Friday, August 10, 2007

"weird ukrainian salad"

Made a salad last night out of ingredients on hand, which the wife called "weird Ukrainian salad."

One very large fennel bulb, sliced thinly, cut into bite size
Two ripe tomatoes, chopped
Large bunch of purple basil, chopped
One large clove garlic, minced
One jalapeno, minced
handful of cashews, roasted in dry cast-iron skillet
handful of date pieces
rice vinegar and salt to taste

It's not Ukrainian, but the style is all over the map. Very refreshing summer salad. Could have used a bit of yogurt, maybe, to make it creamy like slaw. Shredded carrots would have been nice. Didn't add any oil but could have.

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