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all right we are in the daytime kitchen
with the salad factory which is so cool
I am very into salad usually during
summer but even when we're coming out of
summer there's still some really good
salads that you can have so tell us a
little bit about the salad factory
well we're new we've only been in
Roanoke five months okay we moved here
from Florida and there weren't a lot of
healthy choices so that's something that
we really wanted to look for is a way to
make healthy choices and it's so easy
when you come in a restaurant because we
have so many different toppings and so
many different combinations that you can
eat every day and never have the same
same thing twice yep
I love that so what made you want to
were you in the restaurant business
before yes I work with Burger King for
32 years okay but it's very awesome
right right and my husband came up with
this idea and I loved it because when we
moved to Roanoke we gained quite a bit
of weight okay and since we've taken
this over my husband's lost 30 pounds
I've lost 15 pounds without trying it's
just just from just eating and we have
Chris good yeah we have customers that
come in every day and we have a customer
at lost lost 15 pounds oh she just comes
for lunch that's I mean just like little
changes don't help you so much so let's
talk about the types of ingredients do
you that you use are they local and
dirty yes well we get our first produce
every day from Roanoke fruit and produce
we chop our vegetables every day so
everything's fresh
and I think that makes a big difference
and even like the carrots we shred our
carrots every morning okay so you all
brought a few items in so we'll be kind
of walking through those but where are
you located
28 Franklin Road southwest okay so looks
right downtown you can lose weight and
also it's her birthday so we're gonna
get back cooking in the kitchen with you
in just a little bit
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we are back in the daytime kitchen with
Michelle from the salad factory and we
are making a Fiesta salad so what goes
into this and okay so it's grape
tomatoes I quarter them so it easier to
eat black beans
thank you for quartering your grape
tomatoes because that's always the worst
I know Babylon the tomato that's my flap
around tomato of course corn and beans
that onions guacamole do you guys make
your own no okay it's good though people
usually use avocado but avocado tends to
brown and with the guac we have more
lemon juice and then tortilla strips yes
please and then when you come into the
restaurant we will toss it up with the
dressing what kind of dressing is it
remotely ranch oh yeah but you can put
any kind we have a lot of distinct yeah
okay so that they can get they just go
in to order the full yes yep does it
come in different sizes nope okay one
size we hope it's big salad because I
used to watch Seinfeld reference is he
okay okay let's jump into some of the
food that you have what do you have
there mandarin oranges
that's the Mandarin salad oh it's
amazing that's my favorite salad and
what dressing is um it's the mandarin
orange ginger sesame and okay like an
Asian yes feel and what else goes into
that other than that um alfalfa sprouts
there's slivered almonds snow peas
carrots red cabbage onions okay so and
you are called the salad factory but you
offer other um cheese quesadilla with
that I know I love it so much and that's
one thing that is good because a lot of
kids don't eat salads so it's like
having a grilled cheese sandwich for him
yeah so when the parents come in I
always recommend that but you can also
get any other toppings on that that you
can get on a salad you can get because
we have people black beans and onions or
quesadilla right or you can add chicken
because we do have proteins also
everything starts out vegetarian but you
can add proteins to any of our dishes -
okay perfect naan bread and hummus we
have roasted red pepper hummus or we
have garlic hummus okay and then pizza
it's a lobster pizza though what
yes it's Lobster - Lobster is it also
great Tomatoes yes okay so what kind of
thought do you is a regular marinara no
there's no red sauce it's olive oil
basil and garlic with Parmesan lobster
and mozzarella tomatoes it's really good
where did you come up with that idea um
well we just like I love seafood so it
was something that we tried but before
we opened the restaurant we had test
markets in our house we had all of our
friends over and they tried different
recipes and stuff like that
and then the Greek salad yes the Greek
is a traditional Greek with feta grape
tomatoes we do use kalamata olives we
don't use black olives okay so once
again tell us where you're located 28
Franklin Road southwest okay you have to
go see I'm gonna come visit you said
you're within walking distance to our
station so