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February 25, 2011

Watermelon Radish Salad and Hummingbirds

Meet the watermelon radish! It is round and encased in a thin light green skin with a pinkish hue inside. This unusual radish actually resembles its namesake. They come in light red to fuchsia and offers a mild and sweet flavor for a radish. I love the crunch and fresh taste even slightly peppery too at times. They can be prepared like any other radish but this one you can eat raw or in a salad. Just toss it in little rice wine vinegar and sprinkle some black sesame seeds for effects.


You can also sprinkle olive oil, lemon juice and sea salt for a radish carpaccio. 




I carved some flowers and hummingbirds from the same fruit to show you the beautiful colors of the radish. 







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26 comments:

  1. Che simpatico uccellino, Michelangelo, come sempre riesci a stupirmi con la tua arte! Tweet! :)
    Un bacio

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  2. que fotos más bonitas, muy interesante ese ingrediente

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  3. Michelangelo....sei troppo troppo bravo...complimenti....have a GREAT weekend, ciao Flavia

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  4. Bellissima presentazione complimenti ...
    Ciao Michelangelo un saluto dai viaggiatori golosi ...

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  5. che belle queste sculture intagliate nell'anguria! e' la mia frutta preferita! sei bravissimo! :-D

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  6. AMAZING!!....I love to come to your blog because everytime makes me smile with your art!!.....Love it!!......Abrazotes, Marcela

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  7. You managed to bring spring into my kitchen and have me ache for hummingbird season. I expected them to flitter and fly away.

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  8. Amazing, you are excellent artist as always.

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  9. Süper bir paylaşım ellerinize sağlık.

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  10. Io neanche lo conosco questo frutto ma tu come al solito ne hai fatto arte, bravissimo!

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  11. The humminbirds are to die for...you should do a cartoon out of food! You are so talented...do you make art out of non food stuff? Painter? Sculpter>.

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  12. When I think you can't do better, here it is! Awesome work, I'm amazed!

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  13. Hello, I found wandering around on the net, but all you do is a work of art, very good compliment tutto.Mi are added to the supporters so you do not lose sight!
    Good evening Anna

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  14. Awesome!!

    You are a incredible artist. The flowers and hummingbirds ar so beautiful!!

    Besos.

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  15. Amazing! It looks like the bird is alive! Love the watermelon idea! Very artistic , as always!

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  16. You amaze me with every post you do. Just when I think you can do nothing better you produce this humming bird with flowers that are so beautiful :-)))) I want some seeds now to see if I can grow these (unknown to me) radishes. Diane

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  17. gosh,if you never mentioned that those flowers were made out of the radish, i would think they are real..i wouldnt mind receiving this for a valentine gift..haha!

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  18. Love those colours...and your art, for sure!

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  19. Your work deserves to be displayed in a museum! I had these radishes recently at a restaurant in Dallas, Samar, they were used in a Lebanese salad, fattoush, sliced extra thin and I thought then they looked extraordinary; of course, that was before I saw what you can do with them!

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  20. I will never look at radishes in quite the same way again. I will want them to be marvellous hummingbirds and flowers.

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  21. Cuando voy a pasar por tu blog pienso "a ver con qué grata receta me sorprende hoy", siempre salgo impresionado con la destreza de tus manualidades ¡Hoy has triunfado!

    Abrazos y buena semana

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  22. Que cosas mas lindas haces ...las fotos preciosas ..ese colibri parece que vuela ...el colorido exquisito..eres un genio de las manualidades culinarias ...besos MARIMI

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  23. Encore un magnifique travail.
    Combien de temps durent tes créations?
    Je suis admirative.
    A très bientôt.

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  24. So gorgeous! This is a radish I have yet to try but will definitely look for :)

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  25. Love your arts and the nature that mimics it too in your talents.

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