Farmer's market dinner

[sarahbyrdd]

Using up things we had in the house.  Bunch of baby carrots, check!  No pistachios, but yes pistachio oil.  Add some nigella seed to the spice mix because.  Also 1/2 a sweet onion sautéed in olive oil.  Taste test without yogurt for our non-dairy guest is a thumbs up finished with the spice mix and a drizzle of pistachio oil.  http://www.epicurious.com/recipes/food/views/Roasted-Carrot-Soup-with-Dukkah-Spice-and-Yogurt-51134010
The spice mix is crazy good.  I added a little bit of nigella seed which is giving it an unexpected lemony note.


I made a salad of blanched green and yellow beans, yellow and red tomatoes, a crazy crispy orange cucumber, roasted summer squash slices, charred asian eggplant, chopped parsley, and sweet onion soaked in red wine vinegar.  The dressing was just olive oil and the vinegar from the onions.  I really like chopped salads without lettuce in the summer when the leafy greens have started to turn bitter.

The protein was chicken roasted with a pomegranate molasses/garlic/zaatar rub.  It was pronounced seriously tasty by our guest.

Dessert (breakfast because we didn't get to it) is a mixed cherry/berry gallette with a shortening crust, also using up fruit we had in the fridge. http://www.marthastewart.com/312433/cornmeal-pate-brisee

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Comments

[gildedacorn.livejournal.com]

I partially disagree about lettuce. I've become addicted to the Boston or butter kind. It is true that the outer layers are sometimes bitter but the inside is so good I have been known to just stand there in the kitchen, pulling off leaves and eating them until the head is half gone.

Looking forward to seeing you.