9 salad dates shaved Recipes

kumquats, baby arugula, flat leaf parsley, dates, pitted and diced (preferably medjool), parmesan cheese , shavings (made with vegetable peeler), lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, kosher salt , to taste, pepper , to taste

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

garlic clove, minced and mashed to a paste with 1/2 tsp. coarse kosher salt, freshly ground black pepper, balsamic vinegar, extra-virgin olive oil, grapefruit, navel oranges, pitted whole medjool dates (about 15), heads radicchio , torn into bite-size pieces, parmesan cheese shavings (each about 1 in.; see notes), divided, roasted almonds, divided

brussels sprouts, cleaned and shaved on mandoline, arugula, shaved red onion, smoked almonds, chopped, hard-boiled eggs , seperated and seived, chopped pitted dates, dijon mustard, olive oil, balsamic vinegar, shallot, diced, vanilla extract (pure if available), salt and pepper

gourmet salad greens, ripe bosc pears, lemon juice, pitted dates, finely chopped, chopped walnuts, extra-virgin olive oil, sherry vinegar, salt, black pepper, shaved manchego cheese

walnuts, shallot, minced, sherry wine vinegar, walnut oil, extra virgin olive oil, salt & freshly ground black pepper, celery , thinly sliced on the bias (2 lb), dried pitted medjool dates , quartered lengthwise, dry pecorino cheese, shaved with a vegetable peeler

balsamic vinegar, walnut oil, champagne vinegar or white wine vinegar, arugula, red delicious or fuji apples, unpeeled, cored, thinly sliced, spanish manchego cheese or sharp white cheddar cheese, shaved, pitted dates, sliced, caramelized walnuts, shallots, minced