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Salad with Red Radicchio, Florence Fennel and Walnut, a post against Homophobia

A blogger from Italy is proposing this great initiative against homophobia, following some rude comments and jokes by our Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi.

To support the initiative bloggers are asked to provide a recipe with Florence Fennel (recycle OK), for more info click here.

Thank you Gaia for the initiative :-)



Salad with Red Radicchio, Florence Fennel
and Walnut



Photo by Alessandra Zecchini©



A lovely and crisply salad made with fresh mixed leaves and red radicchio (the round type, which is crispy and lovely to eat raw). I find red radicchio a bit bitter, this is why I like to mix it with other green leaves. Then I added some finely cut Florence fennel, and some freshly shelled walnuts. For dressing I just used some good extra virgin olive oil, some lemon juice and some salt.

Non-vegan option: I had some salad left over and I made a mega panino using crusty ciabatta bread, this salad (without dressing) and some gorgonzola cheese. It was super!!!!

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  1. FelixNovember 10, 2010 at 11:34 PM

    Ottima insalata Alessandra! Piacevolmente fresca e croccante! Poi io adoro le noci!

    Per il resto... comunica agli Neozelandesi che in Italia c'è un pezzo di società moderna, modernissima che ci prova, ma che non sa come farsi sentire bene e da tutti... perché non ci è dato spazio...

    Un abbraccio e a presto :-)

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  2. MammazanNovember 11, 2010 at 6:48 AM

    Cara amica lontana...che piacere ricevere il tuo commento e che piacevole sorpresa scorrere le ricette postate ...mi è piaciuto molto il riso e uova strapazzate a strati...
    Semplieemente geniale!
    Un bacione
    GraziaA

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  3. Asa_AshelNovember 11, 2010 at 8:21 AM

    Grazie di aver lasciato il commento sul mio blog, mi ha dato modo di scoprire questo tuo spazio.
    Tornerò presto a trovarti. Mi piace consociare con blogger italiani all'estero, perché mi aprono un punto di vista privilegiato verso il mondo.
    Ciao.

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  4. pommes cannellesNovember 11, 2010 at 9:37 AM

    A very good idea ...

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