21. Alice, you need to get a life. Your opinion of Ophrah has no place in this. What does liking or not liking her have to do with salads??????

Posted at 6:49PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Carol

22. Great chart, don't care who wrote it or where it was sitting, when you are busy anything to make life simpler is good. New to me was the Asian and the North African salad so guess what we are eating this weekend.

Posted at 7:07PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Linda

23. So, the bitching is more about the list having come from Oprah (a celeb) than it is about the list itself. Would Alice and Lorrior been so petty had the information come from a source of which they approved?

What thinking person (and there might lie the rub) launches a smear campaign against Oprah because of something like this? If you want to nail her, go after her for allowing Bill O'Reilly to appear on her show about missing and exploited children right after he accused one of the kids who was recently found of "enjoying" his captivity. (At least one group interested in the protection of children canceled that loudmouth moron's appearance; not only did she not cancel, but she refused to say why she let him speak. Needless to say, I'm no longer a fan of this woman.)

Throw brickbats at this woman where brickbats need to be thrown--for reason and not out of your pettiness. Get a grip.

Posted at 7:15PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Chuck

24. Oh, get a grip, Alice! Let folks get what they get out of it. It's great for those who appreciate it. If you don't, save your nasty comments and personal attacks. All it does is make you look foolish.

Posted at 8:34PM on Mar 29th 2007 by ct

25. Chuck, you're just as bad. Shut up.

Posted at 8:36PM on Mar 29th 2007 by ct

26. I don't know why certain people are flipping out because "Oprah" wrote a salad manual. Chances are, one of her chef friends wrote it and her name is attached to it because she enjoys it and endorses it. People need to chill out. Although the OP did try to rescind her original comments. So everyone here needs to stop talking about and rather focus on the merits of the chart itself.

Posted at 8:58PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Crystal

27. What would people do without Oprah? I will tell you...they would have to sleep in later or get a job!!

Posted at 9:20PM on Mar 29th 2007 by WEBGUY

28. Some of us mental defectives get that way from working very hard and very long days and a little chart like this helps us out in the grocery store when we have no brain cells left.

Remember that classic photo (every family has one) of the tuckered out kid in the high chair asleep on her or his arm?? I feel like that, as a school teacher from now until June, if only someone would put me in a high chair and feed me...

I'd rather a food chart than a book suggestion.

Posted at 9:52PM on Mar 29th 2007 by Mare Dyll

29. Kudos to Oprah. I agree with Dee. Bah humbug to all negative comments. Don't want/need it, don't read it/use it. Mcnance

Posted at 11:43PM on Mar 29th 2007 by shirlene nance

30. Stop hating. What is good for some is not for others so live and let live if it is not hurting you. You have the option, given your ability to choose, to read or not to read. If you are going to do so just to criticize, you are wasting the Blessing given you.

Posted at 1:07AM on Mar 30th 2007 by Charlene Mee

31. I'm not a huge Oprah fan, but I think it's a great chart. I am a pretty inventive cook, but I still like to use cookbooks. I see this as nothing different than a cookbook....a way to put new and interesting food on the table.

Posted at 8:32AM on Mar 30th 2007 by Chris

32. Kudos to Oprah. I agree with Dee. Bah humbug to all negative comments. Don't want/need it, don't read it/use it. Mcnance

Posted at 2:37PM on Mar 30th 2007 by shirlene nance

33. I think Oprah's "toss and turn" chart is fabulous. I'm married 50 years and found some new ideas after all this time. I live in San Francisco where great food is part of the culture and chefs are always coming up with new innovations. This chart will help me get some interesting new meals on the table after my treks to the local Farmer's markets.

Posted at 3:58PM on Mar 30th 2007 by Jan

34. is this the correct password?

Posted at 3:59PM on Mar 30th 2007 by Jan

35. Thanks for sharing the chart. My salads are often boring because I buy the same ingredients. It's easier to do that because I work long hours and don't have the time I used to on menu planning and shopping - this will save me time.

Posted at 9:09PM on Apr 9th 2007 by kv

36. 1. I doubt if Queen Oprah came up with the chart... one of her People did.
2. It is just ingredents listed horizontally. No mention of proportions. Heaven (or Oprah) forbid you add bean sprouts or black beans to your "American" salad...or mango in your Asian..
3. Come on, look at the ingredients, people: "Meyer lemon" (dang i have plain o' lemons..), "French or Greek feta", "flageolets","haricots verts","crispy lardons", "white anchovies" "toasted (NOT plain mind you!) cumin" "mizuna" .. I ALWAYS have a ready supply of the lardons in my frige ...and I'll bet "SHE" didn't know about that stuff until her Private Chef forced it down her gaping gullet.

Posted at 1:30PM on Jun 29th 2007 by Steve

37. Aren't you the catty bunch. Don't need your comments on Oprah or her writers/handlers.

Like the chart - after a day at work all I want to do is go home and stare at a wall. Having a shortcut for ideas when I'm completely wiped out at the end of the day - I'm all for it!

Posted at 2:54PM on Jun 29th 2007 by DK