Jicama Arugula Herb Salad with Lime Vinaigrette

Brenda Bennett — Mon, 29 Jul 2013 11:24:12 +0000

A fresh raw jicama salad tossed with fresh herbs, arugula, lettuce and a lime vinaigrette makes for a refreshing and easy summer side dish!

Have you heard of jicama before? If not, it’s a root vegetable that looks a bit like a turnip, but is crispy and sweet. It’s quite popular in Mexican cuisine and mostly eaten raw in salads, but it can be cooked as well and treated like a potato. You can find it at your local supermarket. When I found it at Whole Foods, I bought it intending to cook it up to make some type of mock hashbrowns, but once I peeled and sliced it, I found it so delicious raw and crispy well…..this salad was born!

Adding some fresh butter lettuce and arugula give the salad some color as well as provide a nice soft texture contrast to the crispiness of the jicama. If you don’t like arugula just use lettuce you like.

If I had some cilantro I would have used it instead of parsley but since I only have parsley in my garden that’s what I used. I think it still tasted fresh and yummy!