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Warm Green and Yellow Squash Salad
with a Cranberry Vinaigrette Dressing
Do-ahead tips: The squash can be sliced, covered with plastic wrap and refrigerated ahead of time. The dressing also can be made hours in advance, then whisked together again before adding to the squash.
3 Tbsp. apple cider vinegar
3 Tbsp. cranberry juice
1 1/2 Tbsp. honey
salt and white pepper to taste
2/3 cup olive oil
3/4 cup chopped, dried, unsweetened cranberries
1 1/2 lbs. med. zucchini
1 1/2 lbs. med. yellow squash
In a medium bowl, combine the vinegar, cranberry juice, honey, salt and white pepper to taste. Slowly add the oil and whisk until the oil is incorporated into the vinaigrette. Add the dried cranberries and stir to combine. Set aside.
Cut each zucchini and yellow squash in half lengthwise. Drag the tip of a spoon lengthwise along the cut half to remove the seedy core. Slice each half into 1/4" thick half-moon slices. Steam the squash until the slices are just crisp tender. Be careful not to overcook. Transfer squash to a large bowl.
Add the dressing gradually to the squash--just enough to keep the salad moist, and toss to combine. (You probably will not need all the dressing.) Set aside for 5 minutes. Transfer to a serving dish. Serve immediately. Yield: 8 - 10 servings.
"Give me a platter of choice finnan haddie, freshly cooked in its bath of water and milk, add melted butter, a slice or two of hot toast, a pot of steaming Darjeeling tea, and you may tell the butler to dispense with the caviar, truffles, and nightingales' tongues."
Craig Claiborne
Corn salad, mache, lamb's lettuce, field salad, field lettuce (Valerianella locusta) are all names for a salad green of the valerian family. The plant grows in a rosette of long spoon shaped leaves which may also be clusterd in loose heads. Lamb's lettuce is used in salad mixes together with other greens such as mustard leaves, rocket, dandelion, frisee, etc. It can also be cooked as for spinach and used in soups and stuffings. (The lamb's lettuce name comes from it's resemblance to the size and shape of a lamb's tongue!). This green has been used for thousands of years.
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