Entrées — salad
#EssentialRecipe => Vegan Caesar Salad
Croutons ingredients:
-4 large slices of day-old bread, sourdough or rye cut in about 1/2 inch pieces
-3 cloves garlic chopped
-4 or 5 sprigs of fresh thyme
-Dash of sea salt
Roasted chickpeas ingredients:
-2 cups of dried chickpeas soaked overnight and cooked or 1 15 ounce can
-2 tablespoon avocado oil
-2 sprigs of fresh thyme
-1 teaspoon sea salt
-1 teaspoon freshly cracked pepper
Dressing ingredients:
#EssentialRecipe => Grilled Nectarines and Quinoa Salad.
This is such a delicious and practical salad. Quinoa is packed with protein and you will feel energized every time you take a bite. You can serve it as is or you could add spinach, chard, kale, nuts, almost anything you have in your fridge.
Salad Ingredients:
-1 Cup tri-color quinoa
-3 Small to medium nectarines cut into thick wedges
-4 Medium Heirloom tomatoes cut into wedges
-1/2 Red onion thinly sliced
-1/4 of a small fennel thinly sliced on a mandoline
-Small bunch...
#EssentialRecipe => French Lentil, Beet and Chard Salad
This is such a comforting and satisfying dish. There's nothing worse than eating a salad and feeling hungry again 40 minutes later! This one is perfect for an early lunch and will have you lasting until supper!
Ingredients:
-4 Medium beets scrubbed and trim in wedges
-1 Cup of dry lentils
-1 Tbsp avocado oil
-1/2 Large red onion
-1 Garlic cloves finely chopped
-4 Cups rainbow chard chopped in a couple inches pieces
-Sea salt and pepper
-Flat leaves parsley
Method:
Preheat the oven at...
#EssentialRecipe => Classic Caesar Salad with a Spicy Twist
A fresh caesar salad with homemade dressing is something we crave often. There's simply nothing quite like it!
Ingredients:
-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
-2 egg yolks
-Freshly squeezed juice of one lemon
-1 anchovy
-2 garlic cloves
-Sea salt to taste and black pepper to taste
-1/4 cup shredded parmesan cheese
-1 tsp Jonny Hetherington Essentials Peach Habanero Hot Sauce
Method:
You want to start this dressing with room temp eggs, so get them out of the fridge an hour or two before you start.
Separate the yolks from the whites and save...
#EssentialRecipe => Baked Red Gurnard
Brian at Seafood City brings in some of the best local fish, but he also likes to keep things interesting by bringing in rare imported delicacies. This month I was lucky to stumble upon his Red Gurnard from Japan.
Check out this simple recipe for Baked Red Gurnard served with a Quinoa Tabouleh.
Baked Red Gurnard Ingredients:
-Whole red gurnard
-8 garlic cloves
-6 lemon slices
-A few sprigs fresh sage
-2 Tbsp melted butter
Tabouleh Ingredients:
-1 cucumber
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