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| If you haven't discovered how delicious jicama is, this salad is a great way to try it. |
(For Phase One Fridays I highlight Phase One recipes from the past that have been my personal favorites, and this Spicy Broccoli-Jicama Salad with Red Bell Pepper and Black Sesame Seeds is not only delicious and colorful, but it's highly nutritious.)
Every so often I get infatuated with a certain ingredient and end up using it over and over until something new catches my eye. Currently I'm really quite smitten with jicama, both for the crunch and the slightly-sweet flavor that goes well with so many other things. When I'm creating my own recipes, the best ones seem to come about almost by accident when I start thinking about the ingredient I'm currently infatuated with, and suddenly a recipe idea will pop into my head. Those recipes don't always turn out to be keepers on the first try, but the second version was a winner for this Spicy Broccoli-Jicama salad.
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