11 bean and salad with date Recipes

avocado or 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice, fine grain pink himalayan or grey sea salt, sliced shallots, salad, sliced carrots , cut 1/4-inch thick on deep bias, sprouted white beans, scant 1/4 cup chopped fresh dill, date sugar, sliced or slivered raw almonds

salami, try : salami felino, finocchiona, napolitano, soppressata or cacciatore or a bit of each., bacon bits or small pieces of kielbasa or other such flavourful sausage., shaved smoked ham ., olives , basic lack or kalamata type, red, pink, green or brown., artichokes, fresh , in a jar or whatever. i like fresh., mushrooms , , . puffballs, morels, oyster, button, straw, porto bella, shitake, etc., tomatoes , please use vine ripened., fresh mug bean or alfalfa sprouts., peppers , bell, anaheim, whatever suits., fresh melon , cantaloupe, honey dew, etc., asparagus tips. again , fresh is best but any kind in a pinch; or use fresh spinach., cheese. take your pick according to your taste. different taste in cheese really changes the whole salad., cooked beetroot. fresh is best but canned will do. drain well ., baby (miniature) corn cobs; well drained ., olive oil. i use the old fashioned kind to get more flavour., some good wine vinegar, smoked salmon. if you can tsp get good smoked salmon don tsp use any ., braised small medallions of spiced beef , lamb, pork, fowl, alligator, etc. dice into 2 by 2 cubes. take your pick or do two or three kinds and let your table mates choose. cook to taste, cool before serving., shrimp , crab, lobster, squid, fish, etc. if it needs cooking do that and let it cool., boiled egg sliced ., salad dressings of your choice., seeded dates ., raw cauliflower or broccoli., sunflower seeds or your choice of nuts., sliced tomatoes & sliced bell or anaheim peppers., fresh endive or iceberg lattice. try the tinder tips of watercress, romaine lattice, etc., sliced maui onion. if you can tsp get maui onions get the mildest you can find ., anything i forgot

plain yogurt, fresh vanilla bean , seeds removed, reserve bean for another use, sugar, cantaloupe, rind removed & fruit cut up, fresh strawberries, hulled & quartered, dates, roughly chopped, bittersweet chocolate, grated

water, dates (about 4 oz), pitted, finely chopped, fresh lime juice, extra-virgin olive oil, dried oregano, honey, ground cumin, ground coriander, black beans, rinsed, drained, chopped red bell pepper, chopped yellow bell pepper, chopped green bell pepper, chopped red onion, chopped fresh parsley

carrot (cut on the diagonal in 1/2 pieces), extra virgin olive oil, honey, cinnamon, sweet smokey paprika, feta cheese (crumbled ) or 1 (4 oz) package goat cheese (crumbled), medjool dates (seeds removed and quartered on the long axis), garbanzo beans (drained ), couscous, vegetable stock, lemon (reserved for juice), white sesame seeds, black sesame seed, fresh cilantro leaves (chopped ), sea salt, black pepper

fresh green beans, salt, olive oil, lemon juice, sliced green onions, pepper, ground cumin, lettuce leaves, shredded cheddar or pepper jack cheese

cooked rice, green peppers chopped, stalks celery, cooked red kidney beans, parsley, salad oil, cider vinegar, water, paprika, prepared horseradish, onion salt, ground red pepper

water, dates, pitted and finely chopped (about 4 oz), fresh lime juice (i ve used lemon juice, too), olive oil, dried oregano, honey, ground cumin, ground coriander (i omit), black beans, drained and rinsed, chopped red bell pepper, chopped yellow bell pepper, chopped green bell pepper, chopped red onion, chopped fresh parsley

water, salt, couscous, extra-virgin olive oil, fresh lemon juice, generous ) grated lemon peel, ground cardamom, garbanzo beans (chickpeas), drained, chopped pitted dates, almonds, toasted, minced fresh cilantro, minced green onions, fresh cilantro sprigs