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Eat the Rainbow Salad

Eat the Rainbow Salas | Bijouxs Little Jewels

It’s time to Eat the Rainbow! This salad serves up all the colors you need to have a Rainbow experience No. 640 in the Collection Membership.

EAT THE RAINBOW

I’m sure you have heard this many times and here is a delicious way to enjoy a heathy salad that will fill you with a vibrant rainbow of fruits and vegetables.

Eat the Rainbow | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Eat the Rainbow | Little Jewels

FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES

The simple ingredients bring all the veggies and fruits you need to ensure your health. Fresh spinach, carrots, cucumber, tomatoes and beel pepper are a perfect combo for a make-head salad. I made a large one here and was able to enjoy it for a few days.

NO OIL SALAD DRESSING 

The salad uses a citrus no-oil salad dressing which keeps the vegetables crisp during the day, and even overnight. Use your favorite veggies for your salad. I added some Total Immune Blend from Vimergy to pump up the goodness.

Fell free to Pin this salad to your Pinterest.

Cheers!

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Greek Feta Salad

Greek Feta Salad | Bijouxs Little Jewels

This salad has a secret ingredient hidden from view, high-protein probiotic cottage cheese rests below the vegetable toppings-Greek Feta Salad No. 627 from the Collection Membership.

HIGH PROTEIN LUNCH

Including a high protein lunch in your days will keep you going for hours. The secret is to layer the cottage cheese below the feta and vegetables. Chill and then toss ever together. Including this high protein boost of about 14 grams of protein. Win by  keeping protein everyday high.

FETA CHEESE

I prefer using a Sheep’s milk feta from Greece or Israel packed in brine. Trader Joe’s has one to try. The saltiness is key in the recipe adding, a depth of flavor to the cottage

THE RECIPE COLLECTION MEMBERSHIP

I created Recipe Collection Membership to solve some of the cooking issues for Home cooks.

First, the Collection of over 700+ recipes is available digitally, via your phone or laptop, whatever while you are out shopping, hanging with friends or at home working. It is like have a cookbook of 700 recipes right at your finger tips. I use it when I am at the market deciding what’s for dinner.

There are color photographs for every recipe so you can see how the dish will look on the plate. I take the photos to best represent the way the food really looks prepared.

Second, I set the yearly subscription price to $35.00 a year, that’s less than $3 per month for all access to the recipes! The best thing is I keep adding recipes, I am up to No. 627 currently, and you can receive them all.

I think the Recipe Collection Membership is a great asset for the home cook.

More info here: https://bijouxs.com/shop/recipe-club-membership/

Thank you for your continued support!

 

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My Everything Salad

My Everything Salad | Bijouxs Little Jewels

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.

 

My Everything Salad | Bijouxs Little Jewels

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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Salsa Rosa

Salsa Rosa | Bijouxs Little Jewels

I have adapted a salsa recipe from Michael Chiarello’s Casual Cooking, 2002, a favorite Little Jewel.

SALSA ROSA

As a native Angeleno I love salsa of any kind. My adaptation of Salsa Rosa is easy, spicy and all things salsa sould be. The original recipe used roasted bell peppers, but I have substituted small tomatoes on the vine and a Serrano chile- so LA.

Salsa Rosa | Bijouxs Little Jewels

SIMPLE SALSA

Salsas can contain many ingredients but this one is simple; tomatoes, Serrano, chili paste and olive oil, easy! It is hot, so begin with a small amount of chile paste and roasted serrano, increase to your taste.

To make a vinaigrette for pasta (shown here) or fish, use 1 cup Salsa Rosa, 1/4 cup olive oil and 2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar and blend well. Adjust to taste. The pasta is coated with a sheer yet flavor foward sauce; no heavy tomato sauce here. Also mix salsa into butter for chili butter corn in the cob.

Sslsa Rosa | Bijouxs Little Jewels

Salsa Rosa | Bijouxs Little Jewels

 

NAPA STYLE

I miss Chef Chairello’s cooking and his products at Napa Style. Sadly, he passed in 2023, he will be missed but his recipes live on in his cookbooks and Food Network. Cheers.

 

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Stir-Fry Mushroom Larb

Stir-Fry Mushroom Larb | Bijouxs Little Jewels

You will love this plant-based take on Larb, the classic Thai spicy salad. Traditional with ground meat but here the mushrooms are the stars in Stir-Fry Mushroom Larb, another Little Jewel from the Kitchen.

THAI LARB GAI

Thai Larb Gai Salad is a tangy and spicy salad with ground meat, cucumber, radishes and herbs. Often Served with lettuce wraps for a refreshing meal.

THAI FOOD

I came to love this dish at a local Thai restaurant near my home, where the fish cakes were stellar! I share them here on my blog. The chef and his wife cooked and ran the tiny eatery, I was so sad when they shuttered. Many times the chef allowed me into the kitchen to see how they prepared the dishes. When I entered the restaurant they began making my favorite dishes. Such beautiful people.

SHITAKI MUSHROOMS

The real “meat” in this recipe are the dense Shitaki mushrooms. When they are crisp and brown they take on a substational part of the recipe. Traditional Larb ingredients such as mint, peanuts, ginger, garlic and fish sauce complete the dish. Stir-fry is a quick way to develop intense flavors in a recipe.

Stir-Fry Mushroom Larb | Bijouxs Little Jewels

BON APPETIT

Stir-Fry Mushroom Larb | Bijouxs Little Jewels from the Kitchen

This stellar recipe was adapted from Bon Appetit Chef Andy Baraghani. His flavors are beautifully balanced and perfect for today’s appetites. His cookbook looks like one to add to my library. Ha, just what I need another cookbook! I was happy to see some of his recipes are available on his website, check it out.

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