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Sugar Snap Pea, Radish, Feta Salad

8/20/2025

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Ingredients
1.5 pounds sugar snap peas 
2 bunches radishes 

8 oz crumbled feta cheese 
3 tbsp fresh mint (roughly chopped)
1 tbsp fresh dill
1/4 cup olive oil
1 garlic clove (pressed or grated)
1 tsp red wine vinegar
1/4 tsp kosher salt
1/2 tsp fresh ground black pepper


Instructions
  1. Using a pairing knife to begin slicing tip off end of snap pea, there are strings on the top and the bottom of the peas, once you've almost sliced through the end you should find the string. Pull the string out. Repeat with other end of snap pea and string on opposite side.  Once you have prepped the sugar snap peas, slice them diagonally. Place in a large bowl.
  2. Thinkly slice the radishes into uniform pieces, using a knife or a mandolin. Place in large bowl with the sugar snap peas.
  3. Add feta, mint, and dill to the bowl with the peas and radishes.
  4. In a small bowl, add grated garlic, olive oil, lemon juice, red wine vinegar, salt and pepper. Whisk to combine. Pour over the peas, radishes, and feta.  Gently toss. Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary.
  5. Place in refrigerator until ready to serve, at least half an hour.  Best enjoyed chilled. 
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Radish and Carrot Salad

6/25/2025

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Ingredients
  • 3 cups julienne cut or shredded carrots (about 5 large)
  • 1 cup julienne cut watermelon radishes, or any variety radish including Daikon
  • 2 tablespoons unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 1 tablespoon reduced-sodium tamari or 2 teaspoons coconut aminos
  • 2 teaspoons pure maple syrup, preferably dark
  • 1 teaspoon finely grated ginger root, preferably grated with a rasp-style grater
  • 1/4 teaspoon granulated garlic
  • 1/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 tablespoon extra-virgin olive oil
  • 1/2 cup flat leaf parsley leaves, cut into tiny ribbons or chiffonade
Instructions
  1. Cut the carrots and radishes into matchstick or julienne. (See notes.)
  2. Whisk vinegar, maple syrup, tamari (or coconut aminos), ginger, garlic and salt in a large bowl. Whisk in oil.
  3. Add carrots, radish and parsley.
  4. Toss to coat. Serve immediately or chill.
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Spring Pea & Radish Salad

5/21/2025

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Ingredients
  • 1/2 pound fresh wax or green beans
  • 1/2 pound fresh sugar snap peas
  • 2 cups water
  • 6 large radishes, thinly sliced
  • 2 tablespoons honey
  • 1 teaspoon dried tarragon
  • 1/4 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon coarsely ground pepper
Directions
  1. ​Snip ends off beans and sugar snap peas; remove strings from snap peas. In a large saucepan, bring water to a boil over high heat. Add beans and reduce heat; simmer, covered, 4-5 minutes. Add sugar snap peas; simmer, covered, until both beans and peas are crisp-tender, another 2-3 minutes. Drain.
  2. Toss beans and peas with radishes. Stir together honey, tarragon, salt and pepper. Drizzle over vegetables.
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Roasted Beets & Radishes with Garlic Dill Yogurt Sauce

12/18/2024

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Ingredients
  • 1 bunch beets
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
  • 1 bunch radishes
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 teaspoon sea salt
  • 1/8 teaspoon cracked black pepper
 
Yogurt Sauce
  • 1/2 cup Greek yogurt
  • 3 garlic cloves, minced
  • 2 tablespoons chopped dill
  • Pinch of sea salt
  • Cracked black pepper
Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Move the rack to the middle position.

  2. Remove the greens from the beets and the radishes and scrub them clean.
  3. Quarter the beets, cutting them into equal size pieces. Add them to a mixing bowl with the olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix until fully coated.
  4. Transfer the beets to a baking sheet and bake them for 20 minutes.
  5. While the beets are baking, prepare the radishes. Halve them if large.  Add them to the mixing bowl with olive oil, salt and pepper. Mix to fully coat.
  6. After the beets have roasted for 20 minutes, add the radishes to the baking sheet. Bake for another 15 minutes, or until the radishes are thoroughly roasted.
  7. While the roots are roasting, make the yogurt sauce.
  8. Add the Greek yogurt, minced garlic, and chopped dill to a measuring cup and whisk to combine. Salt and pepper to taste. It is easy to over salt yogurt  so keep that in mind.
  9. Remove the beets and radishes from the oven and plate them in a serving dish.   Drizzle the yogurt sauce over them. Then top them off with fresh sprigs of dill and cracked black pepper.
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Roasted Broccoli Radish Salad with Lemon Mint Vinaigrette

6/14/2023

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Ingredients
For the Salad:
  • 3 cups broccoli florets
  • 1 1/2 cups radishes cut into 1/8ths
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1/4 cup golden raisins
  • 1/2 cup chopped red onion
For the Dressing:
  • 1 tablespoon lemon juice
  • 1 tablespoon unseasoned rice vinegar
  • 1 garlic clove, minced
  • 1/2 teaspoon Dijon mustard
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon chopped mint
  • 1/4 teaspoon Kosher salt
  • Freshly ground pepper

Instructions
  1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F. Toss broccoli and radishes with olive oil and spread on a foil-lined baking sheet. Roast for 10-15 minutes until broccoli is lightly browned and crisp and the radishes are tender.
  2. While the vegetables are roasting, cover raisins in hot water to rehydrate.
  3. To make salad dressing, whisk together lemon juice, rice vinegar, minced garlic, mustard, and olive oil. Stir in chopped mint.
  4. In a large bowl, toss roasted broccoli and radishes, red onion, plumped raisins, and dressing. Season with salt and pepper. Serve hot or room temperature
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Bunny Deviled Eggs

4/13/2022

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INGREDIENTS

  • 1 doz. hard-cooked eggs
  • 4 oz. softened cream cheese
  • ½ cup mayonnaise
  • 1 Tbsp. yellow mustard
  • 1/8 tsp. onion powder
  • 4 large radishes
  • 3 pitted black olives, each cut into 16 small pieces
  • 12 fresh chives, cut into 1-inch lengths

PREPARATION
1. Cut eggs lengthwise in half. Remove yolks; place in medium bowl. Add cream cheese, mayo, mustard and onion powder; beat with mixer until blended.
2. Spoon yolk mixture into egg whites.
3. Cut both ends off each radish; cut into 24 small pieces for the bunnies' noses. Cut each of the trimmed radishes into 6 lengthwise slices, then cut each slice crosswise in half for the bunnies' ears. 
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4. Decorate eggs with radishes, olives and chives as shown in photo.


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Sauteed Radishes

3/16/2022

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​Ingredients
  • 1 tablespoon butter 
  • 20 radishes, ends trimmed and radishes cut in half
  • salt and ground black pepper to taste

Preparation
  1. Heat butter in a skillet over low heat; arrange radishes, cut side-down, in the melted butter. Season with salt and black pepper.
  2. Cook, stirring occasionally, until radishes are browned and softened, about 10 minutes.


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Orange-Glazed Carrots, Onions & Radishes

11/10/2021

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Ingredients
  • 1 pound fresh pearl onions
  • 1/4 cup butter, cubed
  • 2 pounds medium carrots, thinly sliced
  • 12 radishes, thinly sliced
  • 1/2 cup dark brown sugar (or 1/3 cup maple syrup)
  • 4 teaspoons grated orange zest
  • 1/2 cup orange juice
  • 1 cup chopped walnuts, toasted (optional)
Directions
  • 1. In a large saucepan, bring 4 cups water to a boil. Add pearl onions; boil 3 minutes. Drain and rinse with cold water. Peel.
  • 2. In a large skillet, heat butter over medium heat. Add carrots, pearl onions, radishes, brown sugar, orange zest and juice; cook, covered, until vegetables are tender, stirring occasionally, 10-15 minutes. Cook, uncovered, until slightly thickened, 5-7 minutes longer. Sprinkle with walnuts if using.
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Broccoli Salad with Peanut Butter Dressing

8/22/2019

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-Adapted from Bon Appetit
Serves 4
Dressing
¼ cup creamy peanut butter
2 tablespoons plain rice vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
½ teaspoon sugar
1 tablespoon sesame oil
2 tablespoons water
2 tablespoons minced ginger
½ teaspoon salt

Salad
2 small heads of broccoli, florets cut from the stalks and stalks thinly sliced
1 small cucumber, thinly sliced
4 radishes, thinly sliced
3 tablespoons good green olive oil
2 tablespoons plain rice vinegar
2 tablespoons dried cranberries
3 tablespoons roasted pumpkin seeds
Cilantro sprigs for garnish
  1. Whisk peanut butter, vinegar, soy sauce, sugar, sesame oil, ginger and water in a small jar with a tight lid. Test and season with salt as required
  2. ​Place the florets and sliced stalks of broccoli in a salad bowl with the cucumbers, radishes, cranberries and pumpkin seeds.
  3. Add the olive oil and rice vinegar. Toss lightly. Taste test and adjust seasoning as required. Toss again.
  4. ​Serve into 4 dishes. Garnish each with a few sprigs of cilantro. Drizzle the peanut butter dressing over each of the dishes and serve.
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Celery, Fennel, Apple and Radish Slaw

7/17/2019

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Serves 6
3 tablespoons olive oil
2½ tablespoons cider vinegar
2 teaspoons lemon juice
¼ teaspoon sugar
1½ tablespoons fresh mint leaves, shredded
6 stalks celery, shaved or julienned
2 medium fennel bulbs, julienned
1 large Granny Smith apple, cored and thinly sliced with peel intact
4 medium radishes, halved and thinly sliced
2 tablespoons fennel fronds, chopped


  1. Mix the first 5 ingredients in a sealable jar. Shake vigorously. Set aside.
  2. Place the next four ingredients in a large serving bowl.
  3. When ready to serve, drizzle the re-shaken dressing on top of the salad. Toss lightly.
  4. Sprinkle the fennel fronds across the top of the salad and serve.
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Pea Shoot Salad

10/24/2018

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Ingredients

Dressing
3 TBS olive oil
2 TBS rice vinegar
2TBS low-sodium soy sauce or guten-free tamari
1 TSP brown sugar, honey or maple syrup (more to taste)
1 TSP grated, peeled fresh ginger
1 TSP grated garlic

Remaining
8 cups pea shoots
1 1/2 cups thinly sliced English cucumber
1 cup thinly sliced radish
1/2 cup sliced almonds, toasted and divided.

Directions
  1. Combine ingredients for dressing in a large bowl, stirring  with a whisk until well blended.
  2. Add pea shoots, cucumber, radishes and half of the almonds.  Toss gently to coat.  
  3. Sprinkle with remaining almonds and serve.
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Spinach, Radish and Mint Salad

8/26/2015

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Recipe by Anna Gill

Serves: 4

SALAD
25 to 30 small radishes
4 cups baby spinach leaves, washed and dried
½ cup mint leaves, washed and cut into chiffonade*
2 -3 tablespoons Creamy Lemon-Chive Dressing -recipe follows

CREAMY LEMON-CHIVE DRESSING
Makes ⅔ cup

1 tablespoon freshly squeezed lemon juice
¼ teaspoon fine sea salt
½ cup light cream
¼ cup (scant) chives, finely minced

DRESSING
1. Combine lemon juice and salt in a small lidded jar. Cover tightly and shake until the salt is dissolved.
2. Add cream and chives. Shake until blended.
3. Will keep up to one week refrigerated. Shake well before using.

SALAD
1. Cut radishes into thin slices.
2. Place spinach, mint and radish slices into salad bowl.
3. Drizzle just enough dressing to lightly coat and toss gently.
4. Serve on salad plates or bowls.

*Chiffonade is a cooking technique in which leafy green herbs (such as mint and basil) are cut into long, thin strips. This is generally accomplished by stacking leaves, rolling them tightly, then cutting across the rolled leaves with a sharp knife, producing fine ribbons 
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Shrimp, Chervil and Sugar Snap Pea Salad

8/26/2015

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Recipe by Anna Gill

Serves: 4

24 large shrimp, shelled and deveined
3 tablespoons mayonnaise
3 tablespoons lite extra virgin olive oil
½ cup chopped chervil, plus 4 sprigs for garnish
1 tablespoon freshly ground pepper
1 small lemon, juiced
½ pound sugar snap peas, strings removed cut diagonally into bite-size pieces
6 medium radishes, cut into bite-sized pieces
3 small stalks fennel, trimmed and sliced into bite-sized pieces
Crisp lettuce, enough for 4 servings

1. Prepare ice bath for shrimp
2. Bring a large pot of salted water to a roiling boil. Place shrimp in the water for about 2 minutes until they turn pink and white. Remove from the cooking pot and place immediately into the ice bath. Let the shrimp sit for a minute then drain. Set aside.
3. In a medium size bowl, place mayonnaise, olive oil, ½ cup of chopped chervil, lemon juice and fresh pepper. Whisk together well. Set aside.
4. Place the shrimp, sugar snap peas, radishes and fennel into a bowl. Drizzle with the prepared mayonnaise mixture. Toss together well.
5. Prepare four serving dishes with lettuce leaves.
6. Spoon the shrimp and vegetable mixture over the lettuce and serve.
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Radish, Sugar Snap Peas and Feta Salad

8/25/2015

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Recipe by Anna Gill

Serves 4

SALAD
4 cups baby arugala
10 small red radishes, washed and quartered
¾ lb. sugar snap peas, cleaned, ends trimmed and strings removed
1 small zucchini, quartered lengthwise and cut into 1½ inch pieces
¼ lb. feta cheese, crumbled
3- 4 tablespoons Lemon Vinaigrette - recipe follows

LEMON VINAIGRETTE
Makes 1 cup

3 tablespoons fresh lemon juice 
3 tablespoons white wine vinegar 
1 tablespoon Dijon mustard 
½ teaspoon sugar 
¼ teaspoon salt 
⅛ teaspoon freshly ground pepper
½ cup vegetable oil


LEMON VINIAGRETTE
1. Whisk together first 6 ingredients in a small bowl; gradually whisk in oil until blended.
2. Keep refrigerated in a tight lidded jar for up to one week.

SALAD
1. Place arugala, radishes, sugar snaps, zucchini in a salad bowl.
2. Top with the feta cheese.
3. Drizzle just enough vinaigrette over the top to lightly cover.
4. Toss well and serve.
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