Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad

Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad
Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad

This Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad is oil-free, fresh and clean. It’s easy and quick to put together and you can basically taste the health. You won’t even need to whisk up a vinaigrette. Try it and let me know how you feel.

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

Check out the Livity Mango Salad for another great oil-free salad using grapefuit.

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Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 12 servings 1x
  • Method: Raw

Ingredients

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  • 12 fennel bulbs, shaved on a mandolin or cut as thin as you can (about 2 cups)
  • 1 grapefruit
  • 1/2 avocado
  • 1/8 teaspoon red chili flakes
  • Pinch of black salt (or coarse sea salt)

Instructions

Place the shaved fennel on a serving platter. Cut the avocado in small cubes and place on top of the fennel. Cut the grapefruit into segments, over a bowl, in order to keep the juice (I do this directly on top of the serving platter, sprinkling the avocado at the same time to preserve their color). Add the grapefruit segments to the platter. Drizzle with the grapefruit juice, sprinkle with red chili flakes and black salt. Eat.

Keywords: fennel, avocado, grapefruit, salad, raw

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Salade de fenouil, avocat et pamplemousse

Cette recette, sans huile, crie la fraรฎcheur et la santรฉ. Elle est si simple ร  rรฉaliser, vous n’avez mรชme pas ร  faire de vinaigrette! Essayez-la et dites-moi ce que vous en pensez!

  • Author: livitygardens
  • Prep Time: 10 minutes
  • Total Time: 10 minutes
  • Yield: 12 portions 1x
  • Method: Crudivore

Ingredients

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  • 12 bulbes de fenouil, taillรฉs en fines lamelles ร  la mandoline, ou le plus mince possible (environ 2 tasses)
  • 1 pamplemousse
  • 1/2 avocat
  • 1/8 c. ร  thรฉ de piments de chili rouges broyรฉs
  • Pincรฉe de sel noir (ou de sel de mer)

Instructions

Dรฉposer le fenouil sur une assiette de service. Couper l’avocat en petits cubes et dรฉposer sur le fenouil. Couper le pamplemousse en segments, au-dessus d’un bol afin de rรฉcupรฉrer le jus (j’accomplis cette tรขche directement au-dessus de l’assiette de service, en arrosant l’avocat). Dรฉposer les segments de pamplemousse sur l’assiette. Arroser du jus de pamplemousse, et saupoudrer de piments de chili broyรฉs et de sel noir. Dรฉvorer.

Keywords: fenouil, avocat, pamplemousse, crudivore, salad, sans huile

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Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad
Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

Pasta salad can be extremely boring and unappetizing, or supremely colorful and healthy. I choose the latter with this Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad. So instead of spending time dicing carrots and celery for the usual mayo and pasta party, I slice up some red cabbage and some baby broccoli. To that I can add some seasonal fruit, red pepper, roasted pumpkin seeds, and a handful of fresh herbs. I then toss this goodness up with quinoa pasta and dress it with a creamy avocado vinaigrette. It’s pretty, it’s healthy, and it’s seriously nutritious. The kids also love it, which means extra points for me!

Note: At the beginning of the week (or on Sunday), I chop up all the vegetables I’ll use for the salad. I keep them in a resealable container and have them handy throughout the week. This salad is also great for lunches, and you can also layer it in Mason jars for al fresco dining.

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Creamy Avocado Vinaigrette for Pasta Salad

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 avocado, peeled and seeded
  • 1/3 cup avocado oil
  • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 3 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
  • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
  • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

Instructions

Place the avocado, the oil, the lemon juice, the apple cider vinegar, and the maple syrup in a blender (I use a hand held mixer to purรฉe everything). Add sea salt and pepper, to taste. Serve with cut up raw vegetables, your favorite pasta, cooked, and top with roasted pumpkin seeds. Let me know what you think! Bon appรฉtit!

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Vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  l’avocat pour salade de pรขtes

Les salades de pรขtes peuvent รชtre ennuyeuses et monotones, mais elles peuvent aussi รชtre allรฉchantes et nutritives. Alors au lieu de perdre du temps ร  couper des carottes et du cรฉleri, optez plutรดt pour la kale et le bรฉbรฉ brocoli. Ajoutez-y des fruits de saison, du poivron rouge, des graines de citrouille grillรฉes, et une poignรฉe d’herbes fraรฎches. Mรฉlangez cet arc-en-ciel de santรฉ avec des pรขtes de quinoa, cuites au prรฉalable, et une gรฉnรฉreuse touche de vinaigrette crรฉmeuse ร  l’avocat. C’est beau, c’est santรฉ, et c’est hyper nutritif. Les enfants aussi en raffolent.

Petit truc: en dรฉbut de semaine, ou le dimanche, je prรฉpare tous les lรฉgumes dรฉsirรฉs pour la salade. Je les conserve dans un contenant hermรฉtique, dans lequel je peux aller piger durant la semaine. Cette salade est parfaite pour les lunchs. Vous pouvez mรชme la dรฉposer en รฉtages dans des pots Mason pour les repas ร  l’extรฉrieur.

  • Author: Karine K

Ingredients

Scale
  • 1 avocat, pelรฉ et dรฉnoyautรฉ
  • 1/3 tasse d’huile d’avocat
  • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron
  • 3 c. ร  soupe di vinaigre de cidre de pomme
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
  • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

Instructions

Dรฉposer l’avocat, l’huile, le jus de citron, le vinaigre de cidre, et le sirop d’รฉrable dans un mรฉlangeur (j’utilise un mรฉlangeur ร  main). Mรฉlanger jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une consistance onctueuse. Ajouter le sel de mer et le poivre, au goรปt. Servir avec un mรฉlange de lรฉgumes crus variรฉs, des pรขtes prรฉalablement cuites, et garnir de graines de citrouilles grillรฉes. Dites-moi ce que vous en pensez! Bon appรฉtit!

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Grilled Fennel, Kale, and Orange Salad

Grilled Fennel, Kale and Orange Salad
Grilled Fennel, Kale and Orange Salad

This grilled fennel, kale, and orange salad is one that could easily be made without grilling the fennel. You could slice it very thin and toss your salad same way. But by grilling the fennel, you open the door to a burst of different flavors and textures that will make you grill the fennel next time around as well! The key here is to have deep char marks on your fennel before turning it over. You want it to be caramelized. And it takes some time. It’s very hands off, but you have to be there to turn!

If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

If you love fennel as much as I do, you will also enjoy this Quick Fennel and Garbanzo Beans Soup and this Shaved Fennel, Avocado, and Grapefruit Salad.

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Grilled Fennel, Kale, and Orange Salad

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

Scale
  • 2 large fennel bulbs, trimmed and cut in halves (you can keep some of the fennel fronds to decorate the plate)
  • 2 large oranges, one zested then juiced, the other cut in supremes
  • 1 bunch lacinato kale, cut in a chiffonade
  • 1 small shallot, minced
  • 1 teaspoon old style Dijon mustard (the grainy one)
  • 1/2 cup olive oil, plus more to oil the fennel halves
  • 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup (or to taste)
  • Sea salt and pepper

Instructions

Start a grill over medium-high heat. Rub the fennel halves with some olive oil and season liberally with sea salt and pepper. Place the fennel cut-side down on the hot grill and cook, covered, until deep char marks appear on the flat side of the fennel halves. Turn and repeat the process on the other side. You can turn again and cook some more if your grill isn’t too hot. If the grill is too hot, transfer the fennel halves to the non heated zone of your grill (or on the little warming shelf many grills have). Cover and let cook some more until you obtain a very cooked, sweet tasting, and aromatic fennel.

While the fennel is cooking, make the vinaigrette by combining the orange juice, the orange zest, the shallot, Dijon, olive oil, maple syrup, and salt and pepper. Whisk until smooth, taste and adjust seasonings.

Toss the kale in a large bowl with a little bit of the vinaigrette and massage with your hands for one minute. Plate and set aside. Once the fennel is cooked, transfer to a cutting board and slice thin, discarding the cores. Transfer to the plate on top of the kale. Top with the orange supremes, some vinaigrette, and the fennel fronds.

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Salade de kale avec fenouil grillรฉ et orange

Vous pouvez prรฉparer cette salade de kale sans griller le fenouil, ou en le faisant revenir ร  la poรชle jusqu’ร  ce qu’il soit tendre et caramรฉlisรฉ. Vous pouvez aussi le trancher trรจs mince et omettre la cuisson. Mais en le grillant, on ouvre la porte ร  une plethora de saveurs qui ne dรฉรงoivent pas.

Si vous optez pour la cuisson du fenouil, allez-y ร  fond. La clรฉ est d’obtenir des bulbes tendres et caramรฉlisรฉs. Et รงa prends un peu de temps. C’est nullement difficile, mais vous devez y consacrer le temps nรฉcessaire. ร‡a vaut le coup!

  • Author: Karine K
  • Prep Time: 5 minutes
  • Cook Time: 30 minutes
  • Total Time: 35 minutes

Ingredients

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  • 2 gros bulbes de fenouil, parรฉs et coupรฉs et deux fennel bulbs, trimmed and cut in halves (vous pouvez conserver des feuilles pour dรฉcorer)
  • 2 grosses oranges, une le zeste enlevรฉ et le jus pressรฉ et mis de cรดtรฉ, l’autre coupรฉe en suprรชmes
  • 1 botte de kale lacinato, coupรฉ en chiffonnade
  • 1 petite รฉchalote franรงaise, รฉmincรฉe
  • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde ร  l’ancienne
  • 1/2 tasse d’huile d’olive, plus 2 c. ร  thรฉ pour le fenouil (si vous le grillez)
  • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable (ou au goรปt)
  • Sel de mer et poivre du moulin

    Instructions

    Chauffer le grill ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Badigeonner les moitiรฉs de fenouil avec les 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’huile d’olive et assaisonner de sel et de poivre. Placer le fenouil, partie coupรฉe vers le bas, sur le grill chaud, ร  couvert, et cuire jusqu’ร  ce que des marques de cuisson prononcรฉes apparaissent. Tourner et rรฉpรฉter de l’autre cรดtรฉ. Rรฉpรฉter le processus ou placer le fenouil sur une partie moins chaude du grill, s’il commence ร  brรปler. Couvrir et cuire ร  nouveau jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’un fenouil tendre, aromatique et caramรฉlisรฉ.

    Pendant que le fenouil cuit sur le grill, prรฉparer la vinaigrette. Combiner le jus d’orange, le zeste d’orange, l’รฉchalote, la moutarde, l’huile d’olive, le sirop d’รฉrable, le sel et le poivre. Bien mรฉlanger.

    Dans un grand bol, placer le kale. Verser un peu de la vinaigrette et masser avec les mains pendant une minute. Placer ensuite sur une assiette de service.Un fois le fenouil cuit, trancher mince, jusqu’au coeur. Placer dรฉlicatement sur le kale. Garnir ensuite des suprรชmes d’orange, de la vinaigrette, et des feuilles de fenouil.

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    Leeks with Herb Vinaigrette

    Leeks with Herbs Vinaigrette
    Leeks with Herbs Vinaigrette

    This Leeks with Herb Vinaigrette recipe is one of the best ways to incorporate leeks in your diet. This recipe makes the leeks soft and smooth, and a lot of people that don’t even like leeks fall in love with their silkiness in this dish. Plus it’s super quick, easy, and perfect for company. Try it, you’ll understand!

    If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

    If you’re like me and you love leeks, try this Shiitake and Leek Spaghetti or this Potato and Leek Soup.

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    Leeks with Herb Vinaigrette

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 15 minutes
    • Total Time: 20 minutes

    Ingredients

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    • 4 large leeks, cleaned and cut into 1” logs
    • 1/4 cup olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons Dijon mustard, or old fashion mustard
    • 3 tablespoons white wine vinegar
    • 3 green onions, minced
    • 2 tablespoons parsley, minced (plus 1/4 cup to garnish)
    • 1 tablespoon tarragon, minced (optional)
    • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    In a large pot of salted, boiling water, cook the leeks until they are tender, about 15 minutes. Drain and rinse under cold running water. Drain well with paper towels. In a small mixing bowl, add the olive oil, mustard, wine vinegar, green onions, 2 tablespoons parsley, and 1 tablespoon tarragon, if using. Mix well. Taste and season with sea salt and pepper. Place the leeks in a large serving platter, top with the vinaigrette and the leftover 1/4 cup parsley.

    Keywords: leeks, herbs, salad

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    Poireaux ร  la vinaigrette aux herbes

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 15 minutes
    • Total Time: 20 minutes

    Ingredients

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    • 4 gros poireaux, nettoyรฉs et coupรฉs en rondelles de 1 pouce
    • 1/4 tasse d’huile d’olive
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de moutarde de Dijon ou ร  l’ancienne
    • 3 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de vin blanc
    • 3 oignons verts, รฉmincรฉs
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de persil, รฉmincรฉ (plus 1/4 tasse comme garniture)
    • 1 c. ร  soupe d’estragon, รฉmincรฉ
    • Sel et poivre, au goรปt

    Instructions

    Dans une grande casserole d’eau bouillante salรฉe, cuire les poireaux environ 15 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce qu’ils soient tendres. ร‰goutter et passer sous l’eau froide, pour arrรชter la cuisson. Sรฉcher ร  l’aide de papier absorbant. Dans un petit bol ร  mรฉlanger, ajouter l’huile d’olive, la moutarde, le vinaigre de vin, les oignons verts, le persil, et l’estragon, si dรฉsirรฉ, et bien mรฉlanger. Assaisonner de sel et de poivre, au goรปt. Dรฉposer les poireaux sur une grande assiette de service, verser la vinaigrette, et garnir de persil.

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    Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

    Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette
    Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

    This Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette is a great dish to bring to a potluck. The salad can be made ahead of time, without the vinaigrette, and kept refrigerated until serving time. Just toss with the vinaigrette right before serving.

    If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

    If you love quinoa, be sure to check out the following recipes: Cashew Quinoa Crunch and Quinoa Pasta Salad.

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    Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Total Time: 10 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 2 cups cooked quinoa, from 1 dry cup (keep the leftovers for another dish)
    • 3 large kale leaves, cut in a chiffonade
    • 2 tablespoons lime juice, separated
    • 1 ear fresh corn, shucked
    • 1 apple, cored and diced
    • 1 pear, cored and diced
    • 1 mango, peeled and diced
    • 1/3 cup red onion, diced small
    • 1/3 cup pecans, toasted
    • 1/3 cup olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons ponzu
    • 1 teaspoon ume plum vinegar (or red wine vinegar)
    • Sea salt and fresh pepper

    Instructions

    In a large salad bowl, place the kale, and add 1 tablespoon lime juice. Massage the kale with your hands about 1 minute. Add the quinoa, corn, apple, pear, mango, red onion, and toasted pecans. Mix well.

    In a small bowl, whisk the olive oil, ponzu, 1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, and vinegar. Season well with sea salt and pepper. If you are serving right away, pour the vinaigrette over the salad and mix well. If you are wanting to bring your dish somewhere or eat later, store the salad and the vinaigrette in the fridge separately, and toss right before serving.

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    Salade de quinoa aux fruits frais et vinaigrette au ponzu

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Total Time: 10 minutes
    • Yield: 4 portions 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 2 tasses de quinoa cuit (cuire 1 tasse de quinoa sec et conserver les restes pour un autre usage)
    • 3 grande feuilles de kale, coupรฉes en chiffonnade
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime frais
    • Les grains de 1 รฉpi de maรฏs
    • 1 pomme, รฉpรฉpinรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
    • 1 poire, รฉpรฉpinรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
    • 1 mangue, pelรฉe et coupรฉe en dรฉs
    • 1/3 tasse d’oignon rouge, coupรฉ en dรฉs
    • 1/3 tasse de noix de pรฉcan, grillรฉes
    • 1/3 tasse d’huile d’olive
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de sauce Ponzu
    • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de vinaigre de vin rouge
    • Sel de mer et poivre noir

    Instructions

    Dans un grand bol ร  salade, dรฉposer le kale et ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime. Masser le kale avec les mains pendant une minute. Ajouter le quinoa, le maรฏs, la pomme, la poire, la mangue, l’oignon rouge, et les noix de pรฉcan. Bien mรฉlanger.

    Dans un petit bol, fouetter l’huile d’olive, la sauce Ponzu, 1 c.ร  soupe de jus de lime, et le vinaigre de vin rouge. Assaisonner de sel de mer et de poivre. Au moment de servir, verser la vinaigrette sur la salade et bien mรฉlanger.

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    Millet Salad with Strawberry and Black Bean

    Millet Salad with Strawberries and Black Beans
    Millet Salad with Strawberries and Black Beans

    Enjoy strawberry season to the fullest with this Millet Salad with Strawberries and Black Beans. And when strawberry season is over, replace the fruit by any other seasonal fruit. This protein-rich millet salad can be eaten as a side dish, but it also makes a fabulous lunch. It is easy and quick to put together, and is chic enough for company.

    If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

    For other recipes with strawberries, check out this Mango-Strawberry Salsa and this Guilt-Free Strawberry Crumble.

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    Millet Salad with Strawberry and Black Bean

    • Author: Karine K

    Ingredients

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    • 2 cups strawberries, hulled and diced
    • 1/2 cup red onion, diced
    • 1 can black beans, rinsed and drained
    • 1 cup cooked millet
    • 1/3 cup pumpkin seeds, toasted
    • 4 tablespoons lime juice
    • 2 cloves garlic, minced
    • 2 teaspoons maple syrup
    • 1 teaspoon sea salt
    • 4 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons cilantro leaves, minced

    Instructions

    In a large salad bowl, mix together the strawberries, the red onion, the black beans, the millet, and the pumpkin seeds. Set aside.

    In a small bowl, whisk together the lime juice, garlic, maple syrup, sea salt, olive oil and cilantro leaves. Add to the salad bowl, mix well, and serve. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Salade de millet aux fraises et haricots noirs

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Total Time: 10 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x
    • Method: No-cook

    Ingredients

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    • 2 tasses de fraises fraรฎches, en dรฉs
    • 1/2 tasse d’oignon rouge, en dรฉsย 
    • 1 boรฎte de haricots noirs, rincรฉs et รฉgouttรฉs
    • 1 tasse de millet cuit (selon les directives sur l’emballage, garder les restes pour un autre usage)
    • 1/3 tasse de graines de citrouille, rรดties
    • 4 c. ร  soupe de jus de lime
    • 2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
    • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
    • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
    • 4 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉs

    Instructions

    Dans un grand bol ร  salade, mรฉlanger les fraises, l’oignon rouge, les haricots noirs, le millet cuit, et les graines de citrouille. Rรฉserver.

    Dans un petit bol, battre le jus de lime, l’ail, le sirop d’รฉrable, le sel de mer, l’huile d’olive, et la coriandre. Ajouter au bol ร  salade et bien mรฉlanger. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Cashew Quinoa Crunch

    Cashew Quinoa Crunch
    Cashew Quinoa Crunch

    This is a seriously simple quinoa recipe that is not only plant-based, but also gluten free. This Cashew Quinoa Crunch is perfect when you don’t have much time, or if you have leftover quinoa. You can add aromatics, sautรฉ some veggies, and done! The great thing here is that you can play with the ingredients. You can use whatever color quinoa you want, if you don’t have red onion, yellow is just fine. If you don’t have spinach, but your fridge is overloaded with kale, do that. Enjoy the simplicity!

    If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

    For more recipe ideas using quinoa, check out this Quinoa Salad with Fresh Fruits and Ponzu Vinaigrette.

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    Cashew Quinoa Crunch

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 25 minutes
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup quinoa (whichever color is fine)
    • 1 3/4 cup water
    • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
    • 3 tablespoons coconut or olive oil
    • 1/2 cup raw cashews
    • 3 cloves garlic, minced
    • 1 tablespoon fresh ginger, minced
    • 1 cup red onion, diced
    • 1 cup mushrooms, quartered
    • 1 large branch of celery, sliced 1/2″ thick
    • 3 tablespoons tamari (or soy sauce)
    • 2 large handful of spinach
    • 1/4 cup fresh cilantro, minced
    • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    Rinse the quinoa under cold running water, rubbing it with your hands, for a good minute. Drain. Drizzle a small amount of coconut oil in the bottom of a medium saucepan and heat over medium-high heat. Add the quinoa and toss until the water is absorbed and the quinoa starts to toast, about 1 minute. Add the water and the salt, and bring to a boil. Lower the heat, cover, and let cook over very low heat until all the water is absorbed, about 15 minutes. Take off the heat and keep covered for another 10 minutes.

    While the quinoa rests, heat 3 tablespoons of coconut oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add the cashews and sautรฉ until golden 2-3 minutes. Add the garlic, ginger, red onion, mushrooms, and celery, and sautรฉ until the onion is translucent and the mushrooms are cooked, about 5 minutes. Reduce the heat to low and add one tablespoon of the tamari. Mix well. Add the spinach and the cooked quinoa. Mix and cook slowly until the spinach starts to wilt, about 2 minutes. Add the last two tablespoons of tamari and the cilantro. Mix well. Serve garnished with more cilantro. Additional garnishes could be scallions, fresh lime, and coconut cream. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Bol rapide de quinoa ร  la noix de cajou

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 25 minutes
    • Total Time: 30 minutes
    • Yield: 4 portions 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 tasse de quinoa (peu importe la couleur)
    • 1 3/4 tasse d’eau
    • 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sel de mer
    • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile de coconut (ou d’olive)
    • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou
    • 3 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
    • 1 c. ร  soupe de gingembre frais, รฉmincรฉ
    • 1 tasse d’oignon rouge, en dรฉs
    • 1 tasse de champignons, en quartiers
    • 1 grosse branche de cรฉleri, coupรฉe en tranches de 1/2 pouce
    • 3 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari (ou soya)
    • 2 grosses poignรฉes d’รฉpinards
    • 1/4 tasse de coriandre fraรฎche, รฉmincรฉe
    • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

    Instructions

    Rincer le quinoa ร  grande eau pendant 1 minute. ร‰goutter. Verser un filet d’huile dans une casserole moyenne et chauffer ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter le quinoa et faire revenir pendant 1 minute. Ajouter l’eau et le sel, et porter ร  รฉbullition. Baisser le feu, couvrir et laisser mijoter ร  feu doux pendant 15 minutes. Retirer du feu et laisser reposer, couvert, pendant 10 minutes.

    Pendant ce temps, chauffer 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile dans une grande poรชle ร  feu moyen-vif. Ajouter les noix de cajou et faire revenir pendant 2 ร  3 minutes, jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient dorรฉes. Ajouter l’ail, le gingembre, l’oignon rouge, les champignons et le cรฉleri, et faire revenir jusqu’ร  ce que l’oignon soit translucide, environ 5 minutes. Rรฉduire le feu et ajouter 1 c. ร  soupe de sauce tamari. Ajouter l’รฉpinard et le quinoa. Brasser et cuire doucement pendant 2 minutes. Ajouter le reste de la sauce tamari, de la coriandre fraรฎche et assaisonner au goรปt. Servir garni de plus de coriandre, d’oignon vert, de quartiers de limette, ou de crรจme de coconut. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Farro, Kale, and Kohlrabi Salad with Dijon-Garlic Vinaigrette

    Farro, Kale, and Kohlrabi Salad with Dijon-Garlic Vinaigrette
    Farro, Kale, and Kohlrabi Salad with Dijon-Garlic Vinaigrette

    This Farro, Kale, and Kohlrabi Salad with Dijon-Garlic Vinaigrette is a meal in itself. You have all the nutrients needed here, and more. It is satisfying and hearty with the big pieces of toasted cashews, and the kohlrabi gives it a wonderful bite that goes beyond a simple salad. The vinaigrette is also great to use on any other salad you like.

    If you make this recipe, I’d love to see it. Please tag @LivityGardens on Instagram and use the hashtag #LivityGardens.

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    Farro, Kale, and Kohlrabi Salad with Dijon-Garlic Vinaigrette

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 30 minutes
    • Total Time: 40 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup farro, rinsed
    • 1 bunch kale
    • 1 large bulb kohlrabi
    • 2 large cloves garlic
    • 1 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
    • 2 tablespoons lemon juice
    • 1/3 cup olive oil
    • 1 1/2 teaspoon maple syrup
    • 1/2 cup raw cashews, toasted
    • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    In a medium pot, put the farro and 3 cups of water. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to medium-low, and simmer until tender, about 30 minutes. Drain excess water and place farro in a large salad bowl to cool.

    While the farro cools, prepare the kale and kohlrabi. Remove the stem from the kale leavesย  and slice the kale thinly. Peel the kohlrabi and cut into matchsticks. Put the kale and the kohlrabi in the salad bowl, with the farro. Add the toasted cashews.

    Now, make the vinaigrette. Mince the garlic. Add a generous sprinkle of salt and mash with a fork, until a paste forms. Place in a small bowl and add the Dijon, lemon juice, olive oil, and maple syrup. Season with sea salt and pepper, to taste. Whisk vigorously.

    When ready to serve, season the salad with the vinaigrette and serve as a main course, in shallow bowls. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Salade de farro avec kale, chou-rave et vinaigrette Dijon et ail

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 10 minutes
    • Cook Time: 30 minutes
    • Total Time: 40 minutes
    • Yield: 4 portions 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 tasse de farro, rincรฉ
    • 1 botte de chou kale
    • 1 bulbe de chou-rave
    • 2 gousses d’ail, รฉmincรฉes
    • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde Dijon
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de jus citron
    • 1/3 tasse d’huile d’olive
    • 1 1/2 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
    • 1/2 tasse de noix de cajou brutes, rรดties
    • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

    Instructions

    Dans une casserole moyenne, combiner le farro et 3 tasses d’eau. Porter ร  รฉbullition, rรฉduire le feu ร  moyen-bas, et laisser mijoter jusqu’ร  ce que le farro soit tendre, environ 30 minutes. ร‰goutter, placer dans un grand bol ร  salade et laisser refroidir.

    Pendant ce temps, prรฉparer le chou kale et le chou-rave. Retirer les queues du chou kale et couper les feuilles en fines laniรจres. Peler le chou-rave et couper en minces juliennes. Ajouter au bol ร  salade. Ajouter les noix de cajou et bien mรฉlanger.

    Pour faire la vinaigrette, placer l’ail sur une planche ร  dรฉcouper et ajouter une pincรฉe de sel. Piler avec une fourchette jusqu’ร  l’obtention d’une pรขte.ย  Placer dans un petit bol et ajouter la moutarde de Dijon, le jus de citron, l’huile d’olive et le sirop d’รฉrable. Fouetter. Assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Au moment de servir, ajouter la vinaigrette au bol ร  salade et bien mรฉlanger. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Red Cabbage Slaw

    Red Cabbage Slaw
    Red Cabbage Slaw

    This Red Cabbage Slaw, used on everything, from this burger to this jackfruit slider, is also perfect for spring rolls or as a yummy side to any main course. It’s bright, tasty, and colorful.

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    Red Cabbage Slaw

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Total Time: 5 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x
    • Method: No-cook

    Ingredients

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    • 1/2 small red cabbage, thinly sliced
    • 2 green onions, sliced thin
    • Handful fresh parsley, minced
    • 2 teaspoons Dijon mustard
    • 1 clove garlic, minced
    • 4 tablespoons olive oil
    • 2 tablespoons apple cider vinegar
    • 1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
    • 2 teaspoons maple syrup
    • 1 teaspoon sriracha
    • Sea salt and pepper, to taste

    Instructions

    Place cabbage, green onions and parsley in a mixing bowl. In a measuring cup, whisk together the Dijon mustard, garlic clove, the olive oil, apple cider vinegar, lemon juice, maple syrup and sriracha. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Add dressing to cabbage and toss well. Taste and adjust seasonings. Bon appรฉtit!

    Keywords: cabbage, slaw

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    Salade de chou rouge

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Total Time: 5 minutes
    • Method: Sans cuisson

    Ingredients

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    • 1/2 petit chou rouge, tranchรฉ mince
    • 2 oignons verts, tranchรฉs mince
    • Poignรฉe de persil frais, hachรฉ
    • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de moutarde de Dijon
    • 1 gousse d’ail, รฉmincรฉe
    • 4 c. ร  soupe d’huile d’olive
    • 2 c. ร  soupe de vinaigre de cidre de pomme
    • 1 c. ร  soupe de jus de citron frais
    • 2 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
    • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sriracha
    • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt

    Notes

    Placer le chou rouge, les oignons verts et le persil dans un bol ร  mรฉlanger. Dans un petit bol, mรฉlanger la moutarde de Dijon, l’ail, l’huile d’olive, le vinaigre de cidre, le jus de citron, le sirop d’รฉrable et la sauce sriracha. Assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre. Ajouter la vinaigrette ร  la salade de chou et bien mรฉlanger avec les mains. Assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre, si nรฉcessaire. Bon appรฉtit!

    Keywords: chou, salade

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    Lentil, Kale, and Green Bean Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette

    Lentil, Kale, and Green Bean Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette
    Lentil, Kale, and Green Bean Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette

    Talk about a super punch meal! You have everything you need in this Lentil, Kale, and Green Bean Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette to satisfy your body and soul. I used Chinese long beans because that’s what I had on hand, but feel free to use green beans. I’ve been getting the Chinese long beans in my CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) basket, and they are TASTY! They work perfectly in this recipe, and I get to use a big chunk of my bag in just one meal. The kids love this kale salad, too! The picture shows a time when I topped it with fresh figs, but they are not on the recipe. But be creative, add some things and experiment with your food. Love your food!

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    Lentil, Kale, and Green Bean Salad with Tarragon Vinaigrette

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 minutes
    • Total Time: 25 minutes
    • Yield: 4 servings 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 cup green lentils
    • 3 cups Chinese long beans (or any green beans), cut into bite-size pieces
    • 2 tablespoons red onion, minced
    • 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
    • 1 teaspoon maple syrup
    • 3 tablespoons grapeseed oil, plus more
    • 2 teaspoons fresh tarragon, minced
    • 2 cups Tuscan kale (or any kale), sliced thin
    • Sea salt and fresh pepper
    • Garnishes: toasted seeds, toasted pistachios

    Instructions

    Bring a pot of salted water to a boil, then add the lentils. Cook until just tender, drain, and rinse under cold water to stop the cooking process. Make sure your lentils still have a crunch to them, or they will disintegrate in the salad and it won’t look nice.

    Place a large skillet over medium-high heat. Add two big drizzles of grapeseed oil to the skillet and add the beans. Sprinkle with some sea salt and let cook, unturned, for about 4 minutes. Stir and turn the beans as much as possible to obtain a nice char on all sides. Cook for a total of 6-7 minutes. Remove from the heat and set aside.

    In a small bowl, whisk the red onion, Dijon mustard, maple syrup, grapeseed oil, and tarragon. Season to taste with sea salt and pepper.

    In a large salad bowl, place the lentils, the beans, the kale, and the vinaigrette. Mix well until evenly coated. Serve topped with toasted seeds and toasted pistachios. Bon appรฉtit!

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    Salade de lentilles, haricots verts et chou kale avec vinaigrette ร  l’estragon

    • Author: Karine K
    • Prep Time: 5 minutes
    • Cook Time: 20 minutes
    • Total Time: 25 minutes
    • Yield: 4 portions 1x

    Ingredients

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    • 1 tasse de lentilles vertes
    • 3 tasses de haricots verts ou jaunes, hachรฉs en morceaux de 1 pouce (2,5 cm)
    • 2 c. ร  soupe d’oignon rouge, รฉmincรฉ
    • 1 c. ร  soupe de moutarde de Dijon
    • 1 c. ร  thรฉ de sirop d’รฉrable
    • 3 c. ร  soupe d’huile de pรฉpin de raison
    • 2 c. ร  thรฉ d’estragon, รฉmincรฉ
    • 2 tasses de chou kale toscan (ou autre), hachรฉ finement
    • Sel de mer et poivre, au goรปt
    • Garnitures: graines rรดties, pistaches rรดties

    Instructions

    Dans une casserole moyenne, placer de l’eau et porter ร  รฉbullition. Ajouter une pincรฉe de sel de mer et les lentilles. Cuire jusqu’ร  ce qu’elles soient tendres, mais pas trop cuites, de 15 ร  20 minutes. ร‰goutter et rincer ร  l’eau froide.

    Chauffer un gรฉnรฉreux trait d’huile d’olive dans une grande poรชle ร  feu moyen-รฉlevรฉ. Ajouter les haricots verts et une pincรฉe de sel de mer. Laisser cuire, sans tourner, pendant 4 minutes. Remuer les haricots afin de cuire de tous les cรดtรฉs, pour un total de 6 ร  7 minutes. Retirer du feu et rรฉserver.

    Dans un petit bol, fouetter l’oignon rouge, la moutarde de Dijon, le sirop d’รฉrable, l’huile de pรฉpin de raisin, et l’estragon. Assaisonner au goรปt de sel de mer et de poivre.

    Dans un grand bol ร  salade, placer les lentilles, les haricots, le chou kale, et la vinaigrette. Bien mรฉlanger. Servir garni de graines et de pistaches grillรฉes. Bon appรฉtit!

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