post-Christmas salad
Jan. 24th, 2016 12:23 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
kindkitSome googling around while I was trying to decide exactly what shape my grain-salad plans should take reminded me that olives + oranges are said to be a good combination, and that I had both in my refrigerator.
Here's what ultimately ended up in the salad, which is delish or I wouldn't bore you with a second cooking post in one day.
About 1 c dry freekeh, cooked in water until tender but chewy
1 c dry kasha, toasted in olive oil along with a thinly sliced shallot and then cooked in water until tender but chewy
Big handful of green olives stuffed with feta cheese, sliced
Big handful of picholine olives, whole
2 oranges (1 large and 1 small), zest grated into the salad, then peel removed with a knife (to get the bitter membrane off too) and flesh chopped
About 6 dried figs, chopped
1 clove minced garlic
About 2 teaspoons dried mint, crumbled
Lots of chopped parsley
Olive oil
Some lemon juice because the salad wasn't quite tangy enough for my taste
A bit of salt
I call it "post-Christmas salad" because the olives, the figs, and the oranges were all bought around Christmas time and not used up. It could equally be called Project Clean Out the Pantry salad.
And yes, oranges and olives are wonderful together. The salad recipes I've seen have called for black olives, and I think that would be amazing, but green ones work great too.
And now I believe I shall wander over to the television and watch Despicable Me 2.
Here's what ultimately ended up in the salad, which is delish or I wouldn't bore you with a second cooking post in one day.
About 1 c dry freekeh, cooked in water until tender but chewy
1 c dry kasha, toasted in olive oil along with a thinly sliced shallot and then cooked in water until tender but chewy
Big handful of green olives stuffed with feta cheese, sliced
Big handful of picholine olives, whole
2 oranges (1 large and 1 small), zest grated into the salad, then peel removed with a knife (to get the bitter membrane off too) and flesh chopped
About 6 dried figs, chopped
1 clove minced garlic
About 2 teaspoons dried mint, crumbled
Lots of chopped parsley
Olive oil
Some lemon juice because the salad wasn't quite tangy enough for my taste
A bit of salt
I call it "post-Christmas salad" because the olives, the figs, and the oranges were all bought around Christmas time and not used up. It could equally be called Project Clean Out the Pantry salad.
And yes, oranges and olives are wonderful together. The salad recipes I've seen have called for black olives, and I think that would be amazing, but green ones work great too.
And now I believe I shall wander over to the television and watch Despicable Me 2.
