Monday, January 25, 2010

“Babel” Salad with Daikon Radish


  
Source
Improvised


Taste 4 (out of 5)


Difficulty 1 (out of 5)


Ingredients
- 5 oz / 150g daikon radish (30 cal)
- 1 tomato (20 cal)
- 5 romaine lettuce leaves (10 cal)
- 2 slices yellow bell pepper (10 cal)
- 1/3 oz/ 10 g crumbled feta cheese (30 cal)
- 2 walnuts, chopped (50 cal)
- 2 parsley twigs for decoration
For the dressing (50 cal at most)
- 1/4 tsp dijon mustard
- 1/2 tsp balsamic vinegar
- 1/2 tsp lemon juice
- 1 tsp orange juice
- 1/2 tsp olive oil
- 1/4 tsp dried basil
- salt and paprika to taste
Total 200 cal, 2 servings, 100 cal/serving


Instructions
1. Cut the radish and the pepper into 1/4 inch slices, the tomato - into 1/8 inch. Tear lettuce leaves. Arrange the vegetables in layers. Place the parsley on the top and sprinkle with crumbled feta cheese and walnut pieces.
2. Mix all the ingredients for the dressing and drizzle over your babel tower.


Afterthoughts
A very nice salad, the daikon radish is sweetish and goes well with the light orangey sauce. This would be a great salad for a hot summer afternoon, but even on a rainy winter day it tasted good.

"Babel" Salad With Daikon Radish on Foodista

7 comments:

  1. The looks like a totally comprehensible salad inspite of
    its name. Thanks for an interesting recipe.

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  2. I've never seen a salad tower before. But I like it.

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  3. That is so pretty! I haven't made a daikon salad before--I think I'll have to try this out!

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  4. This looks scrumptious! Beautiful pic

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  5. Way to go, CR. Nice-looking salad. I keep saying I've got to give daikon another chance. When the salad queen gets back, we'll try this. Thanks!

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  6. Will try this when summer tomatoes are here in the midwest!

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