Summer is upon us and so is a fresh crop of summer vegetables. I have been spotting versions of this shaved salad in magazines and online and was intrigued by the preparation (or lack thereof) of the uncooked squash. Bon Appetit offered a shaved salad of summer squash in their June 2011 issue and Fine Cooking published in their June/July 2012 magazine a shaved summer squash with almond salsa verde.
Here is a simple way to treat the zucchini and the yellow squash for an easy weeknight side dish. Give yourself permission to take a shortcut with the dressing and use a store-bought Italian dressing. When you have more time on a weekend, go all-out with the homemade version.
Use a vegetable peeler or a mandoline to thinly slice the vegetables. Toss the vegetable ribbons with a few tablespoons of dressing and that’s it! Serve the squash freeform and let the ribbons fall where they may on the plate or take a few moments and arrange them into a flower-like presentation.
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What an elegant little dish. Your photos look great.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Karen, it's always a treat to wake up to comments on new posts-- thanks! I would SO love a dslr camera and might just have to dive in and finally buy one this summer.
DeleteLooks good!
ReplyDeleteFirst...whoo hoo. I can get your feed now and I can leave a comment too? Very nice...for me and others, I promise! Oh and thanks for article; glad I retrieved it before our way too little rain.
ReplyDeleteSo on to this dish. Lovely...absolutely lovely. I saw your photo and my first thought was 'so pretty but what a pain that must have been to cook and manage those strips.'
No cooking? No managing hot strips? Perfect.
Hi Barb, Thanks again for your encouragement, support and advice.
DeleteYou know it didn't occur to me to cook the zucchini first. I was going for a cool dish and for something that would come together quickly. Maybe I'll try cooking it first another time.
Have a good weekend!
I too have seen these ribbon salad recipes, but I've never seen this one before. So simple, and beautiful. We'd love for you to share on Tasty Tuesday at aletteredlife.blogspot.com! ~Holley
ReplyDeleteThe subject of this week's Food on Friday is Salad. It would be great if you linked this in. This is the link . I found this through Live.Laugh.Rowe
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