Beets and endive salad with walnuts, sweet and sour orange tamarind vinaigrette
This salad is one of my go to for sexual health and a staple for a Date Night. Tamarind is an aphrodisiac rich in calcium, phosphorus, iron, thiamine, niacin and riboflavin stimulating sperm motility and sperm count, increasing sexual arousal and desire and improving premature ejaculation in men.
Salad
- 2 beets (roasted)
- 3-4 Belgian endives
- 1/4 cup walnuts
- (OPTIONAL): 1/2 an avocado or goat cheese
Sweet and Sour Tamarind Orange Dressing
- 1 orange (juiced or pressed)
- 1 tsp tamarind paste
- 1 tsp Braggs Aminos
- 1 inch fresh ginger (grated)
- ½ tsp sesame seed
- 1 tsp toasted sesame oil
Salad Dressing
Mix all ingredients in a bowl. Note, you can also add half an avocado in for a more creamy consistency instead of the sesame oil.
Salad Assembly
Chop the roasted beet in small cubes and toss with the salad dressing.
Prepare the endives in small "boats" and load them with the beets, top with walnuts OR thinly slice the endives and combine with the beets and the dressing. Top with walnuts.
In my home country of France, it is common to eat a beet and endive salad with either goat cheese (or Roquefort blue cheese). Both goat or Roquefort blue cheese would be interesting combinations with the tamarind dressing. Alternatively, you may add avocado to increase creaminess of the salad.
