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Topic: Diced Salad
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Faith
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From: Bella's Hair Salon
Registered: Jul 2011
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posted July 19, 2014 11:44 PM
  
I eat this several times a week. It's based on Chris Wark's Cancer-Fighting Salad (YouTube video here.) I wouldn't have tried it except at the end of that video he raves that it's "delicious!" I believed him....and now I agree.  I love doing the prep work, and I love having this ready in the fridge. And I love bragging that yes I do "prep work" and have my life in order sometimes! Recipe Dice several of the following vegetables: Celery
Cucumber
Zucchini, summer squash
Broccoli stalks, peeled
Jicama
Red Onion/shallots
Bell peppers, purdy colors
Jalapeno peppers if you like
Fennel
Radishes
Frozen corn kernels, optional Stir. If you are ready to eat, set aside about a cup of this mixture; obviously the rest gets put in a sealed container in the fridge. Add to your diced salad just before eating: Tomato chunks
Grated carrot
Sliced lettuce, arugula or other greens
Mushrooms
Avocado
Sprouts and/or microgreens "Dressing," just stir all this in: Raw sauerkraut
Spices: cayenne or chipotle pepper, curry powder, Italian seasoning
Oil: extra virgin olive, flax. Macademia nut oil is my favorite though I'm embarrassed to prefer something so weird. Mystery solved, that is what I eat most days. It looks rather primitive in a bowl once you stir in the sprouts...if children are in the vicinity they will look at this salad in horror. It's prettier without the sprouts, so if you need your food to be presentable and socially acceptable, go without them. I made this thread for Bella Fenice but hope others find it worth reading or trying. d( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)b ❤ IP: Logged |
Randall
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From: From a galaxy, far, far away...
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted July 28, 2014 12:11 PM
I'd buy it.IP: Logged |
teasel
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posted July 28, 2014 04:03 PM
I'm making an Israeli salad, that I finally tried early last year. It sounds similar to yours, but less ingredients: tomatoes, zucchini, cucumber, onion, lemon juice, oil, salt and pepper, and chopped mint. IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 21731
From: Bella's Hair Salon
Registered: Jul 2011
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posted July 31, 2014 04:21 PM
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Originally posted by Randall:
I'd buy it.
Thanks. ) Me, too, if they had it for sale anywhere. @teasel Yummmm...craving that now! I've been eating fruit all day and want something tangy/salty now. I love Middle Eastern food, like tabbouleh...I love fresh mint and thank heavens it grows like weeds....plus hummus, olives, flatbreads....all that. As I eat cleaner, I'm starting to be able to tolerate wheat again...wish I could make flatbreads on a slab of rock, cook it outside over an open fire, like in less developed parts of the world..."peasant food" looks so delicious in pictures... That's way off topic but I'm hungry. IP: Logged |
PisceanDream
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posted November 14, 2014 02:39 PM
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Originally posted by Faith:
I love Middle Eastern food, like tabbouleh...
FAITH!? TABBOULEH? AND YOU SPELT IT CORRECTLY JUST LIKE THE LEBANESE WOULD?! I'm in love with you. That's it. Let's elope and have all the middle-eastern food in the world. There's this plant called "molokhiye" and all us Arabs eat it but we all have different ways of cooking it. It's THE BEST. It's never used in salads but usually as a "sauce" on top of rice. You have to try it! IP: Logged |
Randall
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posted November 15, 2014 04:53 PM
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Randall
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posted November 16, 2014 11:41 AM
Is it a green plant?IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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From: USA
Registered: Sep 2011
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posted November 17, 2014 12:05 AM
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Originally posted by Faith:
Macademia nut oil is my favorite though I'm embarrassed to prefer something so weird.
Nut and seed oils are delicious. They go rancid quickly though, so you have to buy in small quantity or keep them refrigerated. IP: Logged |
PisceanDream
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posted November 18, 2014 01:10 AM
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Originally posted by Randall:
Is it a green plant?
Yes it is! It's usually sold frozen in Middle Eastern stores since I don't believe the plant itself if readily available in the U.S IP: Logged |
PlutoSurvivor
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Registered: Sep 2011
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posted November 18, 2014 03:21 PM
I think that it is the same as Mallow.
There is a Middle Eastern restaurant nearby that uses Mallow and it is wonderful. Don't know if the owner grows it - I will ask who his supplier is.I did a search and came up with a video for Egyptian Spinach showing the seed pods at the end of the season. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QEqidA92r1A
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PisceanDream
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posted November 18, 2014 04:40 PM
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PisceanDream
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posted November 18, 2014 04:41 PM
Yupp, that's the one! Then we liquify it to make it look like this  And pour it over rice! Mmmmmmmm! It's too good! IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 21731
From: Bella's Hair Salon
Registered: Jul 2011
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posted November 19, 2014 07:41 AM
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Originally posted by PisceanDream:
FAITH!? TABBOULEH? AND YOU SPELT IT CORRECTLY JUST LIKE THE LEBANESE WOULD?! I'm in love with you.
 Ditto! But wait... Hold it... Not sure if I can spell another Middle Eastern dish I like...mujeddruh? Mujeddarah? I'm afraid I'm not worthy of your love if I can't spell this one  It's lentils and rice with sauteed onions on top. quote:
Originally posted by PisceanDream:
There's this plant called "molokhiye" and all us Arabs eat it but we all have different ways of cooking it. It's THE BEST. It's never used in salads but usually as a "sauce" on top of rice. You have to try it!
I really do have to try it! It looks delicious in that picture...I love green soup. Thanks for letting me know it exists!  IP: Logged |
charmainec
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From: Venus next to Randall
Registered: Apr 2009
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posted November 19, 2014 09:57 AM
I'd add a little bit of apple or pear to mine..it makes foir a good contrast in taste.  ------------------
Remember, love can conquer the influences of the planets....It can even eliminate karma. Linda Goodman "DON'T EVER try and destroy someone's life with a LIE.....when yours can be destroyed with the TRUTH...." S.Jacobs IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 21731
From: Bella's Hair Salon
Registered: Jul 2011
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posted November 19, 2014 03:44 PM
Hey that's a good idea, Charmaine! Especially pears...yummmmIP: Logged |
PisceanDream
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posted November 24, 2014 05:38 PM
I LOL'd at your post on the Letters to Self thread! Propose and bolt  OH MAN! Yupp, Mujaddara!  I haven't tried it yet, though. I'm gonna post a recipe of this lovely Libyan dish soon. I think you might like it... I wish we could gather a few of our favorite people here and all have dinner in a nice middle eastern restaurant!  IP: Logged |
Faith
Knowflake Posts: 21731
From: Bella's Hair Salon
Registered: Jul 2011
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posted November 25, 2014 10:14 AM
^ Wouldn't that be divine?  I've never been to a Middle Eastern restaurant....just this deli kinda place in London that served a lot of Middle Eastern food. I went there just about every day. Looking forward to your recipe(s)!!! Have you lived in Libya? IP: Logged |
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