Farmers’ Market

Easy Cucumber and Tomato Salad

June 14, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

To go with the Persian chicken, I wanted a cool salad and settled on cucumbers and tomatoes. My own tomatoes are not yet ripe but this would be even better with homegrown tastier tomatoes! The quantity of ingredients is easily adjusted to suit your needs. The leftovers were good the next day for us. 1 [...]

Easy Appetizers

June 1, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

I entertained twice this weekend and while I cooked a fair bit, I was a bit too busy to take pictures of everything! Both nights I wanted some easy appetizers and used a few items from Jacques Pepin More Fast Food My Way, including the idea of this simple appetizer with sliced radishes (from my [...]

Vegetarian Panini with Cheese, Tomato, Red Onion and Arugula

May 21, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

Forgot to take a picture alas, but this is well worth making.  I was looking for a quick dinner, something warm, and thought a panini would do. I made this on sliced sourdough, not any special bread. Inside was: Dijon mustard Tomato, a few slices Fontina cheese, sliced Red onion, a few slices Pepperoncini, sliced [...]

Roast Split Chicken with Mustard Sauce

May 10, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

I had done a variation of this mustard-coated butterflied chicken a while back, not following Pepin’s recipe exactly but using another blogger’s version of it as inspiration, then butterflying the chicken and roasting it according to Pam Anderson’s suggestions. Having watched Pepin butterfly the chicken on the video made things much easier!  You can watch [...]

Small Berry Custards from Jacques Pepin

May 10, 2010 by Ellen · Leave a Comment 

This is a fantastic dessert from Jacques Pepin More Fast Food My Way, which is available on video or in book form.   You can explore lots of the recipes and videos on his PBS site, which is very cool. In fact, he has the recipe for the Small Berry Custards posted here so I won’t [...]

Burgers with Cilantro Pesto and Sweet Jalapeno Sauce

April 24, 2010 by Ellen · 1 Comment 

Our local farmers’ market has a stall from Bolani’s and they are very generous with the samples. And it works!  Oh my, the cilantro pesto had me from the first bite and the jalapeno sauce was the same.  Once I brought it home, the possibilities have been intriguing. Let’s take your basic barbecued hamburger. Top [...]