Very Good Recipes of Salad from Alessandra Zecchini
There are 9 Salad recipes on the blog Alessandra Zecchini. (1843 on all the blogs)
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Roasted spicy chickpea salad with minty yogurt dressing
By Alessandra Zecchini
02/28/13 02:30
1 can chickpeas 1 tbsp Moroccan spices 1 pinch salt A few cherry tomatoes 4 tbsp natural yogurt A few mint leaves 1 tsp extra virgin olive oil 1 apple cucumber 80 g mixed salad leaves to finish Drain the chickpeas and place in a bowl with the Moroccan seasoning...
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"French" Caprese Salad? Cherry tomatoes, bocconcini and blue borage flowers
By Alessandra Zecchini
02/23/13 07:13
I can never get tired of Caprese, the classic tomato, mozzarella and fresh basil salad that represent Italy both in taste and in colour. But just for once, and just for a change, when I picked my cherry tomatoes from the garden I also got a few borage flowers...
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Pears, Rocket and Parmesan Salad with Extravecchio Balsamic Vinegar of Modena
By Alessandra Zecchini
11/06/12 00:40
At the Festival Italiano I received a very special present from Naomi of Aceto Downunder: a bottle of ABTM (Aceto Balsamico Tradizionale di Modena), the extra vecchio (25 years +). This Balsamico is the real thing, only sold in specially designed 100ml...
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Salad bento with quail eggs and the big Avondale spider
By Alessandra Zecchini
03/29/12 03:12
Did you ever see the blog Cooking Gallery? It is on my blogroll and among my favourite blogs to visit because it is full of fantastic bento ideas! And my kids like it too, but they cannot really take proper decorated bentos to school, it is not practical...
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Daikon and Carrot Salad with Miso and Toasted Sesame Seeds
By Alessandra Zecchini
02/17/12 08:36
Peel a carrot and a piece of daikon as big as two carrots with a vegetable peeler. Discard the outer skin, and then continue 'peeling' to obtain long thin orange and white vegetable 'ribbons'. As you work drop the carrot and daikon strips into a bowl filled...
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Spring Asparagus Salad, and yes you can eat the flowers too
By Alessandra Zecchini
10/26/11 23:48
Lots of people know by now that I eat flowers, but still, some think of it as a bit of a freak thing to do. But if you have a few edible flowers in your garden (absolutely organic, no sprays allowed) they just make your dishes look so pretty, and they are...
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Rice Paper Salad Rolls
By Alessandra Zecchini
06/25/11 06:36
Bored with the same side salad? Can’t get the kids to eat it? Maybe you need to roll it up! I did this because I had a few sheet of rice paper to use, just about a dozen, not enough to make a meal, but enough for some fun side veggies. Ingredients: Cooked...
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Banana Flower Salad, step by step
By Alessandra Zecchini
05/23/11 10:35
Some of you may remember that I showed you my banana plant a few weeks ago. Well, there are green bananas now, I read somewhere that it is good to cut the flower off, and wrap the bananas with blue plastic. I did just so, thinking that it is getting cold...
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Papaya, Lime and Mint Salad
By Alessandra Zecchini
05/07/11 11:14
I prefer mango, but papaya is also an amazing fruit, especially if paired with lime. Try to slice a papaya and eat a piece of it. Then try squeezing a few drops of limes on the fruit and taste it again: you'll see what I mean! Sometimes I can find ripe...
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