Salad of romaine and iceberg lettuces, shredded carrot, a small vine-ripened tomato, and cold sliced smoked chicken and apple sausage, with a scant drizzle of cilantro-lime dressing.
Brunch was coffee with chicory, two slices of toasted Alvarado Street sprouted barley bread with a schmear of olive oil Fleischmann’s and Publix fresh-ground peanuts-only chunky peanut butter, and a Fuji apple saved for a midafternoon snack.
Chicken thighs, quartered peppers, onion wedges, 6 garlic cloves per person left in skins, diced potatoes with skins on (organic Charlottes), all basted in olive oil, seasoned, spread out on several baking trays, hot oven for 50 minutes. Just shove it all around once half way through to prevent sticking. No mucking about at the last minute, just bung it on plates, sprinkle with chopped parsley and wash down with a bog-standard red. Nirvana.
Our community farm runneth over with tomatoes and basil this week. This is an incredibly easy and tasty recipe, and vegan for them as likes vegan:
2-3 tomatoes, diced
2-3 handfuls of basil, chopped fine
2-3 cloves garlic, minced
a tbsp or two of balsamic and/or red wine vinegar
1/2 lb of spaghetti
Mix all the veggies and stuff up while the water is heating
Cook the spag, drain, and then toss everything together
The tomato stuff is gonna sink to the bottom no matter what you do, so serve everybody spaghetti, then let them top up with tomatoes and juice
I like it with plenty of parmesan, possibly a little salt or hot paprika, too.
Hey what a coincidink. Like Amar, I had bbq’ed lamb, brown rice pilaf and Calaforny salad (with all the stuff) with some merlot.
And to all our domestic US shoppers, got a great surprise at Costco today: WILD Sockeye Salmon filets, $6.99 a lb. The other Weekender put the kibosh on the farm stuff ($4.69, but bad for the other fishes and a tad unwholesome with color added and such) and I thought I was going to have to give it up… When I was cutting it up into portions, I smelled it, and it was like fresh trout on the end of your hook…I woulda had it for dinner but I had already marinated the lamb.