Summer Salads

[shortstuff]

Cucumber Salad

Ingredients:
Sour Cream
White Vinegar
Sugar
Onion
Cucumbers

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Slice cucumbers thin/I peel the skin
Vidella Onion -- slice according to how much you want to add as an accent to the dish
Two drops of vinegar
a dash of sugar
Depending on the amount of cucumbers, add the sour cream -- coat the cucumbers

Mix all together and chill for two hours
Then serve

You can garnish with:
parsley
paparika


No WNY Res--I am not sending photos

[WNYresident]

I know what a cucumber looks like


Find something for tomatoes...

The plants are loaded with flowers and grape tomatoes

[shortstuff]

Holy crap Res, ok a tomato salad then:

slice tomatoes
cucumbers
boiled small white potatoes/cool them down
scallon onions
parsley
salt
pepper
garlic (don't skimp--use fresh garlic)
a dash of oregano
lemon

Slice all the ingredients
put together
mix the light olive oil
red wine vinegar
squeeze the lemon (not the whole thing--slice it)
season

chill for 1/2 hour & serve

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Other suggestions for the tomotoes/can them or sell them

[WNYresident]

What about a bean salad? Or do you got something against beans?

These were picked this week

[buffy]

Find something for tomatoes...

The plants are loaded with flowers and grape tomatoes
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During a recent road trip, I caught a portion of a cooking show on NPR and the chef was talking about using wrinkled-up older tomatoes. The chef said, like wrinkled grapes, wrinkled tomatoes have a richer, denser flavor that really pops out once sauteed in olive oil and smashed with a fork, add garlic, and basil - pour over pasta. Nice to keep in mind if you can't keep up with robust plant production. Ii couldn't find the piece, but found something pretty close in the link below.
http://midlifevegan.blogspot.com/201...-tomatoes.html

[shortstuff]

What about a bean salad? Or do you got something against beans?

These were picked this week

Wow those look great WNY Res:

OK chill out I have a bean dish for you:

Ingredients:
green beans (or) add yellow beans too
2 tbs olive oil
basil
rosemary
1 medium bell pepper, slice thin
3 tbs. fresh orange juice
1 tsp. finely grated orange --zest
1/2 balsamic vinegar
2 cloves of garlic (diced--can be optional)
3 cups of light packed fresh spinach (optional)
sea salt
ground pepper


1 st boil the veges a bit in boiling water for 3 - 5 minutes
Heat the oil in a saute' pan
saute' the garlic
add your vegetables & rest of the juice, spices

saute', simmer until it reaches the texture stage you like.

Optional
You can add almonds
oregano
parm cheese

[shortstuff]

Beet Salad

I think beets are one of the most delicious ingredients ever introduced in a salad.

Dice up your beets (fresh chilled//or if you prefer to save time canned beets will do)
Blueberries
mandarin oranges
red onions sliced thin and diced
pecans (or a nut that you prefer)


Arugula
lettuce--pretty much whatever leaf lettuce you prefer
small tomatoes

crushed black pepper
salt
dash of sugar
basil

balsamic
olive oil
a hint of of lemon

[WNYresident]

These are good in salads also.



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