Monelle is the one who is a hit on social media, the one who improvises and cooks according to her desires of the moment, with her children. The one who draws inspiration from her travels, readings and seasons. A sudden desire for carrot cake? She goes to the supermarket to buy the necessary ingredients, prepares everything always while filming and if it is successful, does not fail to share it with her million subscribers who follow her on TikTok. She tests the trends of the moment as well as she creates them. Here are her tips for mastered summer cooking.
Monelle, the star of mesclun
What sets her apart? Her creativity. From raspberry sauce to spice up a watermelon salad; pine nuts with bacon in a salad with ricotta; toasted pine nuts with peach, burrata and tomato; or maple syrup vinaigrette, the flavor combinations she offers stand out and revisit traditional Greek salads and mozzarella tomatoes.
“We should vote you the best salad maker!” can be read in the comments of her now viral videos on TikTok. The network that launched her and allowed her to become known welcomes her 1.2 million subscribers. If cooking with her family with her daughter and son with whom she shares everything, is her trademark, it is her salad mescluns, all as original as they are unique, that are the key to her success.
She is the one who gives the taste to cooking, the one who inspires and shares her vision of the family in the kitchen, “a moment of exchange where everyone puts their two cents in and their hands in the dough” she tells us in a humorous tone. What is certain is that sharing animates her. “My recipes are reproduced thousands of times by my subscribers and it is always a great satisfaction to see that my idea is catching on!”
She shares her ideas, but not only that. Monelle is also a fan of seasonal products. Between recipes, advice and love of cooking, Monelle is passionate. And her subscribers have understood that.
The products to favor
What summer products should you focus on according to Monelle? “Fruit, of course! We miss them so much in winter: nectarines, flat peaches, apricots, melon, watermelon. A joy when summer arrives.” Grab your baskets and head to the greengrocer to get these delicious seasonal fruits before it’s too late.
The all-purpose summer sauce
Her key asset? Her mastery of sauces. When asked about the sauce that goes best with any type of cold preparation, Monelle has no doubt: it’s yogurt sauce. “That is to say Greek yogurt, lime or yellow juice, salt, pepper, olive oil, chives or mint or even basil, a little paprika… You can easily vary the ingredients according to your tastes, always with a base of Greek yogurt. It’s delicious with chicken breasts for example and all raw vegetables.”
Recipes without cooking or hassle
In very hot weather, we don’t want to spend hours at the stove, in a kitchen where the oven, hotplates and appliances are running and making our room bubble.
Monelle shares three no-cook recipes, as simple as they are quick, to avoid adding to the ambient heat. In her mind, she can’t help but share practical recipes with us and therefore: salads. We celebrate salami and surprising vinaigrettes, even revisiting the Greek salad with watermelon.
The gourmet, the salami salad
@not_so_superflu This has become our favorite salad recipe! The vinaigrette with the parmesan is so good! #tiktokfood ♬ original sound – not_so_superflu
“Originally the chef’s salad at La Scala in Los Angeles, with its parmesan dressing. A treat!”
For 3 to 4 people
For the Parmesan dressing
- 1 tbsp. mustard
- 3 to 4 tbsp vinegar
- Parmesan, as you wish
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
- 3 to 4 tbsp olive oil
For the mixture
- 1 jar of chickpeas
- 2 nice handfuls of curly lettuce
- Salami sliced as desired
- Croutons
- Parmesan pieces
Start by preparing the Parmesan vinaigrette in the bottom of a salad bowl. Add the ingredients one by one, then mix everything together until you obtain a smooth texture.
Pour a jar of chickpeas over the sauce. Drain the previously cleaned salad and add it to the preparation.
Cut a few slices of salami into strips, add them to the salad bowl, along with the croutons and parmesan shavings. Mix.
Its raspberry vinaigrette
@not_so_superflu My best salad and vinaigrette recipe! I really recommend you try it, it’s so so good #easyrecipe #tiktokfood ♬ original sound – not_so_superflu
“This vinaigrette is very fresh and goes well with almost any type of ingredient.”
For 3 to 4 people
For the raspberry vinaigrette
- 1 cup frozen raspberries
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tbsp. mustard
- 3 tbsp vinegar
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch of salt
- 1 pinch of pepper
For the mixture
- Rocket
- Chickpeas
- Feta cheese
- Cucumber
- Red onion
- Cherry tomatoes
- 1 avocado
- Basil
Pour a cup of frozen raspberries into the bottom of a blender, add honey, mustard, vinegar, olive oil, salt and pepper. Blend everything together.
In a salad bowl, put the cleaned arugula, add the chickpeas, the whole cucumber cut into cubes, the chopped red onion, a few cherry tomatoes cut in half and 1 avocado cut into strips. Crumble a cube of feta over everything, sprinkle with chopped basil leaves, mix. Pour the raspberry vinaigrette on top, it’s ready.
His watermelon salad
@not_so_superflu Recipe for the most refreshing salad of the summer with feta #salakis #cubedelete #collaboration #feta #aop ♬ original sound – not_so_superflu
“The simplest and freshest, cucumber watermelon feta mint, an ultra-refreshing classic!
For 3 to 4 people
For the honey dressing
- 1 tbsp honey
- ½ squeezed lime
- 2 to 3 tbsp olive oil
For the mixture
- 1/2 watermelon
- 1 cucumber
- Feta cheese
- Fresh mint
- Black olives
Once the vinaigrette ingredients are mixed in the bottom of a salad bowl, add balls from half a watermelon. Cut it in half, then, using a Parisienne spoon, form pretty watermelon balls. Add half slices of cucumber and crumbled feta. For the final touch, slice some mint leaves and black olives. Mix everything together, and it’s ready.
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