Refreshing Turnip-Apple-Radish Salad

The proportions and amounts of essentially all the ingredients in this recipe are totally fluid, so adjust the proportions based on your own taste.

Ingredients:

• ~5 small sweet, white turnips (or 1-2 large turnips)
• 1 apple
• 3 radishes
• 2-3 celery stalks with the leaves
• lemon/lime juice (~1-1/2 tsp)
• extra virgin olive oil (~1 tsp)
• salt to taste
• optional: 1/3 cup toasted walnuts

To make your salad, simply cut your radishes, turnips, and apple into very thinly sliced, bite-sized pieces.  Chop celery.  And combine all the veggies/fruit in a bowl.  Then dress with lemon/lime juice, olive oil, and salt.  Chill and garnish with walnuts before serving.

November 2010 – Variation

I have fallen in love with watermelon radishes this fall.  They are beautiful and tasty, and inspired this variation on my radish salad…

Watermelon Radish – Apple Salad over Baby Greens

Ingredients:

• 1 large watermelon radish, thinly sliced and cut into wedges
• 1 large turnip or 4 small white turnips, thinly sliced
• 1 med-large apple, thinly sliced
• 2 celery stalks, sliced (if available)
• 1 carrot, shredded
• 3-4 cups salad greens (if you’re local to NH Seacoast, my favorite greens mix is from Applecrest Orchard)

Dressing ingredients:

• juice from 1 lemon
• 2-3 tsp extra virgin olive oil
• ~1 tsp apple cider vinegar
• ~2 tsp raw local honey
• salt and pepper, to taste

Mix veggies (except greens) with dressing.  Set aside in fridge for at least 10 minutes. Serve chilled on a bed of salad greens and garnish with toasted walnuts, if you like.  This is a beautiful salad.  Enjoy.