the lunch thread

[omnivorette]

lunch for four:

 

zucchini, pea, and red onion salad with feta (vegetables and cheese from the Troy farmers market)

crustless vegetable quiche (broccoli, rainbow chard, and spinach all from our garden)

iced tea

[Daisy]

The last of the summer minestrone (the Rogers/Gray recipe I used as a guide made a vast vat of the stuff, and after serving it at a dinner, sending guests home with some and enlisting a friend for another meal I still had some left). A piece of pane Pugliese. Blueberries. I feel very ready for the big swim I have planned for later.

[racheld]

I'd been reading a food blog of a vacation in Taiwan, with all the attendant wonderful food. All the dim sum and potstickers and lovely crispy things caused a crave, and what did I cook but a grilled cheese sandwich.

 

I went out to the tomato plants, selected a nice red round beauty and sliced it into thinner-than-usual slices. To the grater for a nice handful of Tillamook Cheddar, a lump of ditto butter into the pan. Cheese on both slices of bread, to keep the tomatoes from sliding during the turn. Salt on the tomato side, into the sizzly pan, under a lid for the first browning, then the turn, the cut, the ice in the glass, and a big pour of Splenda iced tea.

 

A TIVO-ed House Hunters for lunch break during little Granddaughter's nap.

[omnivorette]

Fresh 3-bean salad

Beet and potato salad with anchovy dressing

Green salad with sliced smoked duck breast

[GalPalJoan]

Fresh 3-bean salad

Beet and potato salad with anchovy dressing

Green salad with sliced smoked duck breast

 

 

Anchovy dressing? Mmmmm, anchovies. Please to provide guidance?

[omnivorette]

Sent to me by Ampelman:

 

 

French beet & potato salad with anchovy dressing

from Jane Grigson's Vegetable Book

 

1 lb boiled, peeled beets

1/2 lb boiled firm, waxy potatoes

2 HB eggs, peeled

chopped parsley

 

2 med onions, chopped

4 Tbsp olive oil

1 tin anchovies in oil

1 tsp wine vinegar

1/4 tsp Dijon mustard

pepper

 

Slice beets and put in shallow bowl. Peel & slice potatoes into half-circles and arrange in a ring round the edge, slipping the straight edge down b/w the beets and edge of bowl. Mash eggs to crumbs w/fork, mix with heaped Tbsp of parsley & set aside.

 

For dressing, cook onions in Tbsp of oil in small pan so they become soft w/o browning. Cool and pound w/anchovies, their oil and remaining ingreds (best to use blender). Adjust seasonings. Spread dressing evenly over beets. Scatter egg over top w/extra parsley if necessary. Serve chilled.

[GalPalJoan]

And I THANK YOU!!!!

[rancho_gordo]

One entire tin of anchovies?

I don't believe. I refuse. I won't!

[omnivorette]

Yes, one of those small flat anchovy tins. It really was delicious. I roasted the beets rather than boiling them. The platter looked very pretty, too, with the red beet slices, then the potato slices, and then egg and parsley sprinkled.

[Pingarina]

A big glass of icy mango lassi. Perfect.

[StephanieL]

Ecuadorian tamale, potato cake, and sliced mango from a cart under the Junction Boulevard 7 stop, followed by ices from Lemon Ice King of Corona.

[Pingarina]

Craving something comfort-y, and having imbibed one too many glasses of rosé last night , I poached an egg in a small pot of polenta, added a big spoonful of Fage 2%, lots of salt and pepper. Did the trick.

[backstory]

a small baguette split and spread with hotsweet lemon pickle, mayonnaise, slices of a red and juicy tomato from the farm market, topped with onion crisps.

[omnivorette]

Cabbage fresh from the garden sauteed in bourbon-infused bacon fat.

[Squeat Mungry]

Black Forest ham and Gruyere open-face sandwiches, toasted under the broiler with GGMora Sherry Mustard. Yum.