HAPPY NEW YEAR EASY SALADS

HAPPY NEW YEAR.

Here are some easy ideas to make the preparations easier for the long week end of entertaining.

Make double the quantities of grilled vegetables and salads. Do not put dressings and do not cut the tomatoes and cucumbers. Just wash everything and keep in plastic dishes or packets, to be combined at the last minute.

 BABY LEAVES, BEETROOT, PEARS AND GRATED GOATS CHEESE.

Wash and trim baby leaves. Spin dry. Arrange them on a flat plate. Cut up four or five cooked and peeled beetroot into cubes, add thinly sliced pears, grated goats cheese and a tasty dressing of balsamic, olive oil and salt and pepper. I  toast brown bread and cut into thin strips and  sauté them in a little olive oil. Arrange them on top.

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ZUCCHINI, LEEKS AND APPLES.

Slice six zucchini, a cup full of thinly sliced leeks, two diced apples, three or four sliced figs, two sliced onions and three cloves of garlic. Sauté all of this with vegetable salt and pepper and  thinly sliced yellow pepper.

When done place it all of a bed of lettuce and sprinkle with a few tablespoons of chopped parsley over it all.  Serve with hot bread and butter.

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 CHERRY TOMATOES, GARLIC CLOVES, AND  SPICES.

 Wash two cups of cherry tomatoes, four or five garlic cloves and chopped basil and four or five bay leaves. Place the pricked tomatoes and cloves of garlic in a pie dish in circles. I oil the dish with olive oil. Arranger the chopped basil  over it and a few bay leaves on the side of the dish. Sprinkle olive oil and bake in a medium oven for twenty minutes. Serve with grated feta cheese on top and a baked potato or  quinoa.

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MUSHROOMS, CREAM AND  HERBS

Use a few cups of mixed mushrooms. Slice and arrange in an oven dish. Cover with low fat cream, vegetable salt, three crushed garlic cloves, two thinly sliced onions or a cup of shallots. Sprinkle a few tablespoons of olive oil and half a teaspoon of black pepper. Cover and bake for twenty minutes in a medium oven   Serve on a bed of cooked polenta. Use a large platter, place the polenta on the dish and pour over the mushrooms and sauce. Decorate with thinly grated parmesan cheese.

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 Have lots of carrots and fresh tomatoes, cucumbers, radish, kohlrabi, apples and grapes on hand for quick salads. Grapes can be added to any green salad. Kohlrabi can be used in any stir fried dish. Cooked beets are great for salads and with any greens like spinach.

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Have a lovely week end, fun and happy meals.---------------------------------

Love AND LIGHT   RONA