Marinated Mushrooms Salad and Savory Walnut Balls

Colorful and spicy… that’s how I like my salad… and my life

A few days ago I wanted to make a special dinner. Nothing too fancy, just a bit different than usual salad with some nutty dressing. I was having a fun time musing over what to prepare and how to place it on a plate. Besides soaking the nuts and marinating the mushrooms, it doesn’t take too long to prepare, but it is super tasty.

This is what I came up with.

Ingredients:

Savory Walnut Balls

• 100 grams of walnuts
• 10 Brazil nuts
• 2 teaspoons of paprika powder
• 1 teaspoon of garlic powder
• pinch of cayenne pepper
• 3 teaspoons of salt water sole (or salt to taste)
• green olives (optional)

Soak walnuts and Brazil nuts overnight or 6-8 hours. Drain the water, rinse them and put them in the food processor. Add the rest of the ingredients and mix until you get an uniformed, a little sticky mass that can be rolled into little balls. Make your balls and if you wish, decorate each with half of a green olive.

Salad

• 1 head lettuce
• 2 carrots
• 3 tablespoons of fermented oyster mushrooms (optional)
• 4 green parts of scallion
• handful of arugula

Tear or chop lettuce (whichever you prefer), grate carrots and chop the rest of the salad ingredients. Mixed them all together with just a little squeeze of lemon.

Marinated Mushrooms

• 250 grams of crimini (brown) mushrooms
• juice of half a lemon
• tablespoon of tamari sauce
• teaspoon of garlic powder
• teaspoon of dried oregano

Thinly slice mushrooms and make the marinade from the rest of the ingredients. Let them marinate overnight or around 8 hours in a fridge.

Salad Dressing

• Marinade from the mushrooms
• 1 and a half tablespoon of sunflower seed butter
• 2 tablespoons of freshly chopped dill

Decorate as you wish, dress the salad with the dressing, add a bit extra of tamari on mushrooms if you like it salty and enjoy!

We served our walnut balls on a sheet of purple nori that we ended rolling into a burrito.

As we finished our decorating and taking pictures, we felt so happy and grateful for this meal. A healthy dish to nourish both body and mind.

Have a yummy day! 🙂

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