A simple salad duet
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Author Notes: This is a study in contrasts between sweet and sour, purple and yellow, soft and hard. In my photos I have lined up the ingredients, which on the top you can the salt. If you do not have lemon verbena, you can substitute thai basil, pineapple sage, or chives. My cat was much less interested in this salad, as the photos attest. - Sagegreen
Serves 2-4
- 1 cup of diced mango
- 1 cup of thinly sliced red cabbage
- 8 lemon verbena leaves
- 1 lime
- 1 teaspoon finely grated peeled fresh ginger, optional
- pinch of salt grated from a raw chunk of pink Himalayan
- light drizzle of EVOO
- Gently combine the diced mango and sliced cabbage.
- Roll the herbal leaves up tightly and snip finely into the salad.
- If you like grate about a teaspoon each of lime zest and fresh ginger onto the salad. Juice the lime and slowly pour evenly over the salad. Toss gently.
- Grate a pinch of salt onto the salad. Finish this with a light drizzle of EVOO (a first cold pressed preferred...this is when you can be glad you leased an olive tree through Nudo).
- This recipe was entered in the contest for Your Best Dish in the Raw
Tags: dualities in the raw
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almost 2 years ago drbabs
Barbara is a trusted source on General Cooking.
I love the colors here.
almost 2 years ago lorigoldsby
Beautiful! The gang at the barn will enjoy this at camp!
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thank you, lori.
almost 2 years ago Beautiful, Memorable Food
The lemon verbena and other herbs you mention sound like a beautiful accent to this salad. I have not had pineapple sage, must look for it.
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thanks, BMF. Of the four kinds of sage that I have this one is my favorite. It is not a smooth not fuzzy leaf, well worth seeking out to have in your garden. It is less likely to be at a grocery store, I realize.
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
...meant to say not a fuzzy but a smooth leaf.
almost 2 years ago wssmom
OMG I just bought some pink Himalayan salt, too!! How wonderfully perfect!
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thanks, wssmom. Don't you just love the Himalayan salt?
almost 2 years ago healthierkitchen
Love this!
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thanks, hk.
almost 2 years ago hardlikearmour
hardlikearmour is a trusted home cook.
This sounds simple and refreshing! If you'd used catmint you're cat would've been much more interested ;)
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thanks, hla. That's one of the reasons why I don't have catmint, but I do have wheat grass.
almost 2 years ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Beautiful salad. Miss the kitty!
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
Thanks, b. He is lurking in one of the photos.
almost 2 years ago boulangere
Cynthia is a trusted source on Bread/Baking.
Yes, it looked as though he had other things in mind this time. I'm loving the ways you use verbena.
almost 2 years ago Sagegreen
I am loving all my herbs this season. Usually I combine several, but am concentrating more on showcasing just one at a time to study the flavor. And herbs are so healthy! Love the theme this week.