Strawberry Salad with Strawberry Dressing

Celebrating Strawberry Season

Recipe by Robin

Happy first full day of summer (for those of us in the northern hemisphere)! Hope you enjoyed your solstice yesterday.

I love serendipity. What’s not to love when you get the right answer without even knowing the question? I’d wanted to make a strawberry salad for some time, since Live Earth Farm, our CSA, is renowned for its strawberries. I wanted salty feta cheese and a variety of bitter and neutral greens to contrast with the sweet flavor of the strawberries. The spinach and arugula that were on our list to receive last week seemed perfect. However, life is not always predictable, especially when dealing with small scale local farming and Mother Nature.  Oh, the irony of having an actual use for the promised arugula (which my husband says tastes like dirt), and not having it in the fridge. And yet, digging a little deeper (literally, in the vegetable drawer), I found a reasonable substitute from past weeks.

Sicilian Sauteed Radicchio

Adapted from Weight Watchers Recipe

 

As you might have guessed, if you read my recent post about mustard greens, my husband is suspicious of radicchio, yet another bitter green. He actually enjoys a little radicchio in a salad, but sometimes we get a lot more than we can use this way. This recipe combines sweet onion with the bitter radicchio for a delicious dish similar to sweet and sour. Although my husband wouldn’t call it “delicious,” he does say that this is the best radicchio recipe we’ve ever tried.