Grandmas Watercress Salad All Dressed Up Food

WATERCRESS SALAD WITH LEMON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl or food processor, whisk together the lemon juice, mustard, and sea salt until mixed well.
• Add 3 tablespoons of the oil slowly, while mixing constantly until the dressing is well blended. Season with sea salt and pepper and any other spices you'd like.
• Lightly rinse off any dirt and shake or pat watercress dry. Snip the stems with leaves off roots (if attached) and disccardany thick stems that may be touggh to eat, keepingg thin stems. (both are edible!
• Then, dress watercress with the vinaigrette, and serve as a side or base to your favorite protein!

WATERCRESS SALAD WITH LIME DRESSING

Steps:

• Combine watercress, mint, parsley and romaine in a small salad bowl. Combine lime juice and sugar in a small dressing bowl. Whisk oil into lime juice in a slow stream. Pour dressing over the salad and season with salt and pepper, to your taste.

WATERCRESS SALAD

Steps:

• In a bowl, whisk together juice, sugar and oil. Toss well with nuts and greens. Season and check.

SPRING SALAD WITH WATERCRESS DRESSING

Steps:

• Cook the potatoes in boiling salted water for 10-15 minutes until tender. Drain and halve when cool enough to handle; set aside. Blanch the shelled broad beans and the asparagus in boiling salted water for 2-3 minutes. Drain in a sieve and cool under running cold water. Drain again, fish out the asparagus, then peel off the hard outer skins from the beans - make a nick in the tops and pop the beans out. Blanch the shelled peas in a separate pan for 1 minute. Toss the asparagus, beans, peas, potatoes and prosciutto together.
• For the dressing, put all the ingredients in a blender or food processor and blitz until really smooth and bright green. Season with salt and pepper. To serve, toss the salad leaves with a spoonful or two of dressing and arrange on plates. Pile the vegetable mixture on top, season, then drizzle over the remaining dressing and scatter with the pecorino.

WATERCRESS SALAD WITH SOY-SESAME DRESSING

Steps:

• Trim the stalks from the watercress. Wash and spin dry the leaves. Rinse the endive and slice it lengthwise into thin slivers. Place the endive in a salad bowl with the watercress.
• Remove the pith from the orange segments and cut them into small pieces.
• In a small bowl, combine the garlic with the soy sauce, the vinegar and the sesame and olive oils. Crush the garlic into the dressing with a fork, and then remove it. Season the dressing to taste with salt and pepper.
• Toss the salad in the dressing and serve.