There have been times in my life that loving potato salad and hating mayonnaise have presented a problem, but gourmet potato salads for the mayophobic and more potato salads for the mayophobic do exist. One thing I hadn’t thought of or ever come across was using tahini in the dressing, but leave it to La Tartine Gourmande to take care of that for me. Her recent recipe for potato salad with watercess, cucumber and radish incorporates tahini, lemon juice, dijon mustard and fresh cilantro … and I just happen to have some leftover cilantro in my fridge right this very moment.
Speaking of cilantro, do you ever wonder why they sell it in huge bunches or packages? I always end up with lots leftover after I use it in the recipe for which I purchased it. Then I’m scrambling for recipes for the rest of the week, trying to use up the vast amounts of cilantro I have. This cilantro lime rice (for which I would surely replace brown rice) recipe reminds me of the yummy rice that Chipotle Grill serves. It uses a half cup of the fragrant little herb, so less will rot away in your fridge.
Giada de Laurentiis’s herbed quinoa recipe has just about every fresh herb except cilantro in it, but it sounds delicious all the same. I love that she cooks the quinoa in chicken stock and lemon juice for that extra punch of flavor.
Pasta salad is sometimes a dish I don’t think of unless it’s for a barbeque or baby shower, but this twist on a traditional salad nicoise would make a wonderful dinner — pasta salad nicoise!
Whip up one of these recipes and you’ll only need to toss something on the grill to complete your meal (if that).
Clacked by Debbie McDuffee
on Apr 19, 2010 @ 10:00 EST5EDT
