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Vegetable Tacos with Roasted Tom Tom Sauce
Vegetable Tacos with Roasted Tom Tom Sauce
Once the prep work is done, this can be a quick, casual supper for a late summer night. The portions are approximate, so adjust according to your family's needs. This recipe is geared towards what you have in your share this week, but it's open to suggestion. Add lemon or lime to the tom tom sauce to cut some of the sweetness that the roasting brings out of the tomatoes and tomatillos. You can add some heat with roasted poblano chiles or add chopped cucumber to cool it down and create a bit more crunch. -elena
Serves 3 or 4
Roasted Tom Tom Sauce
1/2 lb tomatillos
1/2 lb tomatoes
1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup Walla Walla onion, minced
Handful of fresh arugula, chopped fine
salt and pepper to taste
Vegetable Tacos
12 corn tortillas
4 T sunflower oil
2 cloves garlic, minced
1/2 Walla Walla Onion, sliced into thin rings
1 medium bell pepper, sliced into 1/2 thick strips
1 cup broccoli florets and stem, chopped
1/2 cup zucchini, sliced into 1/2 rounds
Salt and Pepper to taste
For the Sauce:
1.Set your broiler to high. Wash and rinse tomatoes and tomatillos. Line a cookie sheet with foil, lightly brushing it with oil. Broil the tomatoes and tomatillos for several minutes, turning occasionally, until the skin turns black. Pull out and let cool until easy to handle.
2. Roughly chop the tomatoes and tomatillos, mixing with the garlic, onion and fresh arugula. Salt and pepper to taste.
For the Tacos:
1. Heat the sunflower oil in a cast iron or non-stick skillet over medium-high heat.
Saute the minced garlic and onion for 3 minutes until fragrant. Add the bell pepper and saute another 2 minutes. add the broccoli and zucchini, cooking until
bright green but still crunchy, about 2 minutes. Salt and pepper to taste.
4. Heat the tortillas over a low flame on the stove or in the oven at 325F for until soft and hot. Serve immediately, spooning the Roasted Tom Tom Sauce over the vegetables.
Fresh Spring Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
Fresh Spring Salad with Buttermilk Dressing
The shredded carrot and beet add lovely color to this salad otherwise composed of all new spring growth. I'm guessing that you may have a carrot or two left from earlier weeks.....Serves 4.
5 cups mesclun
1 medium carrot, shredded
1 medium beet, preferably chioggia, shredded
4-6 salad turnips, sliced
1/2 European cucumber, sliced thin
salt and pepper to taste
Mixed Grains Tabouli Salad
Mixed Grains Tabouli Salad
1 cup dry mixed grains
3 c water
1/2 tsp salt
Boil water, add grains and salt. Cover and simmer until tender, about 35 minutes. Drain if necessary. Dress with the following dressing.
Whisk together and use to taste:
1/4 c vinegar
1/2 c oil
1/4 c lemon juice
1 clove garlic, minced
1 tsp prepared mustard
fresh ground black pepper
1/2 tsp salt
next toss together with:Â
1/4 c minced chives
1 carrot, grated
1 cucumber, diced
1 c finely minced fresh greens, such as mizuna or arugula
Chill and serve on a bed of mesclun with more of the lemon dressing if you like.  A bit of crumbled cheese on top would be perfect.
Tomato, Cucumbers, Sweet Onion Salad
Tomato, Cucumbers, Sweet Onion Salad
I never get enough of this salad in summer when tomatoes are so fantastic and cukes abundant. I often add feta or goat cheese if I have it. It's like eating dessert. Good balsamic is an important pantry ingredient. I have a couple that are just fantastic and I save them for recipes where their flavor makes a dish special, and I save the lesser grades for cooking with.
2 Tomatoes chopped
1 Cucumber, peeled, seeded and chopped
1-2 sweet onions peeled and sliced thinly
a small handful of basil leaves
drizzle of olive oil
drizzle of good balsamic vinegar
Asian Cucumber Salad
Asian Cucumber Salad
I have offered this one up before. I love it though and made it again last night and it's just so good. So in case you missed it last time....
1 tsp toasted sesame oil
1 TB honey
1 TB soy sauce
1 TB rice vinegar
2 cucumbers, peeled, cut in half, scoop seeds out, then thinly sliced
Toss together. Best after a few hours and still excellent the second day
