Well, this is just silly. How much more of this can we really have? The farmers are saying this is the first of three major storms which will hit us in February. Reacting emotionally has proved useless.
Time to go into the kitchen.
Inspired by Elizabeth at Arial is Not Helvetica , and her husband Michael with whom she has started the food blog Take Back Your Kitchen, I came up with this very refreshing and surprisingly hearty Red Beet and Clementine Salad. The inspiration was the photo of chorizos on one of her recent posts. It looked so delicious, but I thought it was a photo of red beets, and it put me in the mood.
Red Beet and Clementine Salad
(this recipe made enough for a healthy side dish for 2)
3 medium cooked red beets, chilled
3 seed-free clementines (as sweet as possible)
handful chopped parsley
3 tablespoons pan toasted sesame seeds
3 tablespoons pan toasted sunflower seeds
Dressing
3 tablespoons beet liquid
3 tablespoons sesame oil
2 tablespoons tamari highest quality soy sauce (made from soy, not wheat)
1 teaspoon finely chopped shallot
1 teaspoon finely chopped ginger
1 tablespoon honey
1/2 teaspoon ground coriander seeds
juice and zest from one lime
Cut up the beats, toss with the clementine sections and parsley.
Add the toasted seeds and toss again.
Whisk together the ingredients for the dressing, pour over the salad and toss.
One more note for today, and I will get out there and start shoveling:
The Boss Rocks.
Long Live the Boss.
Long Live the Boss.
13 comments:
Looks gorgeous and I love the sound of the dressing... the only tiny problem is that red beets is the only food that I definitely do not eat... :) Pity.. I'm looking forward to another (beet-free) recipe!
Hugs
Cara,
I have been peeping into your blog now and then recently. Really intriguing! Lovely photo! I would love to link to my blog, if you do not mind, so as to keep myself (and others) updated regularly.
as for beets...i find it strange they are difficult to find fresh in Umbria, where I am located. I love beet salads1 Bacione, Ingrid
Hi Diana..Hope you are coping with all your snow..snowing here now, and yes actually in our village normally misses us..
I love beetroot, but sure with fruit, maybe I should try it..:-)
Giulia, until recently, I was not their biggest fan either. Now, in connection with the other flavors, I love them. I bet this would work well with fennel and/or radiccio in the place of the beets. The only thing will be figuring out how to replace some of the liquid in the dressing -- maybe with a bit of orange juice?
Ingrid, I love your blog and will link you up here too. :) We don't get fresh beets either, only cooked -- and that is what I used.
Anne, it's stay busy or go completly mad with this snow. Give the recipe a try and let me know what you think.
3 meters plus so far this year and counting.
That looks awesome. The whole point of our culinary call-to-arms is being creative in the kitchen and not being afraid to get your hands dirty. Right on!
I made beets yesterday too... and I put a picutre of them on the internet too. Weird, huh?
Diana, I thought of you during the half-time show. Did you get to see it?
Glad you're back - this recipe looks great.
I so stayed awake for that game. It was awesome. I actually started to get up and dance around the living room at 3 in the morning to Tenth Avenue Freezeout. Max thought I was nuts.
How bout them stillers, yuns?
So... when the snowing gets tough, the tough cook?
Looks wonderful-- like art!
Cameron
As someone said, there's just too much weather about these days.
Is it easy to find the more exotic foodstuff in Italy? It was until recently difficult here in the Dordogne. Now we have a new store which sells Tamarind, Lemon grass and the like. Just curious.
Rob
Thanks for your nice comments on my blog. I hope you cope with all the snow in Italy. We just booked our summerhollidays for Italy and I hope the snow will be disappeared by then!
Your recipe looks delicious!
Have a nice week!
Ciao Diana! You recipe looks delicious! I'll surely love it!
Have a great week...waiting the sun!!!
Un abbraccio
Vale
Rob, I have to drive wide and far for things like cardamom, green cilantro, lemon grass. The only thing I can get here is the occasional can of coconut milk. It's pretty pathetic. If I go to Milan or Torino, I end up buying a lot more than I need of the spices because I get tempted and because I know I won't be up there again soon.
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