A New Salad: Provision Salad

On a Sunday morning, while staring at the fridge in wonder as to what I shall be cooking, the available ingredients said to me “make a Provision salad”. I certainly wasn't going to make the run off the mill potato salad for the millionth time…I must say it gets boring after a while.  Don't you think? So I had a piece of dasheen and two eddoes  staring at me and that is when the idea hit me… We're always making potato salad to accompany our Sunday meal. Why not try a salad using provision? Indeed anything is possible.

And so the idea was born and I got to work. I didn't want to overdo it so I managed to use only 1 cup of dasheen (taro) and 1 1/2 cup of eddoes. I used more eddoes since it had a smoother texture and would complement the more solid texture of the dasheen. Things were looking up as I chopped the seasonings I wanted to use. Of course, Mr Chadon Beni had to be most present.

As I got around to making the provision salad I did some more rummaging in the fridge and got an end of parsley and chive so why not add those too! Eventually after adding a dash of this and a bit of that I finally got a recipe I was pleased with. In fact the wifey gave me a two thumbs up too.

In true Simply Trini Cooking style I always welcome any variations you may have. One thing you may notice is that this salad will have a mayonnaise taste to it. But where's the mayonnaise? Hmm! Here's Provision Salad Trini style.

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Provision Salad Recipe

PROVISION SALAD

1/4 cup olive oil
2 tbsp. fresh lime juice or white vinegar
1 cup cooked dasheen, diced
1 1/2 cup cooked eddoes, diced
2 hard boiled eggs, chopped
1 tbsp. chive, chopped
2 tbsp. chadon beni, chopped
1 tbsp. fresh parsley, chopped
1 tsp. mustard
1/2 onion, grated
1 tsp. salt
1 tsp. white pepper

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 Boil the provision and dice.

In a bowl combine oil and vinegar.

Add the diced provision and egg, stir. Then cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.

Add the remaining ingredients (chive, chadon beni, parsley,  mustard, onion, salt and white pepper) and mix.
Garnish with parsley, chive or sweet pepper. Serve cold.

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Provision Salad

Course Salads
Cuisine Caribbean
Prep Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 35 minutes
Servings 6
Author Felix (Simply Trini Cooking)

Ingredients

  • 1/4 cup olive oil
  • 2 tbsp. fresh lime juice or white vinegar
  • 1 cup cooked dasheen diced
  • 1 1/2 cup cooked eddoes diced
  • 2 hard boiled eggs chopped
  • 1 tbsp. chive chopped
  • 2 tbsp. chadon beni chopped
  • 1 tbsp. fresh parsley chopped
  • 1 tsp.. mustard
  • 1/2 onion grated
  • 1 tsp. salt
  • 1 tsp. white pepper

Instructions

  • Boil the provision and dice.
  • In a bowl combine oil and vinegar.
  • Add the diced provision and egg, stir. Then cover and refrigerate for 1 hour.
  • Add the remaining ingredients (chive, chadon beni, parsley, mustard, onion, salt and white pepper) and mix.
  • Garnish with parsley, chive or sweet pepper. Serve cold.

Hope you liked my  simple provision salad that anyone can make; more to come.

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Ah Gone:)

3 thoughts on “A New Salad: Provision Salad”

  1. I’m always happy to get different variations of ‘potato salad’…..this is a must try. I love that there is no mayo…

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