I love radish!
What I learned during the preparation for this week’s Meatless Monday is that while I love them, I rarely use them.
This is going to change, right quick.
I also love watercress.
I had planned to use butter lettuce – another favorite – for the radish salad I made, but quickly changed my mind.
I randomly picked up two bunches of living watercress last week, because they looked good. All of this came together in a wonderful mix of fresh flavors atop my favorite celery ranch dressing.
salad of living watercress
dairy, egg, soy, and gluten free, vegan
makes two salads
1/4 – 1/3 cup celery ranch dressing
1/2 bunch watercress, stemmed
1/2 Asian pear, cored and sliced thin
2 radish, sliced very thin
handful Marcona almonds
sea salt
I built the salads as follows: a few tablespoons dressing spooned onto plate, followed by a pile of watercress. Continue layering with slices of pear and radish, completing with almonds and a sprinkling of salt.
radish tart
dairy and egg free, vegan
makes approximately 18 small tarts, 2 or 3 inches square each
1 package vegan puff pastry or pastry dough
1 cup (approximately) roasted artichoke lemon hummus
2 radish, sliced very thin
sea salt
Slice dough into squares, 2 to 3 inches each, transfer to prepared (parchment / silpat) baking sheet. Top with one tablespoon artichoke hummus, spreading to 1/4 inch of edge, leaving a perimeter of crust. Top with thin slices of radish and a pinch of salt, bake at 350 for 14-17 minutes or until golden brown.
Serve warm with watercress salad.
Fresh and flavorful – this is lunch again today.
To see even more radish recipes, visit Heather and the other #MMAZ participants!
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I just saw your radish photo on pinterest and my mouth dropped! I thought someone had somehow got into my computer! I just took almost an identical photo yesterday! I saw the radishes at our local market and they were so beautiful, I had to get them just to photograph! Love you site. Your photos are great and I love the animated ones…such a great idea!
ha! they are just so pretty, right? your first thought is to photograph… is your photo anywhere I can see it?
My husband enjoys radish too much. He can eat it without dressing it up…weirdo. ;-D I like it, but in a salad like the one you made! Looks sooo good!
I am one of those weirdos like your husband – I ate just as many while slicing as I ended up with after…
Ooh, radish in tart form is a great idea! I love radishes, especially roasted, but for some reason I’ve never thought to put other things in the oven with them. I mean, aside from other root vegetables.
I want to try roasting them – that sounds so very good!
Beautiful – love this simple salad, it looks so refreshing.
it was very refreshing! wait until I share the dressing…
your creativity with the simple things amazes me everytime! that is such a cute and pretty tart, pears, radishes, watercress. yes.
the salad was perfect, I will make again soon! actually, the tarts were too…
Beautiful! Have you ever roasted them whole? It’s a revelation! http://www.shockinglydelicious.com/roasted-radishes/
Dorothy that sounds (and looks!) amazing – I will do this!
Those little tarts are so pretty!
thanks, Jenn – they were delicious if I can say so!
I love radishes. I had 5 tonight, just as is, with my cheese sandwich and tomato soup. We always ate radish sandwiches growing up, wheat bread with butter and salt and sliced radishes. Very good with hot sweet tea. Now to cut back on the butter calories I like hummus spread on a matzoh cracker then cover with sliced radishes.
This recipe sounds like summer to me. I will definitely make it.
I ate that many as I was chopping them for this. I was trying to get a thin slice, and oops, that one is too thick, guess I’ll have to just eat it…
the hummus + radish is a good pairing, yes? I have seen the butter sandwiches many times, I KNOW those would be good!
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