Seattleite Desirae Rabe Shakes Up a Creative Concoction at the Queen Anne Farmer's Market
(Seattle, WA-August 13, 2011)- Desirae Rabe, the creator of Seattle Salads, values a healthy lunch alternative and recently began producing a delicious and savory meal for her neighbors at the Queen Anne Farmer's Market. Seattle Salads serves as a healthy and quick substitute to the monotonous lunch hour in Seattle, where many opt for cheese drenched pizza, burgers, or teriyaki and white rice.
"I am not scared to break the rules on salads," says Desirae, as she describes her unique Bacon Jalapeno Madness Salad; made with organic mixed greens, corn, black beans, green peppers, red onion, Blue Cheese Dressing, and Tim's Cascade Jalapeno Chips instead of croutons.
Seattle Salads has been serving the Seattle area since June 2011, selling pre-packaged salads and homemade, all natural salad dressings. "There are not many options for inexpensive, quick, healthy on-the-go meals in Seattle," says Desirae, explaining the dilemma many people face when they want a salad, but do not want to spend a fortune at specialty stores. Her largest competitors are Whole Foods and PCC, but Desirae sets herself apart by creating unique, all natural dressings, that, as she states, "are almost impossible to beat."
Lime-Peanut, St
rawberry Mint, Dried Apricot, Champagne Pear, and her homemade Blue Cheese are a few of her salad dressings - the most popular being the Lime Peanut. I tasted this popular salad and its unique, Thai infused flavors of lime and peanuts complemented the sweet raisins and hearty beans - it was flawless.
Desirae's largest problem was at first figuring out which way to grow first, and explains how the Farmer's Market has taught her how to efficiently run a business on a small scale. Her plans for the future are to tap into the business lunch catering market, and expand outside of Seattle. She also looks to target local gyms and universities. Her customer service background has acted as a catalyst to her business, and she hopes to open her first shop within the next year.
You can visit Seattle Salads every Thursday at the Queen Anne Farmer's Market, from 3-7:30, through October 6th, 2011. For the most updated information including the new salad of the week, check out her Facebook Page and visit her website at www.seattlesalads.com. Mention this article when you meet Desirae at the Market and buy one salad, get one salad half off.
