Dirt to Table Experience: Cauliflower Salad
PUBLISHED ON: 02.23.2013
Food is for celebrating…….
The Orthodox Jewish Community celebrates Sukkot, a Judaism version of Thanksgiving, celebrating life, community and the season’s bounty, with a seven-day festival.
During this celebration it is considered a good deed (Mitzvah) to open your home to guests. One of the typical salads served, is this simple cauliflower salad. A delicious briny mix of cauliflower, roasted red bell peppers, kalamata olives, scallions and lemon juice. With a few fresh minced herbs such as oregano and marjoram and you have a salad that can serve a crowd.
Cauliflower Salad
Serves 12
Recipe from Saveur Magazine
Ingredients:
2 cups thinly sliced cauliflower
1/2 cup chopped kalamata olives
1/3 cup roasted red bell pepper
1/3 cup finely chopped scallions
1/4 cup olive oil
3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1 teaspoon marjoram, minced
1 teaspoon oregano, minced
Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper, to taste
Directions:
Toss all the ingredients in a bowl let sit for 20 minutes to blend flavors.
Enjoy!
Rosaria Williams
What a clever winter salad!
Hamaree Rasoi
More I see your colorful and healthy salad recipes, more I get inspired. Great preparation, Velva.Deepa
Kitchen Butterfly
Delicious. I love the mix of flavours……
Michelle B
Great colors and a delicious mix of ingredients. I enjoy cauliflower, but seem to only prepare it a handful of ways. Thank you for another idea!
Delectably Green
What a perfect use for cauliflower – deliciousmary x
pam
This salad sounds wonderful!
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T.W. Barritt at Culinary Types
This looks fantastic – I'm looking for more salad recipes that use cauliflower.
Michelle
A wonderful use of cauliflower and the flavors sound excellent.
Angie's Recipes
Have been eating lots of cauliflowers lately, but mostly 'roasted'. Your salad looks delicious!
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Dining Alone
I have been buying cauliflower a lot lately, thanks for the great idea to use some of it up!
Karen
That sure spices things up… sounds good!
teresa
such great flavors, and so many beautiful colors! definitely a salad for me!
Alicia@ eco friendly homemaking
Oh this salad looks so delicious! We grow our own herbs and then I dry them for use during the Winter months. I have all of the ones called for in this recipe so I am ready to make this asap!!
Claudia
I remember celebrating Sukkot – and now it is Purim – and those festivals are so beautiful. This is similar to the reinforcement salad served by Italians for the Christmas holidays. It's hearty – doesn't wilt under dressings and you just keep adding to it (reinforcing it) during the week. Love this winter healthy treat.
That Girl
I was so confused by the beginning of this post since Sukkot was in September and we're now all geared up for Purim/Passover! I had to do a double take on my calendar!
chow and chatter
this looks great must admit never had a cauliflower salad must try
The JR
cauliflower salad is a new one on me
We Are Not Martha
This could be a way to get my husband to eat cauliflower! He LOVES olives and everything else in here… I love the idea of this salad!Sues
TKW
I'm not usually a cauliflower girl, but I really like all of the other flavors going on in here, so I'm giving it a try!
Kitchen Belleicious
i have never thought to cut up the cauliflower like that and use it with those ingredients. I love this salad so to speak. Great job
Miss Meat and Potatoes
I heart all of these flavors so much. Way to make cauliflower shine! Poor little under-loved veggie;)
Cucina49
We did not celebrate Sukkot last year, but I'm hopeful that we will this year. What an awesome-looking salad!
Chris
I like this because I think it would make my eyes wince from the sharp twang, which is a good thing!
Reeni
What a delicious looking salad Velva! I love all the flavors in it!
Bill
What a great salad idea! I love raw cauliflower! I usually have a few bites before I roast it. You can't go wrong with those ingredients!!
Lynn
Such a colorful dish. It looks wonderful.
Amy (Savory Moments)
This salad looks so delicious – I love the brininess from the olives in here and all the colors.
Karen (Back Road Journal)
The cauliflower salad sounds terrific and it is so colorful.
butyesidoeatpotatoes
I've found myself eating a lot more cauliflower than usual lately. This salad is a great use for it. I love how you use Kalamata olives.
Ann Jones
I love cauliflower, this looks great!