..cricket cricket…. pretending there was no hiatus…….
so, i have exciting news! i’ve officially moved into the new apartment with the boyfriend, and that means a new kitchen! okay, maybe not as exciting as i made it sound. but i was pretty psyched to set up a new cooking workspace. anyway, i’m now in pennsylvania, specifically in one of the suburbs of philadelphia- and the food scene over here is pretty spectacular. first of all this area is just crawling with farms (amish country is about an hour away, i think?) so there’s lots of nice, fresh, local produce all around. there’s tons of farmers markets, which i haven’t gotten to hit yet unfortunately, but that’s this weekend’s project (along with setitng up track lighting and hitting a few local wineries/breweries.. ahem.. anyway..) besides the farms, we also have a trader joe’s and whole foods basically around the block.
in other news, as i mentioned i’m living with the boyfriend: a pretty dedicated carnivore. if you haven’t noticed, eat very little meat. not that i’m a dedicated vegetarian, i have a bite of his steak or chicken every once and a while, but i don’t eat it on a daily or even weekly basis. so, how is this going to work? i’m wondering the same thing. beside the fact that i’m a B.S. in nutrition and he’s being living on cheeseburgers for the past 2 months. well, it hasn’t been difficult or messy yet. luckily, he does like beans and most vegetables, and he even loves soyrizo as much as i do. about once a week i’m making a meal that can have meat for him and meatless for me (this week it was pasta and broccoli alfredo- with chicken for him and chickenless strips for me) but other than that there’s been some pretty delicious vegetarian meals going down here =)
anyway, onto the “recipe.” this isn’t even a recipe. it’s a list of ingredients that together makes a delicious salad. i’ve been craving salads lately, i guess it’s the hot weather and all the nice summer produce around. i would call this spanish inspired, but as the 2 other girls who write on this blog have lived in spain, i hesitate to call it that… =p
Salad Which May or May not be Inspired by Spanish Ingredients.
Arugula
Tomatoes
Peaches
Mango
Black Beans
Corn on the Cob
Vidalia Onion
Scallions
Manchego Cheese
Avocado
Radishes
Mixed (red, yellow, orange) Baby Bell Peppers
Butter and Chili Powder (for the corn)
We grilled the peaches, peppers, and corn on our illegal-in-the-new-apartment propane grill. To be honest, the salad could have done without with peaches and more mango- i love mango! but it wasn’t bad tasting by any means. The corn got hit with some butter and a ton of hot mexican chili powder.
As for the dressing… I used Lemon-Tahini dressing from 101 Cookbooks because I was unsure about what kind of dressing would got best with the flavors in the salad, and i wanted a break from the bottled dressing we always use. I just saw a nice looking recipe for lime-chili sauce, which probably would have worked well.
the cat, like me, trying to figure out why the broiler is on the bottom of the stove…
kitchen!
some friends to keep me company out in PA =)
the EVER important spice collection
grillin! first night in the apartment =)
peaches, peppers, and corn for the salad
no pictures of the finished product.. was too busy eating it!!
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