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salads

Ingredients 70-80 g semi-whole long grain rice 70-80 black venere rice juice of half a lemon 4-5 handfuls of fresh peas (out of pod), cooked in boiling and slightly salted water for 5-7 minutes, drained, rinsed under cold running water and set aside to cool 1 carrot, peeled and diced 1 zucchini, cleaned and diced […]


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Flat bean, fava bean and tomato salad

by Alice on maggio 24, 2010

Ingredients 10-15 long flat beans, cleaned, trimmed, cut into pieces, cooked in salted boiling water for 3-4 minutes (they should stay crispy and bright green), then rinsed under cold running water and drained well 2-3 handfuls of fava beans, cleaned and unshelled 6-8 date or cherry tomatoes, cleaned and sliced 1 small handful of capers, […]


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Fava bean, cucumber and hijiki salad

by Alice on maggio 21, 2010

Ingredients 4-5 handfuls of fava beans 1 and a half handfuls of hijiki seaweeds, soaked in filtered water for 15-20 minutes, then cooked in boiling water for another 15 minutes, drained, rinsed under cold running water and drained again 1 cucumber, cleaned and cut into small sticks 4-5 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 2 tablespoons […]


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Spring orecchiette salad

by Alice on maggio 5, 2010

Ingredients 150 g semi-whole durum wheat orecchiette 1 small bunch of asparagus, cleaned and cut into pieces extra virgin olive oil, to taste 10-12 baby date tomatoes (or cherry tomatoes), cut into quarters a handful of olives (I used Taggiasca), pitted and roughly chopped 1 small bunch of fresh chives, cleaned and chopped 1 small […]


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Red cabbage with tempeh cubes

by Alice on gennaio 21, 2010

Ingredients For the marinated tempeh 400 g tempeh, cut into cubes 2 tablespoons shoyu 2 tablespoons rice vinegar 1 tablespoon ginger juice (from 2-3 cm fresh ginger root, peeled, grated and squeezed) 1 garlic clove (sprout removed), cut in quarters filtered water To cook the tempeh 4 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 tablespoon shoyu […]


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Ingredients For the dressing 5-6 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil juice of 1 lemon 1 teaspoon apple vinegar 2 teaspoons agave syrup 1 teaspoon fresh ginger juice a quarter of a teaspoon dried, powdered ginger a quarter of a teaspoon powdered vanilla whole sea salt, just enough to taste white pepper, just enough to taste […]


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Ingredients 2-3 cups filtered water 2 teaspoons dried mint a pinch of powdered cloves (or 1-2 whole cloves) a pinch of powdered star anise (or 1 whole star anise) 200 g whole grain cous cous (I used whole spelt cous cous) Himalayan salt, just enought o taste 2 tablespoons raw sesame oil 2-3 handfuls of […]


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Ingredients For the dressing 8 teaspoons extra virgin olive oil 3 teaspoons raw sesame oil a pinch of whole sea salt 2 teaspoons umeboshi paste 3 teaspoons tahin 3 teaspoons apple vinegar 4 teaspoons white miso 3 teaspoons maple syrup juice of half a lemon For the salad half a white cabbage, shredded 1 carrot, […]


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Ingredients half a cup quinoa, rinsed under running water filtered water and a pinch of whole sea salt (to cook the quinoa) 1 medium zucchini, trimmed, peeled and sliced half a head of Romanesco broccoli, washed, broken into bite-sized florets and cooked in salted boiling water for 3-5 minutes (they should stay crunchy) a large […]


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Ingredients 1 cup whole barley, hulled 3 cups filtered water a pinch of whole sea salt a piece of kombu, 2 cm long 1 small red, round radicchio, outer leaves removed, cored, rinsed, dried and thinly sliced 8 fresh champignon mushrooms, cleaned and sliced 3-4 handfuls of white grapes, rinsed, cut into halves and seeded […]


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Chickpea and tomato salad

by Alice on ottobre 6, 2009

Ingredients 250 g chickpeas, soaked for 8-10 hours then cooked in filtered water with a pinch of whole sea salt (use canned chickpeas only if you really have to) 8-10 cherry tomatoes (I used black cherry tomatoes), washed and cut into wedges 4 large handfuls of fresh parsley, rinsed, pat dried and more ore less […]


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Ingredients For the salad 3 handfuls fresh green beans, ends trimmed (plus natural mineral or filtered water and a pinch of whole sea salt, to cook them) 4-5 fresh, ripe but firm figs 4 handfuls of rocket 2 small, ripe but firm white peaches For the dressing 8 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil 1 teaspoon ground […]


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