Summery Salads Recipes
As we approach the summer solstice next week, the gardens are bursting to life with vibrant produce and verdant greens indicative of the coming season. Thus, take in the summer splendor with a delivery that is chockablock with mix-and-match salad ingredients—from the likes of green Bibb lettuce, endive frisée, and a mix of microgreens to build on as a base, to faves such as fresh fava beans, red bunching onions, Meyer lemons, baby golden beets, and peppery nasturtium flowers to add on as you please. Also included: Farm-fresh eggs, Italian Rustica bread, dried plums, and vinaigrette-ready preserved lemons crafted in the farmstead kitchen; whether you’re celebrating Dads or grads this week, we hope you enjoy this plant-powered menu!
Here are a few recipe ideas for the week:
Purple Sprouting Broccoli Salad
This room temperature salad from The Barefoot Contessa has just the right amount of crunch!
Citrusy Golden Beet Salad
Kissed with freshly-squeezed orange juice, cilantro and mint, this salad will brighten up any spread.
Spring Greens with Butter-Poached Radishes
This earthy salad is beautiful topped with buttery radishes.
Preserved Lemon Vinaigrette
Fantastic drizzled over salad greens!
How-To: Fava Beans
Our quick guide for peeling and prepping fresh fava beans!
Fava Bean Dip
This simple, fresh dip enhances the inherent nutty flavor of fava beans.
Radicchio Salad with Apples, Blue Cheese & Dried Cranberries
This beautiful salad is light and fresh, a perfect pairing for fall’s heartier pastas, risottos and soups.
Ingredients:
4 cups salad greens, washed and patted dry
1 cup radicchio, cored and thinly sliced
1 apple, cored and diced
½ cup crumbled blue cheese
¾ cup walnuts
¼ dried cranberries
Italian Parsley-Caper Vinaigrette (see recipe)
Fresh ground pepper
Method:
1. In large bowl combine the greens, radicchio and apple slices. Drizzle about ¼ cup of the vinaigrette over the salad and toss to incorporate, then add more as desired. Top salad with crumbled blue cheese, walnuts and dried cranberries. Add fresh ground pepper over if needed.
