Simple Arugula Salad

If you’re going to eat an arugula salad, please refrain from using store-bought dressing. Try this easy recipe instead! Arugula is peperry, so you need something sweet to balance it.

Ingredients :

• ¼ - ½ cup of grated parmesan cheese (the real deal, sharp cheddar is also a good choice)
• 4 tablespoons of rice vinegar (you can also use apple cider vinegar)
• 5 tablespoons of olive oil
• One teaspoon of moutarde de meaux (or any mustard you have a home)
• 1 ½  tablespoons of honey or maple syrup
• Salt (no pepper) or ½ teaspoon of Herbes salées du bas du fleuve. 

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Instructions:

Easy - mix all the ingredients together in a small bowl, add it to the arugula and tadaam, you have yourself a great salad!

Strawberry and Basil Salad with Maple dressing

Ingredients for salad :

• One pint of fresh, Quebec strawberries
• One full branch of Genovese basil (put lots!)
• One, large head of Bergam’s lettuce (a light tasting, light green lettuce, if you don’t have one, I would use a Boston-type lettuce)

Ingredients for dressing :

• 3 tablespoons of maple syrup
• 2 tablespoons of balsamic vinagre
• 4 tablespoons of olive oil
•  1 teaspoon of mustard (choose the one you have in your fridge, it will do just fine)
•  Salt and pepper (or ½ teaspoon of salted herbs)

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Instructions :

1. Start by preparing your dressing. Simply mix all the ingredients together and mix well with a fork or whisk. Set aside.
2.  For the salad, wash the strawberries and remove the stem. Cut them in small slices.
3.  Remove the basil leaves from the stem and wash them. Cut them in a chifonnade. (Fancy word that means that you stack up your basil leaves together, roll them up, and chop it.)
4.  Wash the Bergam’s lettuce and roughly chop it.
5.  Add all the salad ingredients together in a bowl. Add dressing only when you’re ready to eat. 

Kholrabi and Apple Salad

Ingredients for Salad :

• 2 bulbs of kholrabi
• 2 apples (any type of local apple will do, I like Empire)
• ½ cup of walnuts (or any nut you have at home)

Ingredients for dressing :

• 3 taplespoons of Rice vinagre (or any yellow vinagre, I wouldn’t use Balsamic)
• 1 tablespoon of Mayonnaise
• 1 teaspoon of Mustard (I used honey mustard or Moutarde de Maux)
• ½ teaspoon of ‘herbes salées du Bas-du-Fleuve’ – or salt and pepper
• 2-3 tablespoons of Olive Oil
• ¼ lemon

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Instructions :

1.    Start by making your dressing. In a small bowl or mug, mix the mayonnaise and olive oil with a small whisk or fork.
2.  Add the mustard and salted herbs (herbes salées du Bas-du-Fleuve) and mix well.
3. Add the vinagre and mix well. It’s important to really mix the dressing because of the mayonnaise. You want a nice, smooth dressing.
4.  For your salad, cut off the stems and leaves of the kholrabi (you can keep them and eat them as greens). Peel the Kholrabi and cut the veggie into juliennes.
5.   Peel your apples and cut into juliennes. Squirt some lemon on the apple juliennes (i twill help keep the apples white but it also adds to the taste of the salad)
6.  Roughly chop the walnuts
7.   Place everything into a bowl and add dressing

Delicious as a BBQ side dish or for a healty lunch!