Fresh roasted cauliflower florets and chopped kale are combined with sweet onion and garbanzo beans to create a light and tasty main-dish salad tonight. The salad ingredients are tossed with a delicate honey mustard dressing and chopped fresh mint leaves. Add a small baguette or warm pita bread and some fresh fruit as a finish and you’re good to go.
Lighter meals for warm weather is the continuing theme. The ever-refreshing flavors of tabbouleh salad with a little piece of grilled rockfish will do the trick this evening. The fish is drizzled with Poke sauce (pronounced poh-kay), a spicy and salty toasted sesame sauce with fresh ginger and fresh green onions (or shallots). One often finds poke served over raw fish in sushi preparations, but it’s terrific over cooked fish as well.
This light summer meal is certainly better than a “poke with a sharp stick.” You’ll have leftover tabbouleh.
Here comes another great summer grilling option. The salty and acidic marinade with fresh basil really enhances the umami of these grilled mushrooms. The mustard greens served over bulgur create interest and play well with other flavors on the dinner plate. Fresh plums and nectarines finish the plate.
Marinate mushrooms early in the day for at least 2 hours.
It’s Saturday, July 5th
Another great week of dining lies ahead. Enjoy!
Fresh crabmeat is the feature of this seafood delicacy. We’re having crabcakes! They’re seasoned with toasted fennel seeds and paprika and served with a light curry white sauce. Add a fresh spinach and seasonal strawberry salad with toasted sliced almonds and you’ve got holiday dining with explosive flavors.
If fresh spinach is not available, use bagged spinach.
Here’s a super quick supper utilizing the savory salmon saved from Monday and leftover rice from Tuesday. Add crisp fresh lettuce, cucumber, cabbage, and tomato to the mix and dress it with homemade Asian dressing.
Give those leftovers a makeover and call it a Salmon Rice Bowl. Your diners will call it satisfying and delicious.