Starchy root used in salads

Usage examples of jicama.

There was a grocery store, cartons of fruit and vegetables on the sidewalk, jicama and artichokes, thrilps and fresh fennel.

I dip a stick of jicama sparingly into a rhubarb mustard sauce, pretending to ignore him.

Maybe I should substitute orange and jicama salad for the carrots in dill sauce.

Isabel set a glass of wine and a small dish containing an assortment of olives, tiny strips of carrots and crunchy pale jicama, together with some cheese and crackers, in front of him.

Werner said as he chopped his carrots, jicama, fennel, turnip and raw catfish into tiny, perfectly cubical chunks.

Chopping Spree Salad 1 pound skinless, boneless chicken breasts &frac14 cup fresh lime juice &frac14 cup extra-virgin olive oil 1 large head romaine lettuce, outer leaves removed 4 canned hearts of palm, well rinsed Nonstick cooking spray &frac14 cup pine nuts or blanched, slivered almonds ½ cup diced fresh jicama 1 cup seeded diced tomato (about 2 medium tomatoes) ½ cup trimmed, thinly sliced scallions (about 2 scallions) Tangy Lime Dressing (recipe follows) Place the chicken breasts between sheets of plastic wrap and pound them with a mallet to a 13-inch thickness.

Makes 1 cup WILD MAN'S WILD RICE SALAD 1/2 cup raw wild rice 2 cups chicken or vegetable broth 2 tablespoons mayonnaise 1 tablespoon tarragon vinegar ½ teaspoon Dijon mustard (or more, if desired) 1 tablespoon olive oil 2 scallions, finely chopped 3 radishes, diced 1 small tomato, drained, seeded, and diced 1/3 cup jicama, peeled and diced 1 cup baby spinach leaves, well washed and drained, plus extra for lining platter Salt and pepper to taste The night before you are to serve the salad, thoroughly rinse the rice, place it in a glass bowl, and completely cover the kernels with water.

I dip a stick of jicama sparingly into a rhubarb mustard sauce, pretending to ignore him.