Saturday, October 20, 2012

JAPANESE INSPIRED SALAD WITH BEETS, HARICOT VERTS AND HEIRLOOM TOMATOS WITH SWEET SESAME SEAWEED

 
 
 

 

It's interesting how, once you start eating healthy, especially raw, your body craves it.  I love that feeling.  Tonight I was craving something crisp and tangy.  I also wanted to use the Sweet Sesame Seaweed I picked up from Trader Joe's the other day.  So perfect, I thought,  let's do a Japanese inspired salad with a Ponzu sauce!
 
This is super simple and easy.  The only thing is that you will need a few key ingredients to make the ponzu sauce.  This recipe is for a single serving.
 

JAPANESE INSPIRED SALAD WITH BEETS, HARICOT VERTS AND HEIRLOOM TOMATOS WITH SWEET SESAME SEAWEED

 
For the salad
 
12 pieces of haricot verts, french cut
1/2 a beet, peeled and julienned
1/2 of a firm green heirloom tomato, julienned (you can also substitute this with daikon radish or jicama)
1/4 cut Sweet Sesame Seaweed from Trader Joe's (any kind of dried seaweed will work, cut into strips with scissors)
Sesame seeds
 
For the ponzu sauce
 
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice, more to taste
1 tablespoon fresh lime juice, more to taste
1 tablespoon cup rice vinegar
3 tablespoons good-quality soy sauce or Bragg's Liquid Aminos
1 tablespoon mirin
Pinch cayenne

This is my quick version.  If you are interested in making a full batch check out this recipe on The New York Times Dining and Wine page recipe of the day.

Mix all the ponzu sauce ingredients together in a small bowl.
 
Put each salad ingredient into individual small bowls and pour in equal parts of the ponzu sauce into each bowl and marinade for a few minutes.  Plate each salad ingredient onto a plate in layers, drizzle on more ponzu sauce as desired, sprinkle on the sesame seeds  and seaweed and serve.  Super simple and easy.   
 
Enjoy!



3 comments:

Dani said...

Is the rice vinegar a tablespoon or a cup? This looks delish, and I'd like to try it!

Dani said...

Is the rice vinegar a tablespoon or a cup? This looks delish, and I'd like to try it!

Felicia said...

Hi Dani,

Thanks for catching that. :) It's a tablespoon. Let us know how it comes out. xF

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