Archive for Salad Recipes
Shaved Brussels Sprout and Prosciutto Salad with Top Chef Stephanie Izard
Posted by: | CommentsRaw brussels sprouts are amazing in salads when thinly sliced. They offer an entirely different flavor experience to the palate as opposed to the frequently hated cooked version. Mild, crunchy, and nutrient packed, Top Chef Stephanie Izard shows us how to prepare a beautiful brussel sprout salad with a light vinaigrette, in this video from Whole Foods Market. She recommends this salad for a Thanksgiving side dish, but this is an excellent choice any time of year when nice looking sprouts are to be found.
Recipe as adapted from the video:
Shaved Brussels Sprouts Salad with Prosciutto
Chef Stephanie Izard
For the salad:
1/4 lb of prosciutto (simply omit this for a vegetarian option)
1 lb of brussels sprouts, sliced
2 cups of corn
8 ounces of manchego (or alternatively Parmesan) cheese, shaved
1/4 cup of chopped toasted pecans
For the vinaigrette:
1/4 cup of lemon juice
2 Tbsp of maple syrup
2 Tbsp of minced shallot
4 Tbsp of extra virgin olive oil
1 pinch of salt and pepper
For more from Stephanie check out her blog here, which has delicious videos and recipes, and also follow her updates on Twitter.
Asian Chicken Salad
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We have a soft spot in our hearts for Chef Hari Nayak . He is the author of the cookbooks “Modern Indian Cooking” and “Spice” and the executive pastry chef of Halo Fete, America’s first ice cream patisserie, in Princeton, New Jersey. What makes him a treasure? He co founded “World Chefs Cooking For Life” along with NYC chef Vikas Khanna, a non profit organization that has raised funds for 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina, the Tsunami, as well as multiple other causes such as assisting travelers with disabilities and art education for the blind.
Hari typically creates modern versions of traditional Indian cuisine for his viewers, but in this recipe video he shares a very easy to make Asian chicken salad with a citrus soy vinegar dressing. And this recipe is fairly low carb as well, assuming you don’t serve it with a big piece of crusty buttered baguette like we do!
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Ceasar Salad in a Crunchy Parmesan Bowl
Posted by: | CommentsA Le Cordon Bleu Paris graduate, Hector Playuk is currently the Executive Chef for Jack’s Bar and Restaurant in Washington DC. This restaurant gets big kudos from us as it is 100% wind powered! One of their signature lunch dishes is a Caesar Salad served in a crispy parmesan bowl, and in this video Hector shows us how to make the bowl.
Note: It is absolutely essential to use a nonstick pan for this, anything else will not work (we tried!).
Recipe instructions: Make the Parmesan bowl using 7-8 ounces of cheese for each bowl. For the croutons, simply slice a baguette into cubes, coat in olive oil, garlic powder or fresh minced garlic, salt and pepper, bake at 400 degrees F for 15 minutes. In a regular bowl, toss romaine lettuce, croutons, shredded parmesan cheese and caesar dressing, then add to the parmesan bowl. Regarding the dressing, we like this recipe from Scott’s Seafood, but you can absolutely use your own variation or use a store bought creamy Caesar dressing. Enjoy!
Delizioso! Italian Salmon Carpaccio
Posted by: | CommentsItalians seem to possess an amazingly strong passion for food, much more so than the rest of the world.
There is a really great site, Italian Food Net, which serves up delicious authentic Italian recipe videos. Their chefs speak Italian in the clips, but they have done such a wonderful job with the subtitles and ingredient conversions that the recipes are simple to follow.
Some recipes are incredibly simple to make but somehow give the impression that you’ve spent hours slaving over them. This would be one of those! In the video, chef Alessandro prepares an Italian salmon carpaccio with oranges served over arugula. Head over to their site to view the written recipe, browse around a bit and pretend you’re a student in an Italian culinary school!
Tiny bites of ingredient education:
- Carpaccio is defined as an appetizer using thinly sliced raw fish or meat.
- The peppercorns used in the recipe are brined, Whole Foods should have them, you may need to look in the area where jarred pickles are.
- The recipe calls for the greens “rocket”, and rocket = arugula!
