genius!

[@elenayee3093]

Definitely feel inspired to kick it up a notch for my salads

[@food52]

Oooh. Was that cross-show reference intentional? Thanks for watching!

[@jameegreer]

You are such a joy to watch!

[@gwen878]

this was actually helpful

[@franziskafreiermuth1030]

Ahhhh these are looking so delicious! 💚

[@dorkvania7212]

Now I want a salad but when you are cooking for one it's hard to have so many fresh things on hand. Maybe I'll hit the deli for a few individual slices of prosciutto and stuff and make a tiny meaty Italian salad

[@pookarah]

Depending where you live you might be able to get just a single loose lettuce, and that's a decent few meals then gone

[@zoebatilo3893]

I am so inspired! I want to make both of these salads!!

[@selalewis9189]

I love this series. I was wondering if you could do an episode on going off script with egg salad or potato salad.

[@stain12450]

Sohla is the Bob Ross of cooking videos ...LOL I could listen to her 24/7