Corn, Jicama, Mint, Pine Nut Salad
Jicama is a perfect summer ingedient. It's mostly made of water, so it has a refreshing and cooling effect in a salad. Better yet, jicama is a great match with the sweet veggies and fruits of the summer.
In this salad, I've just taken fresh corn off the cob and mixed it with some matchstick slices of jicama, fresh mint, toasted pine nuts and a squeeze of lemon juice and extra virgin olive oil. Maybe a few shavings of parm reg or even a soft,fresh goat cheese would be a nice touch.
Lovely! Jicama's such a great idea--I've been playing with corn a lot, too, so I'll have to try this.
Posted by: debbie | August 10, 2005 at 04:33 PM
hi debbie. i've also made a few other versions of this with other ingredients lying around - cherries one time, peaches another...very flexible for creativity.
Posted by: joe | August 10, 2005 at 05:27 PM
Hi there,
came across your site randomly...what a simple salad...plus the fact that I absolutely LOVE pine nuts! Awesome choice of colour and layout for your blog. Will check back again.
Posted by: Skrat | August 17, 2005 at 12:36 PM
hi skrat, thanks for the nice comments. your blog looks great as well!!!!
Posted by: joe | August 18, 2005 at 06:56 AM