Cauliflower Salad
Ingredients
DRESSING
- ¾ cup tahini
- 1 tsp cumin
- 3 garlic cloves peeled
- 1 lemon juiced
- ½ cup water
- 1 tsp fresh ground pepper
- 1 tsp salt
SALAD
- 1 Persian cucumber seeded, sliced thin
- 1 cauliflower florets diced into ¼ inch pieces
- 1 bunch green onions sliced (green & white)
- 1 cup chickpeas canned / cooked and rinsed
- 1 carton crimini mushrooms
- 8-10 radishes scrubbed and thinly sliced
- ½ jalapeno seeded and thinly sliced
- ¼ cup pine nuts
- 1 bunch Italian parsley leaves chopped
Directions
- Make the dressing by blending the tahini, cumin, garlic, lemon juice, water, pepper and salt in a blender or food processor. Season to taste with salt, pepper or cumin. Set aside.
- Add the cucumbers, cauliflower, green onion, chickpeas, mushrooms, radishes, jalapeno, pine nuts, and parsley and let stand for 15 minutes.
- Give a good stir and let the salad sit a bit longer. This will be a dressing drenched salad!
- Transfer to a dish and eat as is, or serve on top of a bed of arugula or quinoa. Make it your own!
Notes
Make the dressing by blending the tahini, cumin, garlic, lemon juice, water, pepper and salt in a blender or food processor. Season to taste with salt, pepper or cumin. Set aside.
Add the cucumbers, cauliflower, green onion, chickpeas, mushrooms, radishes, jalapeno, pine nuts, and parsley and let stand for 15 minutes.
Give a good stir and let the salad sit a bit longer. This will be a dressing drenched salad!
Transfer to a dish and eat as is, or serve on top of a bed of arugula or quinoa. Make it your own! We adapted this delicious (and pretty) salad from a favorite blogger of ours 101 Cookbooks. The dressing we dramatically changed up to make it non-dairy. A powerful detoxifying salad, we're huge fans of this one.
Add the cucumbers, cauliflower, green onion, chickpeas, mushrooms, radishes, jalapeno, pine nuts, and parsley and let stand for 15 minutes.
Give a good stir and let the salad sit a bit longer. This will be a dressing drenched salad!
Transfer to a dish and eat as is, or serve on top of a bed of arugula or quinoa. Make it your own! We adapted this delicious (and pretty) salad from a favorite blogger of ours 101 Cookbooks. The dressing we dramatically changed up to make it non-dairy. A powerful detoxifying salad, we're huge fans of this one.