Farm Fresh

carrots, chard, dill, gourmet greens, lettuce, onions, potatoes, summer squash

What’s for Dinner?

The heat is on, and we’ve got some great outdoor grilling, some salads-for-supper, and even an escape-the-heat retreat with a slow cooker detour. This amazing variety of farm fresh goodness, will taste extra special with a carrot cake birthday celebration, some home-blended milkshakes, and a best-of-the-berries margarita fest!

Friday – grilled pizza fest

fresh ricotta and red onion pizza (Deb Perleman, Smitten Kitchen)
gourmet greens salad

Saturday – summer slow cooking?!?

slow cooker chard dal (Anupy Singla, The Indian Slow Cooker)
carrot & cumin salad (BBC Good Food)
naan

carrot cake (Cook’s Illustrated, The New Best Recipe)

Sunday – gremolata + grill

grilled salmon with parsley-dill gremolata
wheat berry salad with dill & red onion (Gourmet)
grilled summer squash (Cooking Light)

Monday – burgers & fries

simplest bean burgers + chard (Mark Bittman, How to Cook Everything)
garlic roasted potatoes (Ina Garten, Barefoot Contessa Parties!)

Tuesday – step aside, starkist

seared albacore tuna salad (Northwest Palate)
baguette

Wednesday –  pass the margs

triple-berry margaritas (Bon Appetit)

roasted carrot & avocado salad (Deb Perleman, Smitten Kitchen)
chicken quesadilla with avocado-cucumber salsa (The New York Times)

Thursday –  everything but the kitchen sink

torpedo onion & potato frittata (Katherine Deumling, SIO Blog Wk. 8, 2013)
salad with balsamic vinaigrette (Cooking Light)

More Menu Musings…