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[mollya]

Seven species salad

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[rose_garden]

But I kind of secretly like thinking of it as bee honey. Because honey is food for baby bees and milk is food for baby mammals. So they represent everything you need--the perfect delicious sustenance.

[mollya]

Wow - I've never thought of it that way before. My mind is blown.

[pene]

do these things go well together because we are accustomed to them going together? or because they would always go well together and things growing in a region work well together...

[mollya]

They go well together because they go well together. I already had a dressing I loved that was pomegranate molasses, olive oil and agave, and I just traded the agave for the date syrup. My favorite thing to do with that dressing was to put it on quinoa and chickpeas and I had been thinking about adding raisins, so I just swapped the bulghur and barley for the quinoa.

I don't think that the ancient Israelites ate them like this, all together, but they do make a neat salad.

[planet30]

I made this last night (subbed agave for date syrup). It was delicious! Now what do I do with all that pom molasses???

[mollya]

A great dressing: tahini, pomegranate molasses, salt and pepper, pressed garlic, salt and pepper, water to thin it out. It would be good in a meat braise, or a bbq sauce.

[planet30]

Thanks!