Delightful Farmer’s Market Sunday Supper

Our first Sunday Supper was fantastic! Nine families comprised of 30 friends ranging in age from six to 70 gathered in a picturesque backyard to enjoy a flavorful feast and glorious early-summer weather. The pictures and menu tell it all. Big thanks to our friend Robin, owner of B&B Photography, for taking the awesome pictures!…

Roast Beef Rubbed with Herbes De Provence

For our first Sunday Supper we served a combination of two sirloin and two tri tip beef roasts that were 2.5-3 pounds each. Roast Beef The day before you cook the roasts, rub them generously with a blend of dried herbs, salt and freshly cracked black pepper. Add 2 tsp salt and 1 tsp pepper…

Leek and Beet Green Frittata

We made three of these for our first Sunday Supper. We planned to make them with asparagus, which we bought at the farmer’s market the day before, but we lost it in Susan’s car. Thankfully the beets we used for the salad still had their beautiful, bushy greens attached, so we washed them up and…

Roasted Red Pepper Baked Goat Cheese

We made two of these for our first Sunday Supper. Susan found the lovely white ceramic bakers, which come with roasted red pepper seasoning packets, at Boise Co-op. Roasted Red Pepper Baked Goat Cheese From Gourmet Du Village’s Chevre Cheese Baker 5 oz. soft unripened goat’s milk cheese ½ pkg. Gourmet Du Village roasted red pepper…

Shiitake Mushrooms: Nutritious Little Mustaches

I found fresh shiitake mushrooms at Winco this week priced below $6 a pound. I love the way the tender, cooked slices look like little handlebar mustaches with scrolled tips. According to the book “Prescription for Nutritional Healing” by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC,  the Chinese fungus has the ability to boost our immune systems and has…

Jennifer’s Market Basket: Fiddlehead Ferns

Oh the culinary joys of spring! Along with foraged mushrooms and tender salad greens come fiddlehead ferns. We found some at the Farmer’s Market last Saturday and I scooped up about a quarter pound, plus eight  plump, freshly foraged morel mushrooms. Last night I made a simple soup using two tablespoons of white miso, the rinsed…

Susan’s Market Basket: Fiddlehead Ferns

I knew there was something stranger looking than Kohlrabi–Fiddlehead Ferns! According to Wikipedia, fiddlehead ferns are the furled fronds of a young fern and are harvested for use as a vegetable. Left on the plant, each fiddlehead would unroll into a new frond (a leaf). And, according to the farmer at the Farmer’s Market, they can only be…