• 1 head romaine, finely chopped
• 2 plum tomatoes, small diced
• 1 green bell pepper, small diced
• ½ red onion, small diced
• ½ cup kalamata olives, chopped
• 1 handful parsley, chopped
• 1 lemon, juiced
• 1 tsp dried oregano or zaatar
Optional: goat feta, cubed
Toss all ingredients together.
• 1 lg seedless cucumber (or use several kirbys, Persians, etc…if using waxy cucumbers, peel the skin)
• ½ medium red onion, small diced
• 1 tsp dill, chopped
• 1 lemon, juice
• s/p to taste
Toss all ingredients together.
• 4 medium roasted beets, cubed**
• ½ medium red onion, small diced
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 1 tsp thyme, picked off sprigs
• ½ grapefruit, juice and zest
• s/p to taste
Toss all ingredients together.
• Want this recipe raw? Substitute roasted beets for raw shredded or julienned beets for easier absorption of marinade.
• Wrap whole beets, skin on with tinfoil, in preheated 400 degree oven for 45 min to 1 hour or till soft when pierced with knife. To remove skins easily, throw the warm beets in paper bag and rub the bag till skin slides off.
• 4 carrots, sliced (1/8 inch on a diagonal works best)
• 1 clove garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp parsley, chopped
• 1/8 tsp smoked paprika or regular paprika
• 1 lemon, juice and zest
• s/p to taste
Salt the carrots and let sit for half an hour or more. Rinse off salt and add rest of ingredients.
• 3 oz raw semi-soft goat or sheep cheese at room temperature
• 1 zucchini, peeled and chopped
• 1 garlic, minced
• 2 tbsp parsley, chopped
• 1 tbsp of chives, tarragon, oregano or thyme
• 1 lemon, zest & juice
• s/p to taste
Combine all ingredients in a food processor. Thin out with water or more lemon to make it zestier. You can use raw goat milk or a yogurt if you have on hand. Go for a rustic but still easy to flow kind of sauce. Just like a Caesar Salad, eat it with romaine, cherry tomatoes, add more grated raw goat if you like or more lemon, be generous with the cracked black pepper; it stands up to it!
Alternatively, you can keep the sauce thick and use it as a sauce for crudite; carrots, cucumber, zucchini, celery, etc. Or roast vegetables; asparagus, cauliflower, red bell peppers, radicchio and serve the sauce on the side.
Seriously, I’ve witnessed as a whole room when silent when I severed this creamy herby sauce drizzled on top of a whole branzino or a filet of cod that had been roasted with lemon and sliced red onions. I love it when I get comments like, “I’m allowed to eat that?” OH YEAH YOU CAN!
