{"id":13306,"date":"2016-07-21T07:01:12","date_gmt":"2016-07-21T14:01:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/?p=13306"},"modified":"2018-07-28T15:12:46","modified_gmt":"2018-07-28T22:12:46","slug":"the-easiest-zucchini-salad-you-will-ever-make","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/the-easiest-zucchini-salad-you-will-ever-make\/","title":{"rendered":"The Easiest Zucchini Salad You Will Ever Make"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Simplicity is a hallmark of Japanese home cooking. Sometimes, it&#8217;s simplicity to the point where you actually have to ask yourself, how does this require a recipe? Often, it doesn&#8217;t. Most of my grandma&#8217;s &#8220;recipes&#8221; were like that. Take the scribbled list of ingredients and figure it out. This list is adapted from a recipe in Nancy Singleton Hachisu&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/amzn.to\/29Xlma7\">Japanese Farm Food<\/a>, a book I&#8217;m just starting to dig in to.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"lazyload_inited aligncenter size-full wp-image-13307\" src=\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/japanese-zucchini-carpaccio-dailywaffle.jpg\" alt=\"japanese zucchini carpaccio| dailywaffle\" width=\"500\" height=\"500\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/japanese-zucchini-carpaccio-dailywaffle.jpg 500w, https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/japanese-zucchini-carpaccio-dailywaffle-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/dailywaffle.com\/stage1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/07\/japanese-zucchini-carpaccio-dailywaffle-300x300.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Zucchini, thinly sliced<\/li>\n<li>Jacobsen&#8217;s kosher sea salt<\/li>\n<li>Canola Oil<\/li>\n<li>Raw sesame seeds, freshly toasted<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>There&#8217;s no hidden secret here. The deliciousness is in the simplicity and the presentation.<\/p>\n<p>A word on the sesame seeds. It&#8217;s the most important item in the list.\u00a0 Don&#8217;t cut corners and use the already toasted <em>goma-ae<\/em> canister sitting in your cupboard. Toasting raw\u00a0sesame seeds in a pan over medium-high makes 1000% difference in the final dish. Toasting takes just a couple of minutes. You can figure out the rest from the photo. It really is that simple.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"># # #<\/p><!-- Start GADSWPV-3.6 --><center><div id=\"ga_29466488\"> <\/div><div style=\"text-align:right; width:300px; padding:5px 0;\">\r\n   <img class=\"lazyload_inited\" src=\"https:\/\/bcdn.grmtas.com\/images\/gourmetads-logo.jpg\" alt=\"logo\" style=\"float:right; border:none;\" \/>\r\n   <div style=\"width:auto; padding:4px 5px 0 0; float:right; display:inline-block; font-family:Verdana, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size:11px; color:#333;\">\r\n      <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gourmetads.com\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Food Advertisements\" style=\"text-decoration:none; color:#333;\">Food Advertisements<\/a> by\r\n   <\/div>\r\n<\/div>\r\n<\/center><!-- End GADSWPV-3.6 -->\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Simplicity is a hallmark of Japanese home cooking. Sometimes, it&#8217;s simplicity to the point where you actually have to ask yourself, how does this require a recipe? Often, it doesn&#8217;t. Most of my grandma&#8217;s &#8220;recipes&#8221; were like that. Take the scribbled list of ingredients and figure it out. This list is adapted from a recipe&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":13307,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[149,1115,35,1390,254],"tags":[566,1306,65,179,911,1305,1304,58,726,71,1303,60],"class_list":["post-13306","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-book-reviews","category-cooking","category-recipes","category-salads","category-side-dishes","tag-easy","tag-farm-to-table","tag-farmers-market","tag-japanese","tag-japanese-american","tag-no-cook","tag-raw","tag-salad","tag-sesame","tag-summer","tag-summer-squash","tag-zucchini"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Easiest Zucchini Salad You Will Ever Make - DailyWaffle<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Sometimes the simplest dishes are the most delicious. 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