In need of: a delicious salad recipe for Thanksgiving

Criteria: fall produce, fresh, zesty (all to help break up the carb-y dishes) 🙃

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In need of: a delicious salad recipe for Thanksgiving

Criteria: fall produce, fresh, zesty (all to help break up the carb-y dishes) 🙃

em · Answer

Squash and Radicchio Salad with Pecans: a delicious mix of raw and roasted elements. sweet from the squash and pear. tangy from the mustard and lemon. slightly bitter from the radicchio. umami from the parmesan.

Laura · Answer

shaved brussels salad: i love this bc it functions more as a formula than as a recipe, and it smashes every single time. mandolin (or thinly slice) a bunch of fresh brussels sprouts and an apple or two, then add:

any nut (hazelnuts, candied pecans, slivered almonds, pumpkin seeds, etc.)

plus

any tart red fruit (dried cranberries, pomegranate seeds, etc.)

plus

any cheese (crumbled goat, cubed white cheddar, even blue would work)

i dress with EVOO, dijon mustard, salt, pepper, a pinch of sugar, and whatever acid (i like apple cider vinegar for thanksgiving but you could do lemon juice, red wine vinegar, etc.)

Brigid · Answer

Smitten Kitchen Brussels sprout salad: i have made this one for many Thanksgivings and it is always a hit

Brigid · Answer

Bring a shaved fennel salad to a party: I make shaved fennel salads for entertaining constantly, but they’re the best this time of year. I brought one to a potluck last night and got some of the greatest cooking compliments of my life.

Shave some fennel on the mandoline and it is immediately a great vehicle for stone fruit, nuts, herbs, and a fun dressing.

last night’s: fennel, spicy green sauce (a fridge staple), pine nuts, quartered cherries, hibiscus flowers that had been rehydrated and then soaked in champagne vinegar, tarragon, mint, cilantro, parsley, more pine nuts, and a hibiscus vinaigrette made with the champagne vinegar that had been in with the jamaica

Clara · Answer

Fennel salad and/or celery root remoulade: For the fennel salad: Thinly slice a suitable number of fennel bulbs (a mandoline is a great tool for this particular job). Dress to taste with EVOO, lemon juice, cracked black pepper, salt, and slivered Parmesan.

Alternatively, remoulade recipe linked.

eva h · Answer

Fall Salad With Apples, Cheddar and Crispy Sage: we used cougar gold for the cheddar and it was SO good