| Mexican Salad with Almonds Explore the infinite possibilities of creating wonderful meals for all occasions with minimum effort and maximum fun. |
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The quickest and easiest way to change your life for the better is to add more salads. Forget the limp lettuce leaf and tomato fare. We’re talking rich green mesclun and brilliant flowers, wild herbs, fennel and orange with snow pea tendrils, bright peppers, brilliant Swiss chard and almonds – crunchy, delicious, a snap to make and brimming with phytonutrients to detoxify your body, protect from premature aging and energize your life.
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MEXICAN SALAD WITH ALMONDSserves 4 |
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Most people have a limited idea of what constitutes a salad. In truth you can make a salad out of almost any raw vegetable. Its success depends upon mixing colors and textures and supporting the crunchy lightness of the vegetables with something richer, perhaps a mayonnaise or an avocado dressing or a handful of nuts or seeds. It’s fun to make a salad out of virtually nothing. This is one I made one day when I found little in my larder but some beautiful Swiss chard that a neighbor had grown organically in his garden, plus a handful of almonds. |
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Wonderful life-giving foods, and information about what some of them can do to help prevent premature aging, protect you from degenerative conditions such as diabetes, cancer and heart disease, enhance your mood, intensify your delight in love-making, even encourage sleep inspired me to write Cook Energy, for help for all of these things is to be found in delicious foods. Recipe This Week Archives |
