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Food on Fridays with Ann
I spotted a Styrofoam tray of Belgian endives while passing through the Trader Joe’s fresh vegetable section—two endives were the standard white and green; one was edged in red.Remembering my sister-in-law’s “chicon” salad from Belgium, I decided to chop these up and throw something together myself. A quick search led to a French recipe recommending chopping the endives into rings, adding bits of apple, mixing in some nuts (I used walnuts), and then tossing with a Dijon mustard vinaigrette:
I think it would be good with raisins, as well. Another experiment might be to swap the vinaigrette for a light mayonnaise and lemon mixture. I like the flexibility, and though the photo didn’t turn out very nice, the color of the endives is visually appealing.
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Photos by Ann Kroeker. All rights reserved.
I saw your recipe and immediately, I wanted to be out the door to Trader Joe’s! Endive is one of my favorite greens! I have some Kerrygold Cheese in the fridge from Costco that would go well shaved over the endive, along with a dressing.
I love salads like this! The vinaigrette is always such a lovely contrast to the greens, apple and nuts.
Greens with apples and nuts sounds lovely and I do like your photo too.