JuliaA salad. And a fridge raid.<br>
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Lately, I started winging our meals without directions more often. It is good and not. Good because it provides much needed pantry reorganization. Not good because I rarely remember what I did, what I used, and cannot repeat the dish.<br>
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This one we wanted to remember. Simple: arugula, beans, eggplant, feta, onions. But that chunky picklish dressing-? salsa-? topping-? made it different and memorable. So here goes…<br>
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FOR THE SALAD<br>
— 5 oz baby arugula;<br>
— 1/5 lb beans (a mix of navy and great northern), cooked;<br>
— 10 Japanese eggplants cut into three segments, each then quartered, salt, hot paprika, oil, roasted at 450°F for 15-20 minutes;<br>
— 8 oz feta, crumbled;<br>
— red onion, thinly sliced.<br>
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FOR THE DRESSING<br>
— 3 tomatillos, diced;<br>
— 2 jalapeños, diced;<br>
— a bunch of cilantro, roughly chopped;<br>
— 1 cup castelvetrano olives, roughly chopped;<br>
— 2 garlic cloves, minced;<br>
— 1/3 cup lemon and lime juice;<br>
— 1/3 cup olive oil;<br>
— salt;<br>
— sumac.<br>
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THE PROCESS<br>
1. On a platter, layer the ingredients in order listed.<br>
2. Mix the dressing ingredients and spread it over the rest.<br>
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