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Farmers Market weekends have been my latest obsession. There’s just something exciting about picking out your fruit and vegetables from the farmers markets, coming home with your swag, and figuring out what you’re going to do with it -
Here are some menu items from my weekend adventures.
Dinner 1:
Panzanella Salad - 4 different varieties of seasonal Tomatoes, cucumbers, genovese basil, Italian Pane Bread, tossed with red wine vinegar over a fresh bed of mixed greens.
Italian Style Hanger Steak – Steak marinated in balsalmic, rosemary, garlic, then dusted with sea salt and fresh ground pepper.
Roasted Seasonal Veggies - roasted red Peppers, Zucchini, Eggplant, garlic in olive oil, fresh genovese Basil, salt, pepper, red pepper grilled
Berry and Yogurt Parfait - Fresh Raspberries and Blackberries with Vanilla Yogurt
Dinner 2:
Baja Style Fish Tacos – Mahi (from TJs) Beer Battered and pan fried, topped with marinated cabbage, pico de gallo with local “celebrity” tomatoes, zesty yogurt lime sauce, and freshly made poblano pepper hot sauce
Carne Asada Tacos – Skirt Steak topped with cilantro, onions, fresh pico de gallo, poblano pepper hot sauce and a touch of lime
Fresh Multi-Colored Corn with Cilantro Lime Butter
Not pictured: Matcha Green Tea Sponge Cupcakes with Fresh Raspberry whipped cream topping.]
Not all my endeavors were a success – While veggies and fish are easy enough, I get overzealous with the cooking of my steak and often overcook it. Hanger and Skirt steaks (both the prime ingredients for my two farmers market meals) are tough to handle because even a little over cooking can result in tough meat. In both my meals my meals were an exercise for the jaw and the temples…
Hopefully I’ll have better execution next time! But this also made me more appreciative for those masterfully cooked pieces of hanger steak at Ray’s…
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