Crunch Salad
Every ingredient has been chosen to amplify texture while also adding bold flavors. Included are green apple, roasted peanuts, and cabbage, but go ahead and add any ingredient with crunch. Recipe found on Delish.com. Serves 5-6. (more…)
Author: Mary Housel
Greek Salad
Known as horiatiki, this traditional Greek salad, from Delish.com, is made with cherry tomatoes, cucumber, kalamata olives, thinly sliced red onion, and feta. The easy dressing is a mixture of red wine vinegar, fresh lemon juice, dried oregano, and extra-virgin olive oil. Simply said, it’s the best. Yields 4 servings. (more…)
Mediterranean Chickpea Salad
Thanks to the chickpeas, this salad will keep you full for hours, and is satisfying in a way that leafy greens never could be (sorry not sorry, kale). Recipe found on Delish.com. Yields 6 servings. (more…)
Homemade Falafel
You can create excellent baked or pan-fried falafel using canned chickpeas, but if you want to make the universally loved deep-fried variety, you’ll need to use dried chickpeas, which you soak overnight in water before blitzing with the other ingredients. Dried chickpeas, even when partially hydrated through soaking, are drier and starchier than the canned variety, yielding a batter that will stick together and not disintegrate when deep-fried. This recipe comes from Delish.com and uses many of our veggies and herbs to create!
Cucumber Salad with Tahini and Soy Dressing
This is a delicious no-cook recipe found on the well nourished brain blog for those hot summer days!
My friend says to make the dressing in the tahini jar, omit the sunflower oil, sub
maple syrup for the mirin and off it goes! (more…)
Chinese Smashed Cucumber Salad
On a hot summer day, it’s like a spicy-savory equivalent of slices of cold, juicy watermelon: hydrating for the soul, quenching thirst and hunger in one go. The recipe is from Delish.com. Serves 4.
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