Strawberry - Endive Salad

We've been settling very nicely into sturdy winter comfort foods, but now it's time for something completely different. Fresh Ontario strawberries! Yes they are from a greenhouse and no they are not quite as good as field-grown berries in June, but they are really not bad and better than imported ones. What an amazing salad to have in the middle of winter!

Honey and lime juice add a touch of sweet and sour to complement the sweet-tart berries, soft smooth lettuce, and slightly bitter endive. So good! You could add a little apple or cucumber if you had some, to make it even fruity-er or even salady-er, whichever you prefer.

4 servings
20 minutes prep time

Make the Dressing
the juice of 1 lime
1 teaspoon honey
1/2 teaspoon fennel seed, ground
1/2 teaspoon coriander seed, ground
salt & freshly ground black pepper to taste

Squeeze the lime juice and mix it with the honey in a small bowl or jam jar. Grind the fennel and coriander seeds, and add them along with salt and pepper to taste. Mix well.

Make the Salad:
1 head greenhouse Boston lettuce
1 head Belgian endive
1 small greenhouse cucumber, optional
1 medium apple, cored and chopped, optional
225 grams (1/2 pound) greenhouse strawberries

Wash, tear up, and dry the lettuce and arrange it in a salad bowl. Wash, trim, and chop the endive and sprinkle it over the lettuce. Wash and chop the cucumber or apple (core it) if using. Wash, trim, and slice the strawberries. Arrange everything over the salad, and drizzle with the dressing.




Last year at this time I made Sweet Potato, Lentil & Feta Salad.

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