Apple, Sprouted Bean & Crystallized Ginger Salad with Cambozola

Name: Apple, Sprouted Bean & Crystallized Ginger Salad with Cambozola
Ingredients: ½ tsp (2.5 mL) honey thinned with ½ tsp (2.5 mL) water; ½ tsp (2.5 mL) honey thinned with ½ tsp (2.5 mL) water; 2 tsp (10 mL) white wine vinegar; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) olive oil; 1 Tbsp (15 mL) canola oil; 4 oz (125 g) Cambozola or brie cheese; 1 cup (250 mL) mixed sprouted beans (half an 8 oz/225 g container); 1 green onion, sliced; ¼ cup (60 mL) crystallized ginger, sliced thinly; 4 oz (125 g) Cambozola or brie cheese; 4 big handfuls of spring mix or other mixed salad greens; 1 or 2 handfuls of pea shoots (optional); 1 tart crisp apple, cored and sliced thinly; ¼ cup (60 mL) pine nuts, lightly toasted; 1 garlic clove, crushed; Salt and black pepper to taste; Salt and black pepper to taste; 4 big handfuls of spring mix or other mixed salad greens

Preparation info

Makes
4
starter salads

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Spilling The Beans

By Julie Van Rosendaal and Sue Duncan

Published 2011

About

Fresh new flavours keep salads fun, and fun salads get eaten. This makes a good appetizer for a main event (think Lentil & Mushroom Bourguignon), or is exactly right with a thinly sliced baguette and glass of white wine on a hot summer evening. The sprouted beans make it visually appealing, too.

Ingredients

Dressing

1 Tbsp (15 mL) canola oil
1 Tbsp (15

Starter
Main course
Gluten-free
Vegetarian
Summer

Method

To make the dressing: Combine all the ingredients in a small jar and shake it up. Let it sit for as long as you can, and discard the garlic clove before dressing the salad. The dressing can be made ahead of time and kept chilled (but you may want to discard the garlic sooner rather than later).

In a large bowl, toss the greens with enough dressing to just barely coat them, making