Tuesday, February 22, 2011

Salads to have on hand


White Bean Salad

1.5 cups dried white beans (or 3 cups canned white beans)
1 tsp fresh thyme, marjoram or sage or ½ tsp dried herb
3 shallots or scallions, minced
¼ cup minced red bell pepper
6 tbl olive oil
2 tbl balsamic or sherry or wine vinegar
½ tsp Dijon

-cook beans (cooked) with half of herbs for 5 min at medium; turn off heat and add shallots and red pepper, cool
-make dressing and poor over beans; let rest if you have time for 1 hour to 1 day.


Tabbouleh
-1/2 cup fine grind (#1) or medium grind (#2) bulgur
-2 cups minced fresh parsley
-1 cup minced fresh mint
-2 cups cored, peeled and chopped tomatoes
-1 finely chopped onion
-1/2 cup extra virgin olive oil
-4 tbl lemon juice

-soak bulgur in water 15-30 min. drain well, squeeze out water.
-combine with rest.

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