In this post, I share a recipe for a Winter and Quinoa Sprouts Salad with Tahini Dressing that features some of my favorite winter vegetables
like radicchio, beets, and sweet potato alongside quinoa, creamy avocado, and a medley of sprouts.
Toss the dressing with sturdy lettuces
like radicchio or Romaine.
Not exact matches
Also I
like theidea to mix romaine and
radicchio.
Ingredients: - 6 inch medium zucchini cut into chunks - 3 cloves garlic, left whole - olive oil for drizzling - kosher salt + pepper to taste - 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika (if you don't
like anything smoky, add regular paprika)- 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper, more or less depending on how spicy you want it - 2 cups of cooked quinoa - 1 cup of panko breadcrumbs - 4 hamburger buns toasted
Radicchio Slaw - 1 small head of
radicchio, sliced into strips - 1/2 tablespoon mayo - 1/2 tablespoon sour cream - juice of half a lemon - 1 garlic clove minced - salt to taste Tangy mustard sauce - 1/4 cup cup of yellow mustard - 1/4 cup of grainy dijon mustard - 2 tablespoons of honey - 1 tablespoon of apple cider vinegar - salt to taste
Recently I realized that I prefer salads with large crunchy things in it,
like grated vegetable salads and
radicchio and arugula sorts of things, but it was fun to re-connect with Iceberg, too.
We grow a full line of seasonal produce with a focus on specialty sweet & hot peppers and Italian vegetables
like fennel, broccoli rabe and
radicchio.
I wanted to pair the cherries with something hearty, green and nutritious and Earthbound Farm's Kale Italia (a mix of baby kale, mizuna, arugula and
radicchio) seemed
like the perfect fit.
Varieties include red - leaved
radicchio, torpedo - shaped Belgian endive, lacy green - and - white endive, curly - leaved frisée, and lettuce -
like escarole.
The exception is when many of your greens are very bitter or hot,
like mustard,
radicchio, peppercress, or endive, in which case a very fruity olive oil will balance and tone down their aggressiveness.
When cooked, red - leafed
radicchio has a nutty flavor that goes well with mild cheeses
like mozzarella.
On her menu, you'll find specialty varietals
like tardivo, treviso,
radicchio bianco, Italian endive, frisee, pink
radicchio, rosa di gorizia, and puntarelle.
It's something I make often during the winter months as I love it drizzled over some bitter winter greens
like frisée or
radicchio.
I originally was going to chop dates and add them
like you would dried cranberries in order to enhance the natural sweetness of the squash and roasted
radicchio, but I threw them in the dressing at the last minute, and I'm glad I did.
Some varieties,
like escarole and
radicchio, feel familiar; others,
like boutiquey speckled Castelfranco and finger - spindly Tardivo, look fantastically exotic.
As far as the actual salad recipe is concerned, I
like to use a mixture of greens such as romaine,
radicchio and endive.
Place the salmon and
radicchio wedges on the pan and grill for 2 to 3 minutes, or until salmon is cooked to your
liking and the
radicchio has nice grill marks.