Unoriginal Whole Foods Salad

At her blog Months of Edible Celebrations, my Blog Friend Louise is having a picnic. Each person brings -- that is, blogs -- an item, corresponding to a letter of the alphabet, and posts a corresponding blog entry on that item. [Sorry if this was confusing: it's a virtual picnic, based on a kids' game, with bloggers all over the country and maybe further than that.]

I'm not really doing any original cooking and recipe experiments these days, so I volunteered for the most Unpopular letter, and I'm bringing Unoriginal Whole Foods Salad from the Salad Bar. This also gives me the opportunity to talk about Whole Foods Market, one of the places I shop. (Inspiration for my series on shopping came from Blogger Lydia at The Perfect Pantry. This is my Unoriginal month.)



I love to shop for high-quality cheese, meat, bread, bulk spices, olive oil, and produce at Whole Foods. But in a pinch -- like needing a picnic -- they also offer freshly made sushi, a steam table buffet (which I admit to not trying due to steam-table prejudice), a large prepared foods counter (pricy but very tempting), and a big salad bar: today's source of our imaginary picnic.


So, to play Louise's picnic alphabet game, I say I'm going on a picnic, and I am bringing the following beautiful and wonderful recipes that have been posted:

A- Almond Joy Pie (Marjie) @ Modern Day Ozzie & Harriet

B- Baked Beans (Kasha) @ Grub and Stuff

C- Chocolate Picnic Cake Janet @ Dying for Chocolate

D- Dutch Funnel Cake (Julie) Sporadic Cook

E- Easy Blender Chicken Pie (Juliana) @ Simple Recipes

F-5 Bean Salad-(Barbara) @ Moveable Feasts

G- Granola Bars (Stephanie) @ Fun Foods on a Budget

H- Herb and Cheese Pasta Salad (Reeni) @ Cinnamon Spice & Everything Nice

I- Incredibly Fruity Raspberry Cakes (Tessa) @ Raspberry & Chipotle

J- Jeweled Picnic Bars Rochelle @ Rochelle's Vintage & Frugal Recipes

K- Kaltschale (Cold Fruit Soup) Petra @ Kaffeeklatsch

L- Long Island Lemonade Cocktail (T.W.) @ Culinary Types

M- Mushroom Tart (Cynthia) @ Gherkins & Tomatoes

N- Nut Roast (Johanna) @ Green Gourmet Giraffe

O- Olive Nut Bread (Chaya) @ Chaya's Comfy Cook

P- Pomegranate Mousse Cake (Chef Dennis) @ More Than a Mouthful

Q- Quiche (Chaya) @ Sweet & Savory(also does comfy cook)

R- Raspberry Chocolate Macarons-(Anne) @ Anne's Food

S- Spicy Glazed Shrimp and Veggie Kabobs (Tamara) @ God's Perfect Promises

T- Turkey and Pear wraps w/ Curried Aioli!! (Heather) @ Girl Chef

U - AND now it's up to me. I'm going to Whole Foods, and select my favorites from the salad bar and maybe a package of sushi too:
Unoriginal, Unimaginative, Uncreative, and giving me Undeserved status in this picnic game --