If you've seen "Food Inc." you'll know what I'm talking about when I say eating meat is scary these days with all the chemicals and antibiotics in them. Sure I eat meat but since initiating this blog I am driven to learn more about good meatless options. I LOVE cooking and spend most of my time doing this. I have always wanted to catalogue the things I cook in some way so that they came be made again and so that I can share them with friends. Starting now.
Saturday, February 25, 2012
Perfect Potato and Tomato Salad by Marika
So this is my friend Marika's photo of her amazing potato salad found at http://ediblediaries.blogspot.com/2009/06/recipe-potato-salad-la-nicoise.html. Her photo is much better than mine which is in a crowd with two other salads I made one evening below, all posted somewhere here. The dressing is very versatile and I will often double the recipe and save it for a quinoa or kamut salad.
You will need:
2 pounds of baby nugget potatoes
2 cups grape or cherry tomatoes
3/4 to 1 cup mixed olives
4 poached eggs (optional)
2 shallots, minced
2 tablespoons chopped chives
Save this dressing as a perfect go to for quinoa, rice, lentil, kamut salads. Keeps well in the fridge for a few weeks and the recipe is easy to double. If you don't have a food processor drizzle the oil slowly into the rest of the ingredients to blend the oil well with the vinegar.
Dressing:
1 tablespoon dijon mustard, grainy or smooth
1/4 cup white wine vinegar
1/2 cup olive oil
1/4 cup vegetable oil
2 garlic cloves
5 fresh basil leaves
2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
1/4 teaspoon salt
Pepper to taste
Servings: 4
Bring a large pot of salted water to boil. Add potatoes and cook 10-15 minutes or until done.
Remove and drain in a colander. Put in a large salad bowl with tomatoes.
Add all dressing ingredients into a food processor. Blend well.
Pour dressing over warm potatoes and tomatoes. Plate and top with olives, chives and shallots.
Optional: Place poached egg on top so yolk acts like a gooey warm sauce on top of potatoes.
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