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Flower Salad

June 29, 2019 by Sheila

Flower Salad

Pure theater that will stop everyone in their tracks. Use organically grown flowers and leaves. Gently rinse only if necessary. Serve on top of lettuce, lightly sprinkled with olive oil and your mildest vinegar; Champagne vinegar preferred. The flowers here are nasturtium flowers and leaves, chervil flowers, chive flowers, pansies and violas, dame’s rocket, and […]

Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: champagne vinegar, chervil flowers, chive flwers, dame's rocket, johnny-jump-ups, lettuce, nasturtium leaves, nasturtiums, pansies, petunias, vinaigrette, violas

French Potato Salad

October 15, 2017 by Sheila

French Potato Salad

This is from Ina Garten’s first book, Barefoot in Paris. I only make potato salad once a year, usually in the dead of summer to add some weight to green leafy salads. This is the one I make. The secret is to add the champagne vinegar and olive oil when the potatoes are still hot. […]

Filed Under: Salads, Vegetable Side Dishes Tagged With: champagne vinegar, chives, dill, potato, salad, Yukon Gold

Key Lime Indian Pickle

January 16, 2017 by Sheila

Indian Pickle

This is the actual yellow of these Key limes. Key Lime Indian Pickle   Print Prep time 15 mins Cook time 5 mins Total time 20 mins   An exquisite side-dish for any Indian or Southeast Asian cuisine. Recipe By: Sheila McDuffie Cuisine: Indian Serves: 1 pint Ingredients 12 Key limes or 8 limes, cut […]

Filed Under: Fruits, International, Preserving Tagged With: black musrd seed, champagne vinegar, cinnamon, coriander, crystallized ginger, cumin, dried red pepper, fenugreek, hot pepper, Indian cuisine, Kaffir lime leaves, Key lime Indian pickle, lime, spices, Thai red pepper, turmeric

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