The inspiration for this salad came from a fellow CNM blogger http://www.suppersinseason.com/ . I ve made a first trial of the salad last week and I will definitely prepare it for our Christmas table as the pecans and dried fruit, figs and cranberries, give it quite a festive note. It is dressed in delicious savoury…
Spinach salad with quinoa & strawberries
A summery light salad recipe that I’m sure you’ll love: its best feature is the strawberry which gives a pleasantly sweet taste to spinach and quinoa. The sauce is a simple balsamic vinegar sauce with oil and garlic. You will be amazed at how strawberry matches with the balsamic vinegar! This salad is very easy and…
Panzanella salad
It’s named Panzanella and it originates in Tuscany. It’s based on bread and tomatoes, which are related to our own dakos salad. The difference lays in the addition of rosemary and balsamic vinegar that is finger licking good when combined with tomatoes! I had this salad while on holiday in an Italian restaurant and decided…
Summer spelt pasta salad
As I promised to post only quick and easy summer recipes this week, here’s another one! Salad with spelt penne and cherry tomatoes. Spelt or otherwise dinkel flour is a variety of gluten grown for over 5000 years. Rumours say that the Germans and Romans ate it before battles to gain power. Although it contains…
Asian superfood salad
I like to think my recipes as superheroes with magical powers that can do wonders for our bodies. The magic power of this colourful salad lies not only in carrots that are rich in antioxidant provitamin A, but also radishes that detoxify the body by cleansing the blood and removing toxins through their diuretic action….
Ceasar salad
This is one of those dishes that are much tastier than their original version. We all know and love Caesar’s salad! In its healthy version, however, croutons are replaced by delicious chickpea croutons which can also be consumed on their own as snacks. Mayonnaise sauce has been replaced by a very light and flavoursome tahini sauce and…
Barley salad
This inspiration of this recipe comes from koliva and a similar salad recipe from the incredible Mr. Ottololenghi that I tried in one of his restaurants and have been dreaming ever since. Initially I was going to call it a kolivosalata, but Michalis convinced me that the name is not very attractive. Barley, cucumber, pomegranate, a…
Quinoa salad with lentils and apple
This salad is ideal for this season, when we’ve eaten so much, and our body is truly seeking out lighter foods to use up its excess energy into digesting the multitude of the festivity meals. It’s an especially tasty salad, with a multitude of tastes and textures of its ingredients, and especially filling due to…
Lentil salad with squash and orange
I’ve been making a lot of lentil salads from time to time, but this recipe is my favourite. You can’t imagine how harmoniously the lentils match with caramelized summer squash, orange, balsamic and raisins. Ingredients 1/2 cup of lentils that have been soaked in water with some vinegar 1 summer squash cut into cubes 1 spoon…
Raw asparagus mousse
Okay, I may have rushed a bit into spring as some of the ingredients of this recipe are not of this season, but you can save it for April when asparagus and peas will be blooming. This mousse is a very special dish that will impress your friends as it is has a very beautiful…