Summer/Fall Harvest Recipes Thread

[NJCher]

I'm hoping others will contribute recipes they've made with goodies from the garden. Here are two salad recipes that I made up myself. They were pronounced excellent by my husband, who is a culinary expert. I don't come to recipe writing or food composition as a natural so his pronouncement was taken as a real compliment.

Tossed Salad with Fresh Garden Peas

Ingredients:

Red and green lettuce
Baby spinach leaves (or regular spinach leaves)
Fresh peas
Red onion
Parmesan-type cheese with black peppercorns

Tear the lettuce and spinach and put in a large glass salad bowl.

Slice the red onion into thin slices with a mandolin.

Same with the cheese.

Micro or barely cook the peas. If using micro, no more than 17 seconds.

Sprinkle the peas in the salad and toss everything.

Use your favorite vinaigrette as a dressing.

Beet Salad over Chicory

Ingredients:

First you need some French dressing. I used this recipe from the Brown Derby. My resident cooking expert thought it deficient and added 3 T of mayo and more salt and pepper. Also, we used straight olive oil and no vegetable oil for this recipe.

Chicory or other bitter greens
Beets, quartered and roasted in olive oil
French feta cheese
Toasted walnuts

First, cut the roasted beets into small bits of about a quarter to half an inch. Then pour some of the French dressing over them.

Next cut the chicory with a fine cut.

When it's time to serve the salad, assemble it like this:

1. Layer of chicory
   
2. Layer of beets
   
3. Sprinkle feta cheese
   
4. Sprinkle toasted walnuts
   

Note: Assemble only before serving because the beets will turn the feta cheese pink.


Cher

[bearfan454]

1. Here's an easy garden recipe

Cucumber Salad

4 cucumbers peeled, deseeded, and cubed
1 red onion
3 homegrown tomatoes

Combine the cucumber cubes, diced homegrown tomatoes, and diced red onion. Add some extra virgin olive oil and a splash of vinegar. Allow to rest covered in the icebox for about 3 hours. Salt to taste.