Own grown tomatoes and lemons |
Eggplant and vegetable mix for the piquant pate with capers and olives, sauteing before blending |
"Pre-soaked " almonds for the cookie dough |
Baked eggplant slices for the cashew butter-lemon dressing salad |
The eggplant pate before processing |
This will also be served with a black bean and sweetcorn salad.
The completed eggplant "pate"..will be served with rye bread toast points |
The cornmeal batter for the corn cakes with zucchini and carrots and served with an avocado-tomato salsa |
These 2 the blended watercress, potato & zucchini soups |
Base for the apricot-almond cookies ( almonds are in the pastry) |
These 3 the corn cakes with vegetables |
The completed almond-apricot cookies to be cooled completely and then cut into bars |
Hot summer weather here now, low Los Angeles Basin up to mid 80's, high desert into triple digits.
The menu that my client's have chosen for tomorrow is:
A raw cucumber-mint yogurt soup..great summer cooler
Zucchini-watercress soup
"French style" piquant eggplant pate with toast points & chopped salad
Corn cakes and tomato-avocado salad..these used to be very popular in the 70's and it is time they came back..recipe is also on my website Home page, link at bottom of this page.
Vegetable Mac 'n cheese with sweetcorn and black bean salad
Roast potatoes and vegetables with a cumin infused yogurt dressing
Side dishes are:
Roasted eggplant, tomato ( own grown) and squash warm salad with a cashew butter-lemon-garlic dressing
Red cabbage and mustard green saute with onion
Dessert:
Apricot-almond bar cookies ( recipe on my website om Summer Specials page)
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