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Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint

Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Summer is ending and going out with a bang! Wow, giant blackberries have appeared at the Farmers Market, who can resist? No. 658 Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint is not be be missed.

Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint | Bijouxs Little Jewels

FARMERS MARKET

Lately I have found some great finds at my local Farmers market, it’s a very tiny market but great things do pop up. Recently I found giant blackberries, plump and sweet. I also found the always elusive Aurgula Sprouts. I paired the sweet berries with the peppery greens, winning combination.

SALADS DAYS

I love the term “salad days” as it refers to much more than a salad.
It is also a time of youth, innocence, and inexperience. A period when a person is young and inexperienced. My favorite time of life.

Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Enjoying Backberry Salad with Arugula Sprouts & Mint, it freshing and inspires memories or youth & innocence.

SUMMER SALAD

I am making the most of summer produce now before it’s gone. I added some creamy fresh Mozarella bites and pinenuts for crunch to the salad. Combine your favorite fruit and fresh greens and grab the last days of Summer produce, savor the season.

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Honeydew Melon & Prosciutto

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Summer simple a 1-2-3 Appetizer – just 5 minutes to prepare Honeydew Melon & Proscuitto No. 657 Collection Membership.

HONEYDEW MELON

Honeydew Melon stands in for cantalope with Proscuitto is a super-cool way to entertain this summer. Sweet fresh melons are plentiful and paired with salty Proscuitto the perfect appetizer is ready.

5 MINUTE APPETIZER

Yes, in just about 5 minutes this beautiful plate can be ready for guests. Slice the honeydew place on a platter. Snuggle in pieces of Proscuitto. Add basil and mint leaves. Sprinkle lightly with olive oil and salt and pepper. Serve it Forth.

 

 

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French Lentils with Preserved Lemon & Herbs

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Feeling French today with this salad of Puy lentils, preserved lemon paste dressing and tons of herbs-No.646 in the Membership Collection.

Lentils make a healthy weeknight main salad or side and so easy to make. To start try to use French Puy Lentils. They are small, dark green and stay together when cooked. Slightly peppery the lentils hold up to the intense lemon dressing and spark of flavors from the herbs.

PRESERVED LEMONS

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French Lentils | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Having preserved lemons is a flavor bomb for your cooking. Here is an easy recipe to make the lemons, and yes, patience pays off. The preserved lemons can be used in many dishes and a pungent lemon spread make from the lemons is what cranks up the flavor or the dressing for this salad. I added some on hand tangerines to the preserve as well.

PUY LENTILS

Puy lentils are a small, slate-gray/green variety of lentil grown in the Le Puy region of France, known for their unique peppery flavor and ability to retain their shape after cooking. They are protected by a designation that ensures their quality and origin, making them a sought-after ingredient in various dishes. Available on line.

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For added zip I like to add extra Lemon Paste to the salad.

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Chicken Pho Soup

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Soup is comfort. The newest Little Jewel in the Collection is this light and fresh Chicken Pho Soup. A lovely take on classic Pho Soup, and it is made easy in the Instant Pot.
Enjoy recipe #591 in the Collection.

CHICKEN SOUP

This classic bowl chicken soup of comfort is elevated with traditional Vietnamese ingredients you enjoy in Pho Soup, only this is a lighter and fresher version. The broth is clear, with pieces of white meat chicken and tender rice noodles all in a spiced broth. Fresh herbs of cilantro, mint and basil are helped along with slices of fresh jalapeño.

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CLASSIC PHO

Classic Vietnamese Pho Soup is traditionally made with beef, yet making it with chicken is also a great option. I became acquainted with the soup via a wonderful family restaurant near my home. I was beginning my career as a Personal Chef and asked the chef if he could share a little about the recipe. I did learn that the key is the broth. This recipe is a simplified version perfect for the home cook, and even better the chicken and broth are cooked in the Instant Pot! As we all know the Instant Pot shaves cooking time off of many long cooking dishes. The chicken is placed in the pot whole for 15 minutes of cooking and emerges falling off the bone tender. The herbs and spices that were sautéed in the pot prior, now come to bloom in full flavor.

INSTANT POT PHO

After the chicken cooks allow the Instant Pot sealing to lower and natural pressure to release. Carefully lift the chicken out of the broth, using the rack helps to lift the chicken carefully to a shallow pan to cool, then the skin is removed and the chicken meat is shredded for the soup. Now it’s time strain the broth and return to a medium pot on the stove. The salt pepper and fish sauce are added, then the shredded chicken, about 3 cups of meat.

BOWLS OF PHO

Now the fun begins, building the bowls of soup. Prepare the noodles per the package instructions, drain and set aside. First I fill each bowl with the hot broth and shredded chicken. Next to each bowl I add tons of fresh herbs, jalapeño, and green onions. Crispy fresh beans sprouts top each bowl. Soup it up! Sign up for my recipe newsletter to never miss the newest Collection recipe.

 

 

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My Everything Salad

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My Everything Salad is a delicious antidote to avoid food waste in the kitchen, another Bijouxs Membership Collection.

MY EVERYTHING SALAD

I have been creating endless salads using leftover ingredients in the kitchen fridge for years, hardly thinking of them as a real recipe and hardly photo worthy. I came across this salad, and it struck a cord with me. Many of the ingredients were things I typically have on hand-cooked grains, beets, carrots, green onions, cucumber, and fresh herbs. The only to-get items were the pomegranate seeds and Shishito peppers, made easy via Trader Joe’s.

 

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NO FOOD WASTE

I am working hard on reducing any food waste. If I cook a recipe for the blog I share it with friends and neighbors. I found that freezing large quantities of food, did not work for the solo me. I am constantly moving on to the next thing. So, leftovers in my fridge are constantly reimagined into something, interesting or not so interesting.

 

BEAUTIFUL FOOD BY DESIGN

Again, I go back to my Bijouxs basic mantra ‘“the everyday beauty all around us, right here in our kitchens.” I think even the rag-tag kitchen stragglers can be made into something healthy and beautiful-avoiding any waste.

My Everything Salad is another Little Jewel from the Bijouxs Membership Collection.

 

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