You know what’s not a good idea? Shopping for jeans after an ‘eat weekend’.
Don’t act like you don’t know what an ‘eat weekend’ is. Don’t act like you haven’t ever eaten nothing but spaghetti and meat balls, doughnuts, onion rings, and mango margaritas for an entire weekend. Surely I’m not the only one.
Maybe I am the only dummy who would go shopping for jeans after such a gluttonous two days.
Can I tell you the worst part? The sales dude. Yea… DUDE. He insisted on seeing every pair of jeans I tried on. Um… no way, dude. No way.
Can I tell you the second worst part? I had to have the sales dude go back to the floor to get me a larger size in all the jeans I had selected. Larger. Yea… that wasn’t embarrassing at all.
So I made a salad.
Whatever. This has nothing to do with the jeans incident or ‘eat weekend’… maybe I just like salad more than I like onion rings.
I love to pair radishes with green onions. Mostly I just love the way they look together.
This edamame salad also has chopped parsley, ripe avocado, a garlic and ginger dressing, and sesame seeds.
This salad is so fresh (as in cool, duh), and so simple. I thawed and blanched a bag of shelled edamade beans. Even cooked, soybeans have a bit of crunch. Combine that crunch with spicy radishes and creamy avocado. Come on… you know this is the business.
The dressing is a touch spicy. Thank you garlic. Thank you ginger.
Look how healthy and wholesome this is.
What ‘eat weekend’!? That couldn’t have been me.
Avocado and Edamame Salad
serves 4 large or 6 small servings
1 16-ounce bag frozen shelled edamame, thawed
1 clove garlic, minced
1 teaspoon grated fresh ginger
2 teaspoons honey
scant 1/4 cup seasoned rice wine vinegar
3 tablespoons olive oil
juice of 1 lime
pinch of salt and fresh cracked pepper
1/2 cup sliced green onion
3 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
5 to 8 radishes, sliced
1 ripe avocado, sliced
sesame seeds
Bring about 4 cups of water to boil in a medium saucepan. Add edamame and boil for just a few minutes, until cooked through but still with a slight bite to them. Drain and allow to cool.
In the meantime, make the dressing.
In a small bowl, whisk together rice wine vinegar, oil, garlic, ginger, lime, honey and salt and pepper. Whisk together until completely incorporated. Set aside.
In a medium bowl, combine cooled edamame, green onion, parsley, radishes, and a sprinkling of sesame seeds. Toss together. Add dressing to desired amount. It’s that easy!
Salad lasts up to 4 days in the fridge, but be warned, the radishes will start the loose their red color… just so you know.
Marsha Filia
Please fix your printer capablity version so that a picure appears and it does not print 8 blank pages
Heather
I made this recently and it was so good and fresh tasting! I will definitely be making this again. Yay for superfoods! Check out my blogpost: http://heatskitchen.blogspot.com/2013/05/avocado-and-edamame-salad.html
Marylin morello
What happened to the honey????
joythebaker
Oops! Thanks for pointing that out. It’s part of the dressing, just updated the directions!
Hannah
I tried this today and loved it! I didn’t have avocado so I just used radishes, cucumber, edamame, and corn and then I put it on top of a bowl of cous cous. The dressing is delicious – even my 17 year old brother enjoyed it!
Judy
I’m not a big fan of radishes, but the pictures of this salad are so beautiful that I just had to try it and I was not disappointed! I couldn’t find a 16 oz. bag of edamame so I used 12 oz. & doubled the avocado. This would be a nice change to my usual lunches at work! Thank you!
fluffyturkey
I made this to go with veggie sushi. It was awesome! Thanks Joy!
woobee
This salad is AMAZING. I’ve made it twice and am not going to stop. Thank you for this deliciousness.
Adele
A foodie friend discovered this recipe some time ago, and it was an instant hit with all of us who enjoy her cooking. I took the salad to a Thanksgiving meal yesterday, and everyone there wanted the recipe, too, saying they’ll make it a part of their Thanksgiving/Christmas menu.
Natalia
What’s in the spoon??? On your second pic… This really looks good… Trying it soon, and serving in little ceramic spoons as appetizers!
Brandi B
Totally went out on a limb and made this for all of the guys over for football. I knew I’d love it but wasn’t sure about the six men that call our house “home” every Sunday during football season. To my surprise they all loved it and it was gobbled up quickly (I even saw a couple of second servings go out). Thanks! Definitely a keeper!
Bellina Tse
Hi Joy,
I mentioned this recipe in my website, http://www.nibella.net. A link and name of the blog was included. Hope that’s okay. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Anne
I was reading this so I could make it for lunch today and just noticed a minor thing. You didn’t mention putting the avocado in the salad. I mean, it’s totally obvious because its in the ingredients, but I just thought I should say something. Okay, I’m going to go make this now! Yum I can’t wait. =)
KT
No so sure about this salad, I made it and it wasn’t too great. Definitely doesn’t make great leftovers. :(
Alicia
Just made this Edamame Salad last night…I am in LOVE.
Robin
Totally just made this. Totally fantastic. Thanks for the great idea!
Joanne
I think this might be all my favorite foods in one bowl… minus chocolate, of course. So fresh – wishing I had a bowl right now!
-Joanne
The Dinner Belle for Kimberlybelle.com
Looks like a perfect easy healthy lunch! I might add some grapefruit for a bit of extra tartness–I just love the way it goes with edamame and avocado.
The Dinner Belle for Kimberlybelle.com
Christi's Chirps
I am DYING over this recipe! This salad looks so amazing! I will certainly be making this in the coming days! You rock!
Jemellia H.
Oooh, 3 things:
1. I am making this for my 4 yr old, she takes lunch to school & loves everything in that salad.
2. I have some of that fabric that you have made into a napkin!
3. I love your podcast! I think that I’m going to start listening to the old ones again while I wait for new ones.
joythebaker
i love this comment! thanks for listening to the podcasts!
Nicki
Love your napkins.
Maria
I always love clicking to your site, I’m never sure what new recipe I’ll get to try out! The cookie-dough cupcakes are on my to-do list, but I just made this salad, and it makes me feel GREAT. So refreshing, so delicious! So many flavors…. and I never would have thought of avocado and edamame. So thanks again!
kyleen
This sounds so delicious! I love edamane and avocado, but I’ve never tried putting the two togther. Yum!
Tanvi @ The Hathi Cooks
Wow! This looks amazing! I’m imagining the flavors together and they seem phenomenal.
Ashley Sharp
This looks delicious! I am always looking for reasons to buy avocados every week…
Amanda Blair
I made this for a guy friend last night and he was seriously impressed. It was incredibly yummy and I loved the complex flavors of the dressing. Thanks for the fantastic recipes and making me look impressive ;)
jess? @ Multicultural Melbourne
I’m feeling your pain – I currently no longer fit into my “skinny person” jeans… too many eat weekends are not good for your jeans apparently. But hey, if healthy tastes this good, I’m happy to go healthy! I looooooove edamame, and avocado… never thought of throwing them together! Delicious!
Keely @ Always Cook with Wine
Yum! I’m making this salad this week… and not just because it’s almost time to go jeans shopping.
Katie
I will be making this salad for work THIS WEEK. It sounds so tasty, and I love how full of protein it is! Thank you!
Lucy
What a great combination of ingredients! I can’t wait to try this. Anything with avocado has my vote. And I know the jeans feeling…sad but true.
holidaybakerman
YUM!
Lauren@LittleYellowKitchen
At least you weren’t trying on bathing suits! I know from experience, its an awful idea. I ate salads for a week after that. This looks so tasty, I’m especially in love with the ginger dressing!
Rocky Mountain Woman
Hmmm…so what does it mean if all of your weekends are “eat weekends”….
sigh…
laura k
I have a carton of edamame sitting in my refrigerator and I have been wondering what the heck to do with it. Now I know: This looks delicious. I’m a total sucker for anything with avocado, too. It’s on.
I had an ‘eat weekend,’ too. The Eat Real Fest was going on in Oakland. It was totally worth it.
Alyssa Goodnight
I seriously think you bring out the weird in people! I stepped into a store a couple of weeks ago, and the sales guy slinks up to me with the words, ‘Hey Pretty Lady…’ I was a little creeped out. I suppose I should be pleased he didn’t call me ma’am.
courtneylaurel
First of all, this salad looks like about the perfect thing to eat. So many beautiful textures and tastes jumbled together…yummm. Also, I wanted to let you know how much I appreciate your podcast right now! I just moved to a very small town in Frannce, where I am meeting people, but don’t “know” anyone in the way I can with someone who shares the same language and cultural background as me, you know? So I’ve been here just a few days, with my apartment to myself till my roomie comes tomorrow, of course unable to be on the phone much with a seven-hour difference, and it’s just very comforting to hear you and Tracy chat and giggle and talk about the stuff I’m so used to. Thanks! I’d send you French butter, if I could!
Cortnie
I made this salad last night, put it over brown rice, and added a nice beverage. (beer)
SO good. Thanks for sharing!
xo
cortnie
Tort[e]s
I feel like all of my weekends lately have been “eat weekends”….ugh.
Philippa
Loving the typo of “glutinous” for “gluttonous”…. I suppose it depends what you’ve been eating!
Jill
Ha! I love the use of the word Glutinous.
The Starving Student
What a great way to utilize edamame, rather than simply serving it in the shell, sprinkled with salt (not that that is bad either!).
Nicole
I might as well be the cat in that last picture. Looking at this salad with INTENT.
joythebaker
love.
Lauren
Girl, strut your stuff. Bigger jeans = more to love.
anja
*thumbs up*
joythebaker
amen!
Cupcake Kat
No need to beat yourself down after an eat weekend. You’re still gorgeous (I think sales dude thinks so too)! This looks yummy and nutritious!
joythebaker
i’m not too worried. and thank you thank you!!
Julie H. of Spinach and Sprinkles
An ‘eat weekend’….. Nail on head….. Jean shopping after an eat weekend. HA! This needs to be a post by itself!
This salad stole from the hilarity of that. Mmmmm, edamame is WONDERFUL!
Ann P/
i am a huge fan of “spoon salads,” the kind that doesn’t have much lettuce! thanks for this new twist… I am so excited to try it!
joythebaker
this is totally a spoon salad! you’re right! i didn’t even know that those were a thing that i like, but you nailed it! SPOON!
anna
snoopy sales dudes i hate those guys! i want to be left ALONE when buying clothes, especially pants that is personal, right?
mmm salad! looks so good! might click through to the onion rings post though…:)
esther
ohmygosh.ohyum.
and i know allll about ‘eat weekends’. and ‘eat weeks’. this is the perfect anecdote.
joythebaker
eat WEEK!? don’t even get me started…
Baking Holly
This is the cutest salad ever- and all matchy matchy! I don’t like beans like this, but this looks like it is fantastic, so I might give it a try!
joythebaker
i secretly love when salads match! guilty pleasure!
peachkins
every weekend is “Eat Weekend” to me
joythebaker
i hear your words.
Heather
I am all about salad after jeans shopping :) This salad looks awesome!
Jen
I love your cat sneaking in for a peek. Haha! I have an orange kitty too. They’re the best! I’m not really a radish fan, but if I omitted that one ingredient, I would probably love this salad. Avocado is always a win!
Noelle
Can I be your friend? You make me smile. (That totally sounds creepy, doesn’t it?)
I love edamame–I also love pronouncing it like “edamommy” even more. This is the perfect healthy detox salad after a weekend of not-so-great eating. (For me, it was lots of pierogies and kielbasa at my Polish family reunion. Plus some wine…ok, perhaps a bottle. Or two).
P.S. Bourbon and ginger ale is my favorite drink EVER. It’s been my birthday drink since I turned 21. Go bourbon.
lizzy
“edamommy” !!!
My friend’s 3 yr old daughter came up with: “eda-poppy” if her papa hands her the edamame…so cute!
joythebaker
we should totally be friends! duh!
Kimberley
Yes, I am familiar with an ‘eat weekend.’ And yes, that salad looks ridic. Also your cat! He just doesn’t quit, does he? :)
Gen
I love salads like this! Green and full of tasty things!
Gina @ Running to the Kitchen
Ok, that sales dude just sounds creeptastic. <3 the last picture.
Kocinera
Your photos are so pretty!! Something as yummy as this salad definitely makes healthy eating seem a lot more fun. ^_^
Alison @ Hospitality Haven
That salad looks beautiful – and delicious. :)
liz @ carpeseason
I’m wary of radishes, but this salad makes me want to try…and that dressing…I want to slather it on everything – sounds so good!
Jessica @ bake me away!
I need to consume lots of yummy green things like this. My somewhat related shopping story: years ago, I purchased a shirt at this store. A few days later, I was wearing said shirt in said store (faux pas?) while trying on a pair of shorts. When I came out of the dressing room to get my friend’s opinion, sales dude said, “I love the shorts, but not that shirt!” Yeah…
tracy
how??? HOW COULD YOU try on jeans??? I regretted wearing jeans on the plane on Monday morning. And those were my comfy fat jeans!!
Megan
Question for you…everything in this salad looks amazing, except I am not a fan of edamame. At all. What can I substitute in it’s place?
Adrianna from A Cozy Kitchen
Whaaaa?! He likes salads too?! What a lunatic that little dude is.
Sarah-Anne
ha, that little kitty in the corner is so cute! ;)
Laura A.
Haha, silly kitten!
I really like soybeans. They’re such a great texture to chew on. Not sure how I feel about radishes. What do they taste like???
lynn @ the actor's diet
it’s so weird to me that edamame and avocado were not part of my diet growing up. i love both!
CobyLyn
Kitty on the prowl for more yummy birthday cake? This looks delicious!! And healthier then the ed’s I eat that are swimming in Soy sauce and fresh wasabi root .
*hugs*
Kirstin
OMG your cat gets into everything! funny little guy
steffy
This recipe looks and sounds AMAZING.
Question: Do you have any tips for shopping for the perfect avocado? I’m kind of an avocado novice and can’t ever seem to buy one quite right.
Maya
This looks soo delicious. I’m obsessed with avocadoes. It also made me laugh because I just realized my husband loves edamame, which is soy-right? Yet he refuses to try anything with a slight bit of tofu it in because he is convinced he will spontaneously grow breasts…I need to team up with edamame next time he looks scared when I come near him with tofu.
Susan (Oliepants)
I’m behind this 100%. All your salads always look fantastic and this one is no different to me – on my list! :)
Stacy
Joy, you just put all of my favorite things in a salad. Seriously. Well, except for chocolate, but I’m reasonably sure that has no place in salads.
I wanted to thank you for your peach blueberry pie post with all of the great pictures. I made my very first pie from scratch thanks to you, and it turned out great (but not as pretty as yours). And I was able to cross pie-making off my life list.
Whitney
i’m going downstairs to make this. right. now.
who cares that it’s only 11am, and i usually eat lunch at 1:30pm. that is but a teensy detail. besides, you can eat salads whenever you want. right?
Gwyn M
This looks delicious! And I’ve definitely done the jeans shopping after an “eat weekend” and it was NOT pretty…worse, doing an shopping spree after a big weight loss kick that you just know you can’t keep up for long. Those purchases may or may not be taking up space in my closet.
andrea
Kitty wantz SALED and me wantz saled NOW
mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow
I just woke up from a dream where I was driving through my childhood neighborhood in a convertible and I turned on the radio, there was a new hit by DJ Quik that had a great beat, and then it went “mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow” “mrow mrow mrow mrow mrow.”
i woke up laughing
Alicia @ Treble Tart
Oh Joy, this looks divine!! I have been craving some delicious vegetables lately (could be worse, right?), and this is totally going to hit the spot. Thank you for being awesome.
Rebecca in STL
This is so pretty! I’ve recently hit a metabolic slump, but it’s so hard to force myself to eat vegetables over, say, snickerdoodle cookies. Maybe if I make something this gorgeous then I’ll be able to stomach it.
Kelli @ The Corner Kitchen
You know what’s worse than shopping for jeans after an eat weekend……shopping for a bathing suit after an eat weekend. Totally awful.
P.S. I think your cat likes the salad too!
thescousewife
Shopping for a bathing suit ANY time is awful! ;-)
Kelsey @aslolife
That looks delicious and just the type of lunch I need to start eating!
thescousewife
The salad looks yummy, except for the radishes. Sorry. As for the jeans incident I can only offer my sympathy and hopes that you found a pair you like.
Molly
Ummm…this looks phenomenal! You buying jeans instantly made me remember I want a new pair of jeans (shopping addition? no way). The cat is adorable as always!
Nelly Rodriguez
Gorgeous salad Joy!
Jacqui
Looks and sounds delish! I love edamame.
Amanda Pronko
Now that the weather has cooled down, my husband and dad are both requesting I make some more of those OVEN ONION RINGS for football games :) I just wanted to let you know that my family craves them!!! Thanks Joy for helping me cook for the boys in my life :) Of course this salad looks AMAZING and I will be curled up in a chair in the corner eating it by myself LOL Have a wonderful day!
Brooke
I love edamame, usually I just eat it plain warmed up with a little sea salt on top. This looks devine, I’m going to have to find an excuse to make this stat!
Verelle
My feeling about Eat Weekends are that it’s the best way to get me to eat my greens throughout the rest of the week.
Donuts might not be good for the waistline… but they sure are good for the soul!
jen @ the baked life
seriously? Every pair.
That man does not know women. Especially after getting a bigger size in each pair.
This salad. I love edamame. I love avocado. I need this in my tums.
Molly
Fresh edamame, still in their pods, came in last week’s CSA box. For some reason, I never considered it growing anywhere but Japan. I wasn’t sure how I was going to use them, but this recipe has made that decision much easier. Thanks!
Linds
Oh, I made (and blogged) a salad very similar to this once, except I added fresh favas instead of edamame plus some pistachios.
Kathryn
Oh my, how I can relate! =D What a beautiful salad – color, texture, flavor – looks wonderful.
Kelsey
Kitten knows a good salad when he’s sees it! Next year there should definitely be a salad in Cat Landia.
Meg @ Sweet Twist
Wow. This sounds wonderful. I love avocado and edamame! I will be making this very soon.
Nicole @ The Dirty Oven
I am so glad you enjoyed your weekend and the retreat was a hit. I truly enjoyed looking at all the pictures posted and reading the Tweets. Even met some new online blogger friends that way.
Enjoy the salads and your jeans. I am sure you look great.
Heather (Heather's Dish)
girl, you are NOT the only one…and i would have blown off the sales dude to :)
Lauren at Keep It Sweet
Trying on jeans is hard enough after a regular eating day, I give you a lot of credit for that!
This salad looks delicious.
Vickie
gorgeous colourful salad, looks delicious
Hannah
This looks AWESOME. I wish I could find avocados here or I would be all over this.
Jillian
This looks like it will be my dinner tonight. I love me some avocado!…and every weekend for me feels like an eating weekend full of booze, french fries, and pancakes…not necessarily in that order.
Katrina
This sounds lovely! The radishes really make it pretty :)
Lucia
This sales dude looks super annoying! Come on, he should know that every nice girl needs to try jeans on in a private, calm place ;-)
leaf (the indolent cook)
I totally have junk food days. And then I cleanse myself with gorgeous fresh salads similar to this one. It’s all good!
Emma
Lovely, fresh looking salad.
And yes, I’ve had those kinds of weekends. And I hate trying on jeans, no matter what size I am!
Carly June
WANT. NOW.
Unfortunately I’m living in Ireland at the moment where the avocados are nothing like the ones back home in California and where I’m pretty sure if I asked my local grocer to help me find edamame, I’d be looked at like I suddenly sprouted a second head.
Alas. I shall persevere.
Jennifer L.
I love how you never fail to provide entertainment for us central-time zone people up in the middle of the night writing papers… just saying.
And that looks amazing. Mmmm… you had me at “edamame and avocado.”
Kathryn
I definitely had a weekend like that – now all I want is salad and as many vegetables as I can find. This has got such a great colour and it looks so appetising. Thanks Joy!
Julia
Yum! this looks so great. I don’t think I’ve ever actually eaten radishes before, I’m going to pick some up tomorrow and try this!