Yes it's time for the first harvest of our spring efforts!
Earlier this week I picked some cilantro and basil from my herb garden and added them to a few favorite summer recipes for a delicious start to the "fresh food" season. I've posted the recipes below. The salsa is a pretty common recipe but one of my favorites none the less. My take on the Capri salad came out of necessity. (I didn't have any regular balsamic to use so I had to use the cinnamon pear balsamic from Folgarelli's. It sounds weird but Joel and I have been eating this stuff nearly daily and we can't get enough.)
Mango Salsa
-one semi firm mango
-one semi firm peach
-half a sweet red pepper
-quarter of a red onion
-a handful of the green part of green onions finely chopped
-a handful of fresh cilantro finely chopped
-juice of one lime
-a dash of salt
-cut the fruit into quarter inch chunks and the veggies even smaller, add the onions, salt and cilantro then stir in the lime juice
-chill for a few hours then serve (I like mine with a pepper lime chicken or just with tortilla chips)
Capri Salad
-fresh mozzarella chopped into half inch chunks ( 1-2 cups)
-equal amount of cherry tomatoes halved
-a few sprigs of basil finely chopped
-a splash of cinnamon pear balsamic
-stir and serve
I'd love to hear about your favorite to-dos with fresh herbs!
2 comments:
Your capri salad is like a salad i make in the summer that has no name- the nana salad: These are individual personal salad plates, each has 1-2 slices of fresh tomatoes with a slice of fresh (from a ball or homemade) mozarella cheese on each, topped with a fresh basil leaf and drizzled with basalmic vinegar. Very nice when tomatoes and basil are fresh! mom hull
Basil, Rosemary, olive oil, some salt and pepper (maybe some garlic) makes a KILLER dipping oil for bread. Speaking of bread, why not try herbed foccacia or pizza dough?
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