What is endive? Endive is in the lettuce family. Endives are best when they receive less light, unlike other vegetables and fruits. By getting less light onto their leaves, this will control their bitterness. The greener the leaves, the bitter it is. No wonder, you only see yellow leaves endives in the market, sometimes you see red leaves endives. With all this extra care, the endive does cost more than any other vegetable in your grocery store. Endives have lots of fiber. Eating endives can help you regulate your bowel movements. I usually prepare my endives as part of an appetizer dish. In fact, being raised in France, we actually eat a lot of endives in Europe as a lettuce. We mix it in the salad, use the leafy spoon like leaf to dip it in a mustard dressing.

Here’s a recipe you can make , and serve along with your endives.

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Spoonful shrimps endives:

Ingredients:

• 2 endives
• 1 pound of shrimps
• 1/4 cup of fresh chopped cilantro
• 1 small yellow bell pepper
• 1/2 tsp of black pepper
• 1 tsp of sugar
• 2 tbsp of balsamic vinegar
• 2 tsp of Dijon mustard

Preparation:

• wash your endives, they should be rather clean, since the leaves are very tight. Drain them
• Separate the leaves delicately.
• Boil your shrimp with 1 cup of water. A few minutes is enough. Don’t overcook your shrimp.
• Peel and devein the shrimp, rough chop your shrimps
• Chop your yellow bell pepper, as if you were doing a salsa
• In a separate bowl, add the mustard, balsamic, pepper, sugar, mix well, to dissolve your sugar
• Mix all ingredients in a salad bowl. Shrimps, yellow bell pepper, cilantro, sauce mix
• Display the endives in platter, scoop the shrimp cocktail into the end of the endives, the yellow part. Your guest will hold the endives from the white part.

Enjoy a healthy Delight Dining appetizer.