Tag: Salad
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Winter Fruit & Bitter Leaf Salad
I love cooking in all seasons but I must admit that towards the end of winter I begin to grow tired of the sweet and stodgy comfort foods that define the season. I crave freshness. Fortunately this is when forced chicory and radicchio come into their own and why they are so invaluable in my…
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Spring Potato Salad with Saffron Aioli
Spring is definitely here! The Hawthorne hedges that line the lanes around our house are budding with May flowers, slender acid-green leaves are shooting from the willows in the garden and our fruit trees are full of soft, trembling blossoms. Perhaps it’s because Easter was so early this year, but the season seems to have…
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Simple Marinated Beetroot
Just look at how beautiful these vegetables are! We’ve been growing our own beetroot for a few years now, as most stores (and even markets and farm shops) have yet to embrace the rainbow of varieties available. In our little plot we grow Boltardy (the traditional, full-bodied deep purple), Chioggia (pink and white candy-stripes), Burpees Golden (a…