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Chicken Salad with Spinach, Fennel, Buckwheat and Purple Cabbage Mousse

Leave a Comment / Chicken, Salads, Savory Dishes, Spreads, Dips & Dressings / By Slava

Simple ingredients assembled innovatively can make a delectable meal. This composed Chicken Salad with Spinach, Fennel, Buckwheat and Purple Cabbage Mousse is my adaptation of a salad I enjoyed at lunch several weeks ago in Kyiv, Ukraine. The menu simply said Chicken, oven baked with sweet cabbage, violet mousse and grains. When the dish arrived, …

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Labneh – Savory and Sweet Versatility

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Labneh (also known as labne, labni, lebni), a strained yogurt, has a softly tart taste like Greek yogurt, but a cream-cheesy mouth feel. It can be soft and spreadable, firm and moldable, or hard and salted for longer storage. I savored labneh throughout the Middle East and eastern Mediterranean at various times of day without …

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Spring Beet Salads – Two Variations on a Theme

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I am done with winter, which was more severe this year than for many years. And even with three side trips to warmer climates – Dubai, New Orleans and Cuba – the shock of returning to Chicago’s extreme cold and snow was hard to bear. Cabin fever and a winter diet of stews, soups, chilis …

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Chicken Salad with Spinach, Fennel, Buckwheat and Purple Cabbage Mousse

Labneh – Savory and Sweet Versatility

Spring Beet Salads – Two Variations on a Theme