This is really an olive lovers dish and the better the olives, the better this salad. The briny, salty olive juice is the star of this dish as it brings together sweet cherries, bitter arugula, crunchy cauliflower and of course, green olives. The inspiration for this madness came from a cherry drink I recently made, where I kept thinking that the cherries were olives and suddenly desperately wanted them to come together. If you don’t have cauliflower handy, challenge this recipe with a different flavor soaking vegetable such as summer squash or even a mild sweet salad turnip.

Ingredients

• ¾ cup olive juice
• 2 tablespoons honey
• 1 cup cauliflower, minced and broken in tiny pieces
• ½ cup cherries, pitted and cut in halves
• ¼ cup green olives, cut in halves
• ¼ cup extra-virgin olive oil
• 4 cups arugula, washed and dried