Salad Niçoise
August 4, 2022
WSJ 2021 Rebekah Peppler serves 6-8
VINAIGRETTE
2 anchovies finely chopped
1 Clove garlic chopped
Fine sea salt
3 TB fresh lemon juice
1 TB Dijon mustard
1 tsp honey
1/2 C EVOO
Smash & mix together anchovies, salt & garlic to make a paste. Stir in lemon juice, mustard and honey. Slowly whisk in olive oil.
SALAD
6 large eggs boiled (7 min, then ice bath 5 min) cut in half.
8 ounces haricots verts ( Boil 2-4 min until tender, then ice bath) toss with one-fourth of dressing.
1 LB small waxy potatoes (Boil 1-15 min until fork tender. Drain, toss with half of remaining dressing)
5 C frisée, mache or tender greens. (arrange on a platter and drizzle with remaining dressing)
2 – 6 oz cans tuna in oil, drained (use oil in dressing)
2 C cherry tomatoes, halved
2 small cucumbers sliced into 1/4″ slices
5 small radishes sliced into rounds
3/4 C Niçoise olives
1/4 C drained capers
flaky sea salt
Arrange lettuce on bottom, add ingredients in separate piles, sprinkle with flaky sea salt and serve.
Fonio Grain Tomato Salad
July 12, 2022
WSJ July 2022
INGREDIENTS
DRESSING:
2 TB white vinegar
Juice 1/2 lemon
1 clove garlic
1/4 C olive oil + 2TB
1 pinch chili flakes
SALD MIX:
3/4 C pitted green or black olives chopped
1 shallot or 1/4 red onion thinly sliced
1/2 cucumber , halved lengthwise, thinly slice half moons
1 1/2 C chickpeas
1 1/2 C cherry tomatoes halved
1/2C feta crumbled
1 C cooked fonio
HERB MIX
1/4 C chopped flat leaf parsley
1/4 C dill chopped
1/2 C arugula
- Make dressing in large bowl
- Add salad mix, toss
- Add herb mix, 2 TB Oil, S&P to taste
Arugula golden raisin salad
July 30, 2020
From Gioia restaurant. delicious great with just about anything or by itself .
Ingredients:
- Avocado sliced
- arugula
- golden raisins
- Farro cooked
- radish sliced thin
- Pecorino cheese shaved
- almonds toasted, chopped
- shallot
- sherry vinegar (walnut oil if available)
Chicken salad sandwich
July 2, 2020
WSJ Caroline Glover 2019, serves 4
- 2 lb rotisserie chicken
- ½ Shallot minced
- kosher salt
- 2 TB rice vinegar
- 1/2 – 2/3 C mayonnaise (or aioli)
- 3 TB Dijon mustard
- 1/3 C chopped cilantro
- ½ C minced apricots
- 1 TB dried English mustard powder
- 4 ciabatta rolls
- 1 yellow tomato sliced
- 8 butter lettuce leaves
- pickle minced shallots 5 min (pinch salt, rice vinegar). Drain.
- tear chicken into bite size pieces. Add mayonnaise,mustard, cilantro, apricots and drained shallots.
- Halve ciabatta rolls, toast.
- spread chicken salad over bottom, top with tomato, add lettuce leaves.
Waldorf salad
June 10, 2019
classic waldorf salad
- 3 apples chopped
- ½ C golden raisins
- ½ C walnuts
- 1 C celery
- chicken (optional)
- ½ C mayo
- 1 tsp lemon juice
Crab cake coleslaw salad
June 10, 2019
QED WSJ June 2-19
- buy some crab cakes
- shred or buy coleslaw mix (cabbage, carrots, etc)
- chopped mint
DRESSING – mix and let sit 15 minutes
- ½ tsp lemon zest
- ¼ C lemon juice
- 2 tsp honey
- 1 tsp Dijon
- 1 small shallot chopped
- 8 TB olive oil
Roasted Chickpea Endive salad
June 10, 2019
QED WSJ June 2019 Svgs 4-6
1 can chickpeas (15 oz) drained, 2 tsp oil S&P, roasted 425º 15 minutes
Mix together:
- 3 TB oil
- 2 Tb red wine vingar
- 2 C diced tomatoes
- 1 ½ C diced cucumber
- ½ C diced red pepper
- ½ C diced yellow pepper
- ¼ C diced red onion
- ¼ C chopped fresh parsley
- 2 TB chopped fresh mint
- 4 Belgian endives, cleaned and separated
- 1 C feta
Za’atar and roasted vegetable salad
January 5, 2019
Roast vegetables 425º oven. (Goes well with buttermilk roasted chicken)
Use several trays to roast vegetables until browned.
- Cauliflower & Romanesco – slice vertically down. drizzle oil
- Brussel sprouts cut in half, toss with oil.
- Red carrots, slice lengthwise, toss with oil.
Vinaigrette: shallots, 2 TB red wine vinegar & 6 TB olive oil. Mix with drained can cannelini beans & Za’atar.
Layer: bottom up:
Cauliflower, Romanesco, carrots, brussels sprouts. Sprinkle with beans.
Top with Feta, herbs (parsley, mint, arugula etc), Maldon salt
Brown rice chickpea salad cherries goat cheese
July 21, 2017
The week 2017 serves 4
Mix all ingredients & toss together.
- 2 C cooked brown rice
- 2 scallions trimmed & chopped
- ¼ C chopped fresh basil
- 3 TB olive oil
- 2 TB white balsamic or sherry vinegar
- salt & pepper
- 32 fresh cherries (9 oz) quartered & pitted
- 15 oz drained & rinsed chickpeas (1¾C if home cooked)
- Toss together, divide into 4 serving bowls.
Lastly, sprinkle on 2 oz goat cheese crumbled (½ C) –
Russian Kale apple salad
July 8, 2017
- 4 c finely chopped/slivered kale (¾ LB bunch)
- 2 TB chopped almonds
- 1 sweet apple ¼” diced
- 1 oz cheddar cheese ¼ ” cubes
- 2 TB lemon juice
- 1 clove garlic
- 5 TB oil
- 2 TB parmesan cheese grated
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