I’ve been trying to make this salad for weeks, but plans kept getting in the way and ingredients continued to go bad. But tonight, I was determined. I walked to Whole Foods {stopping at Anthropologie on the way…} and picked up radishes and spinach.
I hadn’t cooked much with any of the ingredients in this salad. And I had certainly never considered using radish greens or soaking sliced dates in boiling water.
But even though all of the ingredients were unusual for my kitchen, I was excited to see how they all would work together to become my dinner.
It was no surprise that I dug the salty, tart, sweet that came with the nuts, olives, balsamic, and figs. But what was a surprise was how much I enjoyed sautéed radishes and how they did, in fact, taste much like turnips.
Check out one of my favorite turnip recipes here!