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Summer squash salad recipe

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Ingredients 

  • 1 small summer squash, grated
  • 1 small zucchini squash, grated
  • 1 stalk green onions, thinly sliced
  • 1 tomato, diced
  • Salt and pepper to taste
  • 2 cups Fresh baby spinach, washed and drained
  • 4 -5 radishes, halved, and thickly sliced
  • 1 cup sliced ripe olives, drained

Picture by Helena Munoz

Instructions

  • Mix first four ingredients.
  • Add salt and pepper.
  • Place 1/2 cup spinach on each plate.
  • Scoop 1/4 of the mixture onto spinach.
  • Decorate with radishes.
  • Add olives and enjoy.

Optional

  1. Omit ripe olives
  2. Add avocado slices on the side
  3. Drizzle with extra virgin olive oil and/or freshly squeezed lemon juice.

SERVES 4

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Receta Pico de gallo

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© Foto por Rhodi Alers de López

Ingredientes

  • 1 taza de tomates, cortados en cubitos
  • 1 taza repollo, finamente picado
  • 1/4 jalapeño fresco, sin semillas, finamente picado
  • 2 cucharadas de cilantrillo fresco, finamente picado
  • Jugo de un limón amarillo grande (aproximadamente 3 cucharadas)
  • Sal a gusto

Mezcle todos los ingredientes. Disfrute con tacos, quesadillas, nachos y otros platos favoritos, o simplemente, como una especie de ensalada. Pruébelo con tortillas y frijoles.

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Easy Pico de gallo recipe

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© Picture by Rhodi Alers de López

Ingredients

  • 1 Cup cubed tomatoes
  • 1 Cup white cabbage, finely chopped
  • 1/4 fresh jalapeño, seeded, finely chopped
  • 2 TBSP cilantro, finely chopped
  • Juice from 1 large, yellow lemon, (approximately 3 TBSP.)
  • Salt to taste

Mix all the ingredients. Enjoy on tacos, quesadillas, nachos, and other family favorites.

Try it with tortillas and homemade refried beans!

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Green lima bean fennel salad recipe

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Receta: Ensalada de habas limas e hinojo en ESPAÑOL aquí

Green lima bean fennel salad

Ingredients

  • 3 red lettuce leave, washed
  • 1 cup grated carrots
  • 1 cup green frozen lima beans that have been cooked wih salt and garlic, well drained
  • About 1 cup finely chopped fennel bulb
Red leaf lettuce
Fennel/ hinojo

Procedure

  • Wash and break with hand the lettuce leaves. Place in salad dish or bowl.
  • Add grated carrots and lima beans.
  • Add fennel.
  • Toss.
  • Add your favorite dressing.
  • NOTE: Combines well with avocado.
Fennel / hinojo
Green lima bean fennel salad- Photo by Rhodi Alers de Lopez ©2022
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Red cabbage salad

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Receta en español

Ingredients:

1 large carrot, washed, peeled and grated.

1 raw beet, washed, peeled and grated.

1/2 cup red cabbage, grated or thinly cut.

Procedure: Mix all the vegetables. Add dressing. Enjoy.

Dressing:
1 TBSP extra virgin olive oil
1 pinh of salt
1 pinch of “Raw” sugar
Juice of 1 yellow lemon amarillo (aprox 1.5 TBSP)

Mix well.

Optional: Refrigerate before serving. Enjoy!

©Rhodi Alers de López

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Ensalada de repollo morado

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Recipe en English

FOTO por Rhodi Alers de López

Ingredientes:

1 zanahoria grande, lavada, pelada y rallada
1 remolacha cruda, lavada, pelada y rallada
1 1/2 taza de repollo rojo, rallado o finamente picado

Mezclar todos los vegetales. Añador aderezo.

Aderezo:
1 Cucharada aceite oliva extra virgen
1 pizca de sal
1 pizca azúcar “Raw”
Jugo de 1 limón amarillo (aprox 1.5 cucharadas)

Mezclar bien. Si desea, puede enfriar antes de servirlo. Disfrute.

©Rhodi Alers de López

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Lima black olives colorful salad

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Receta en Español

-3/4 cup green Lima beans, cooked in salted water and with a garlic clove

-1/2 cup frozen corn, cooked with salt

-1/2 cup frozen french style green beans, cooked with salt

-3 small sweet peppers in different colors: yellow, orange and red, sliced

-3/4 cup black olives, drained, sliced

-1 tsp thinly sliced green onions

-1/4 cup stringless sugar snap peas, sliced

-1 tbsp finely chopped cilantro

Dressing: Serve with Easy Garlic Cilantro dressing

Colorful Lima, black olives salad
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Easy garlic cilantro dressing

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Receta en Español

In a glass container mix the following:

1/2 cup extra virgin cold pressed olive oil

1/3 cup freshly squeezed lemon juice.

3 large cloves garlic, finely grated

2 TBSP finely chopped red onion

1 compacted TBSP cilantro, finely chopped

Salt to taste

Makes approximately 1 cup dressing.

Store in refrigerator. Let set at room temperature and stir before serving over your favorite salad. Use dressing within three days.

Garlic cilantro dressing
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Fácil aderezo de ajo y cilantrillo

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Coloque en un envase de cristal lo siguiente:

1/2 taza de aceite de oliva extra virgen, prensado en frío

1/3 taza de jugo de limón maduro recién exprimido

3 dientes de ajo grandes, rallados finamente

2 cucharadas de cebolla roja, finamente picada

1 cucharada apretada de cilantrillo, finamente picado

Sal a gusto.

Mezcle bien.

Rinde aproximadamente 1 taza.

Guardar en refrigeradora. Antes de servirlo, déjelo reposar a temperatura ambiente hasta que aceite esté líquido, ya que el frío lo espesa un poco. Revuelva. Sirva sobre su ensalada favorita.

Consumir dentro de los próximos tres días.

Aderezo de Ajo y Cilantrillo por Rhodi Alers de López
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Colorida ensalada de aceitunas negras & habas lima

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Recipe in English

-3/4 taza habas lima cocidas en agua con sal y un diente de ajo

-1/2 taza maíz congelado, cocido con sal a gusto

-1/2 taza habichuelas tiernas, estilo francés, cocida con sal a gusto.

-3 pimientos dulces pequeños de diferentes colores: rojo, amarillo, anaranjado, cortados en rodajas

-3/4 taza aceitunas negras, escurridas, y cortadas en rodajas

-1 cucharadita de cebollines verdes, finamente picados

-1/4 taza de guisantes verdes en vaina (stringless sugar snap peas),

-1 Cucharada de cilantrillo, finamente picado

Aderezo: Aliñe con Fácil aderezo de Ajo y Cilantrillo

ENSALADA de aceitunas negras y habas lima