Here’s a dip we made while vacationing in Cape Cod. I also made it for a barbecue (the notorious vodka lemonade night). Here are the ingredients -
- Fat-free Greek yogurt – 6 oz. container (I use Fage)
- Juice from one lemon
- A clove or two of chopped garlic
- Chopped up cucumber (take the seeds out. Pat cucumber with paper towel to absorb water. I got my cucumber at the farmer’s market.)
- Fresh dill (I got mine at the farmer’s market)
- Salt & pepper
Tags:Chicago·cooking and baking·cucumber·dill·fage·roscoe village·yogurt
Yesterday morning I went back to the Lincoln Square farmers’ market. The farmers’ market is fun for everyone. In the photo above: spot the hipster, spot the kids, the elderly, the middle-aged. My bag felt extra heavy so I weighed it when I got home. 13 pounds! Ouch. Good thing I took the bus.
I wanted to note that these are my favorite vendors:
- Seedling Fruit, South Haven, MI :: Great fruit, esp. berries
- River Valley Kitchen, Burlington, WI :: All sorts of mushrooms
- Lange’s Farm, Elwood, IL :: Excellent variety of high-quality vegetables
- Dotson’s Farm, Linwood, IL :: Good selection of herb plants
This is what I bought at the farmers’ market:
- cherries
- raspberries
- blueberries
- 5 ears of corn
- 2 cucumbers
- 4 beets (A lady saw my beets and asked me how to prepare them. I said “I don’t know! I have to go home and look it up online!”)
- green beans
- tomatoes
- 4 portobello tops (I want to make these)
- portobello salsa with cilantro & key lime
- 4 free cta rides courtesy of Swedish Covenant Hospital (they were handing them out at the nearby Western Brown Line stop and just kept giving me more)
Tags:beets·blueberry·cherry·Chicago·corn·cucumber·dotson's farm·farmers market·green bean·lange's farm·lincoln square·portobello·raspberry·river valley kitchen·seedling fruit·tomato
Matt and his mom, Luanne :: Sharon, CT
Matt and his parents, Luanne and Martin :: Sharon, CT
Matt’s family: Zach, Matt, Martin, Luanne, Adam :: Sharon, CT
Matt’s family (with the wives): Zach, Matt, Molly, Martin, Luanne, Adam, Sarah :: Sharon, CT
Matt, Molly :: Sharon, CT
Rachelle, Dallas :: Sharon, CT
Adam’s Sunglasses :: Sharon, CT
Don’t know how George got up there :: Sharon, CT
Backyard :: Sharon, CT
Front Yard :: Sharon, CT
On the day of Matt and Molly’s wedding some of the gusy… Dallas, of course… went golfing with Matt in the morning. Molly’s father George took them to a half course at Hotchkiss, the school Molly attended. I chose instead to just rest up because I knew it was going to be a long day and night. Matt & Molly’s wedding was to take place at 4:30 p.m. which meant that everyone needed to eat lunch then get ready for the wedding. One of Molly’s mom’s friends graciously invited everyone to her house for lunch. House… err. . Estate?
For days we’d been driving down the same small roads through Lakeville and Salisbury and Sharon and commenting on the architecture and how beautiful it was and the size of the yards and the enormity of some of the houses. There was one in particular that Ross was admiring every time we passed it and wouldn’t you know it. .. that’s the house we had lunch at. To call it a house, though, seems like an understatement. This was one of the biggest houses I’ve seen let alone been inside and the sweeping vistas and views in the backyard were breathtaking. Everyone just spontaneously started lining up and taking photos back there. Oh, and the big pool and hot tub and separate pool house? That’s where Matt & Molly were going to stay the night of the wedding. Later on I heard they were totally set up with candles and champagne and everything there. So nice.
Our hostess couldn’t have been more down to earth and kind. She walked around barefoot with a Corona Light in her hand making sure everyone was taken care of. We had an appetizer of endive leaves with smoked salmon and capers on them. For lunch we had a dilled cucumber salad, a lettuce salad with tomato aspic, and a pastry chicken bake. It was just enough to satisfy our appetites, but not make us too full for the rest of the day. A good way to relax before things started getting crazy!
Tags:adam·aspic·connecticut·cucumber·dallas·dill·endive·george·hotchkiss·luanne·martin·matt·molly·sarah·sharon·smoked salmon·zach