Skip to main content

Warm Garden Salad

Cooks' Note

You can return to this dish as often as you choose.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    serves 6. serving size: 1 or 2 pieces of each vegetable on a bed of greens.

Ingredients

8 small broccoli florets
8 asparagus tips
4 small leeks, washed thoroughly
1 small rutabaga, cut into thin strips
2 portobello mushrooms, thinly sliced
2 zucchini, thinly sliced
4 cups assorted salad greens or 6 romaine lettuce leaves

Vinaigrette

1 garlic clove, crushed
2/3 cup apple cider vinegar
1/3 cup olive oil
2 tablespoons sherry
2/3 teaspoon prepared mustard (any kind will do)
Salt and pepper

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Blanch the broccoli, asparagus, leeks, rutabaga, mushrooms, and zucchini in boiling water for 5 minutes. Drain and set aside, keeping warm.

    Step 2

    Prepare the vinaigrette: In a blender, combine the garlic, vinegar, olive oil, sherry, and mustard. Add salt and pepper to taste and puree.

    Step 3

    Moisten the vegetables with the vinaigrette and arrange on top of the salad greens.

Great Food, All Day Long
Read More
Like “absolutely decadent” chocolate pudding and fattoush salad.
Keep this easy frittata recipe on hand for quick breakfasts, impressive brunches, and fridge clean-out meals.
A warmly spiced Ashkenazi charoset, perfect for your Passover seder—or spooned over yogurt the next morning.
Turn humble onions into this thrifty yet luxe pasta dinner.
Like spicy carrot rigatoni and weeknight-fancy ravioli with peas.
For Derby Day indulgence or a post-Thanksgiving lunch, this Kentucky favorite can’t be beat.
A flurry of fresh tarragon makes this speedy weeknight dish of seared cod and luscious, sun-colored pan sauce feel restaurant worthy.
Like lemony risotto and tandoori-style cauliflower.