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Fresh Arugula Salad with Tarragon Maple Vinaigrette

August 9, 2011September 3, 2011 Michelle Day arugula, fast cooking, foods, health benefits, healthy cooking, herbs, kids and a cook, maple, salad, tarragon, teens cooking

The flavor profile of this salad really bursts in your mouth and offers a twist on the old stand by, spinach salad. Try this quick and easy recipe and by all means play around with different lettuces, greens and herbs to come up with your own unique flavor profile.

INGREDIENTS:

1/2 cup fresh tarragon leaves
1 tablespoon minced shallot
2 tablespoons water or a dry white wine
1 tablespoon vinegar
2 tablespoons dijon mustard
3 tablespoons real maple syrup
salt and pepper to taste
1 cup good extra virgin olive oil

2 bags of fresh arugula
2 cups grape tomatoes

DIRECTIONS:
1) In a food processor, combine the first 7 ingredients.
2) with your food processor running, SLOWLY add in the olive oil making sure to fully incorporate it into the vinaigrette. It should have a smooth and satin like texture to it.
3) toss the arugula and tomatoes together in a large bowl, and LIGHTLY dress the salad. Do not pour the dressing over your greens, use a small spoon to help drizzle the vinaigrette over the greens and then using clean hands gently toss the two together. you should not have vinaigrette dripping off your greens, or puddling up on you plate. What you want is a little bit in each bit.

Michelle Day

Michelle Day has been cooking and baking since she was old enough to hold a whisk. Michelle is an expert cook and her passion for cooking and entertaining has never wavered. At the age of 10 Michelle’s Family started a bakery in Simsbury CT, where Michelle got her first taste of running a food service business. In 1994 Michelle moved to New York City, where, she found her true passion in baking. In 2001 she started “The Catering Divas” Catering business. Serving the Upper East Side, she catered numerous small dinner and cocktail parties. Her passion and attention to detail won her the attention of some of New York’s Elite. Back at home in Connecticut, Michelle is a well known culinary instructor and her cake decorating skills jump-started a side business — Devine Cake Designs — where clients clamor for her inspired and beautifully artistic designs. After 15 years in the culinary industry, Michelle’s love of cooking, baking and children, has lead to her to her newest career, offering personalized family cooking classes and creating a TV show, digital broadcasts and Cook Books like no other. Kids and a Cook is all about healthy, fun, and easy meals for kids and their families. Michelle credits her parents with her success and her love of food, helping to create so many memories being in the kitchen with them as a child. Her goal is to have a show to help viewers create the same memories with their families. A show for the kids, and by the kids, with the “cook” there as guidance. Michelle’s featured co-host is an energetic, precocious 9-year-old named Elisabeth. Although a finicky eater, Elisabeth still loves to cook in the kitchen and learn about ingredients and how to mix them to make tasty dishes. Come join us — as you and Elisabeth learn easy recipes and explore culinary adventures. Michelle Day is available for lectures and cooking demonstrations. Please contact us through this website.