salads

Adzuki bean jicama salad. Quite literally a mouthful. I haven’t had much experience with jicama or adzuki beans but when I tried both together in a salad at Trader Joes, I knew I would have to remedy that. The salad was my first time trying adzuki beans. Side note: my bean can reads Aduki so I’m…

I’m obsessed with fresh figs. They may be my favorite fruit (though they’re competing in first place with blueberries) and I only wish they were available year round, for less-than-exorbitant prices. Still, I always manage to snag a box when I’m at my local grocery store which happens to carry them consistently in-season. I love…

We have been eating grapes non-stop lately – tis the season, after all. I made this awesome grape salad the other day – a simple combination of lettuce, feta and a heavy dose of grapes. I created a maple-vinegar dressing to go along with it for a contrast in flavor. We loved it. Grapes aren’t exactly the…