Beans Around The World. It’s a energy fueling meal in a bowl ! Add your own special touch with extra ingredients,(Celery? Cilantro? Onion?) make it spicy, add your favorite herbs, or switch out the dressing. It’s easy, naturally gluten free, & protein packed 👍

For the Beans Around the World Contest / Category: Cool Beans - This combination of raw ingredients makes a colorful, nutrient-dense dish. Garbanzo beans star as the protein source, and the other ingredients add the perfect balance of crunch and tang. A bowl of this salad makes a great side dish or the perfect afternoon snack.

Beans Around the World - right from my kitchen

I have fond memories of eating this salad growing up in Moldova, especially during the holidays. The Russian Vinegret (Vinaigrette) Salad is a pretty much staple at any gathering during the New Year's celebrations. It's a delicious vegetarian option, packed with veggies and beautiful color given off from the beets.

Lahpet or pickled tea is the most iconic of Burmese foods and unique to the country. It’s eaten in two main ways – as a-hlu lahpet, where the ingredients are served in a beautiful, divided lacquerware dish (aka Mandalay lahpet), and as a salad known as lahpet thoke (aka as Yangon lahpet).Eat as a snack, as a palate-cleanser at the end of a meal or with rice.

Recipe kindly supplied by MiMi Aye, author of Mandalay: Recipes and Tales from a Burmese Kitchen.

Global Cuisine Design Challenge (although I've had this idea since the food memories challenge - of preparing food with my mum and auntie in a loving but organised chaos kitchen)

Global Cuisine

It's holiday season already, and I wanted to illustrate a recipe for traditional Russian salad that is still a must-have for New Year's dinner in my family.
It's a layered salad that is usually arranged on the platter in a certain order. Pickled sliced herring is laid on the bottom of the platter, and covered with layers of grated ingredients: fresh onion, boiled potatoes, carrots, eggs, and beets.
Salad is dressed with a mixture of sour cream and mayonnaise and decorated with grated egg yolk.
I was born in the Soviet Union and decided to bring that atmosphere to my illustration.

A family favorite for the holidays—or for any time—as a flavorful and festive accompaniment to turkey or beef. Cranberries, oranges, apples, and nuts combine for a satisfying salad or relish.

Tabbule, It's a national salad of Syria, is mainly made of chopped parsley, tomato, onion, soaked bulgur and some fresh and dried mint, some people add cucumbers and/or garlic or use quinoa instead of bulgur.
Seasoned with abundant lemon juice, olive oil and salt.

Indian Fruit Salad/ Chat
A savoury fruit salad, with a tangy edge Global Cuisine

The secret to make a delicious Greek salad is in the ingredients: creamy feta cheese, crisp cucumber, juicy tomatoes, strong oregano, good olive oil and some tangy olives.
For the Global cuisine challenge.

One of my favourite Middle Eastern dishes of all time. There are just about as many variations of this dish as there are ways to spell it. Here's my tangy take on this classic dish. Hope you enjoy, too!

This is a tasty savory persimmon salad that I often make for fall and winter gatherings. It's yummy! Serve it as is or over a bed of mixed salad greens.

Refreshing salad, perfect during hot summers. Best part is that it is so easy to make!

Picture this, a warm summers day in my garden and the bees were buzzing. The sweet scent of tomatoes freshly picked from the greenhouse, beetroots dug up and peas popping out of their jackets. The colours were truly amazing. We were set for lunch, we just needed to add lettuce and Feta cheese! We laid the table, and added the daisy chains that we had been making across the centre.
It was delicious.... until I noticed that I had half a caterpillar on my plate! We did laugh until our bellies hurt and I did join in after a while. Sorry caterpillar ....

I recently made this salad, it’s simple and yummy for sandwiches or eat it with other vegetables.