Burgers with Bean Salad and Radish Salad

At the same time that Raul created the very successful and delicious radish greens salad he also, the original intention, worked on a radish salad. The one he chose is from food.com and claims to have a Scandinavian twist to it. Hopefully the caraway seed is not the Scandinavian flair because there was, surprisingly, not any caraway seed in the spice cupboard and Raul just leaves it out.

Radish Salad

Ingredients:

2 teaspoons white wine vinegar
2 teaspoons canola oil or 2 teaspoons corn oil
1 teaspoon caraway seed
2 teaspoons chopped fresh oregano
1 garlic clove, minced
1 pinch sugar
1 pinch salt
1 pinch pepper
15 -20 medium radishes (or shaved) or 15 -20 large radishes, trimmed and sliced thin (or shaved)

Directions:

1. In a small bowl, combine vinegar, oil, caraway, oregano, garlic, sugar, salt and pepper.
2. In a large bowl, toss radishes with vinegar-oil mixture.
3. Cover and refrigerate at least 1 hour before serving.

Raul leaves the salad to marinate overnight and the result is very subtle with an earthy taste. "Maybe the dressing takes out all the peppery taste," muses Raul. However paired with burgers and bean salad there are more than enough flavours on the plate to satisfy all. But the next time radishes are purchased - and they will be, Drew still craves just a simple bowl of radishes fried in butter - the greens will be the most crucial part of the purchase. "Usually you would have a burger and fries but this is much tastier," says Raul. "And healthier." Drew agrees and the dog pouts.