Joined CSA and need recipes to love Arugula!

[Lady Green Jeans]

Recently joined a CSA and am getting mass quantities of Arugula (admittedly not yet a favorite). Please help with any recipe that will help use it up/maybe grow on me to actually like it.

Thanks in advance.

[rawstrawberry]

I use to eat it but never grew to love it. So I understand LOL

But I liked to cut it up as small as possible and eat with raisins or dates, apples or mango, squeeze of lemon juice or I guess you could add avocado and raw mayo with apples and raisins.

It cuts down on the bite.

:)
RS


Recently joined a CSA and am getting mass quantities of Arugula (admittedly not yet a favorite). Please help with any recipe that will help use it up/maybe grow on me to actually like it.

Thanks in advance.

[RawKnitster]

This is one of my favorite salads. The flavor depends on the arugula. If possible tender baby arugula is best. If the arugula is a little older and tougher I might chop it up in the food processor, but that does tend to bring out the bitterness. This is a slight variation of a recipe from one of my favorite raw books, David Wolfe's "Eating for Beauty". I've made it so many times I don't need to look it up anymore. I like to eat it before special events. Hmmm, I wonder if anyone has ever thought I smelled like garlic, they've never said. It really does give the skin an amazing glow.

Skin-Saver Salad

4-6 red radishes
5 oz arugula
2-3 T. pine nuts
1 small avocado (diced)
1 small clove garlic (finely diced)
juice of 1 lemon (or less depending on size of lemon)
1 sunburst squash or yellow squash (finely diced)
1/4 bunch parsley (finely diced)
5-6 large green Italian or Sicilian raw olives (chopped)

Combine all ingredients. Toss thoroughly. I found the leftovers, if any, will keep well in the fridge for 24 hours.

[HolyGuacamole]

OMG, I'm jealous, arugula is my favorite.
I just use it anywhere you might use spinach, though it's not neutral in taste, as you know.
I love arugula salad with a few walnuts and some fresh berries. Out of this world!

[spicyfull]

I add it to Salads and Smoothies. I grow it and Love the Flavor.

[loodles]

I love baby arugula mixed w/ diced avocado, dash of sea salt. Simple. Maybe add some diced cucumber. I find mixing bitter greens with fats helps cut the intensity and makes them actually taste good. This works with dandelion greens too.
If I eat "grownup" arugula, I gag from the bitterness. Try it in small doses mixed with some kind of fat and hopefully it will taste delish to you too.

[Stina]

I only use small amounts at once in a salad with other greens but that's good.

[rawstrength]

I agree with Loodles. Salt and fat cut the spicy/bitter taste of arugula. Avocados are terrific because they are really cooling as well as fatty. Try marinating your arugula in this dressing:
1 avocado
1/2 cup cashew mylk
1 tsp. sea salt
1/2 cup chopped parsley
Blend the first avocado and mylk. Then stir in the sea salt and chopped parsley.

[Lady Green Jeans]

Thank you all for the great ideas. Maybe with some of these to try the arugula could grow on me a bit. Will try some and post the results.