ROASTED ROOT VEGETABLES W/ MIXED GREENS & PEAR SALAD & EGGS MADE TO ORDER

Sunday we had a few friends over for brunch, nothing too extravagant...just some potatoes, greens and eggs.  What made the potatoes special was the mixed variety, and of course the curve ball rutabaga thrown in there for an extra zip.  We've never eaten rutabaga before, but it was quite nice, adding a sort of tart twist to the otherwise sweet and savory blend.  All we can say at this point is that homemade strawberry jam is a must, at least once in a lifetime and since it's so easy we suggest a few more than that.  It turned out to be especially delicious over bagels and cream cheese.

Ingredients / Vendor:

Fingerling & Sweet Potatoes / Madison's

Rutabaga & Spring Mix Greens / Madison's

Eggs / Busch's Country Corner

Strawberries / Gaudio Produce

Cardamon / Herbs & Spice & Everything Nice

Modified recipe from Cooking Light magazine. 

The Jam was the highlight of this brunch, almost too simple to taste so good, but then again its full of delicious sugar and there is nothing wrong with that. Fresh makes it best.>>Support your local businesses and farmers. Support Findlay Market.

SRING FRESH FEAST

It was our good friend's birthday and he loves his birthday almost as much as he loves food, so we were up for a challenge.  This meal was inspired by all things spring, and Findlay offered us the freshest selections to create this 4 course celebration. 

FIRST COURSE: CRAB CAKES

Ingredients / Vendor:

New England Crab Meat / Luken's

Cream Cheese / Gibb's Cheese and Sausage

Parmesan / Silverglade's

Eggs / Busch's 

Sour Cream & Butter/ Gibb's Cheese and Sausage

Orange & lemon peel / Madison's

Chives / Madison's

Salt & Cayenne Pepper / Herbs and Spice and Everything Nice

Panko / Saigon Market

SECOND COURSE: GREEN PEA SOUP WITH TARRAGON

Ingredients / Vendor:

Peas / Madison's

Olive oil / Dean's Mediterranean

Shallots / Madison's

Vegetable Broth  / Madison's

Tarragon / Madison's

Homemade Yogurt / Dean's Mediterranean

THIRD COURSE: SALMON, ASPARAGUS & NEW POTATO SALAD WITH CHIVE VINAIGRETTE AND FRIED CAPERS

Ingredients / Vendor:

Chives, Shallots / Madison's

Rice Vinegar / Saigon Market

Honey / Gibb's Cheese & Sausage

Asparagus, Spring Mix / Madison's

Baby Red Potatoes / Madison's

Olive Oil, Capers, Dijon Mustard / Dean's Mediterranean

Radishes / Madison's

Eggs / Busch's

Salmon / (Not Findlay - flown in from Alaska as gift)

FOURTH COURSE: HALIBUT ON MASHED FAVA BEANS WITH MINT

Ingredients / Vendor:

Fava Beans / Dean's Mediterranean

Mint / Madison's

Lemon Peel / Madison's

Kosher Salt / Herbs & Spice and Everything Nice

Crushed Red Pepper/ Herbs & Spice and Everything Nice

Halibut / Luken's Fish & Poultry

Olive Oil /  Dean's Mediterranean

Flour / Madison's

Recipes compliments of bon appetit Magazine, April 2009.

Some days are better than others, and this was one of those better days. Each bite of this extraordinary meal was a conversation amongst us. We are wondering if a week is long enough to wait to make it again.

Shitake & Olive Medley White Pizza

If you like good bread and fresh cheese, that pretty much means you love pizza.  You can basically dial in a pizza however you wish...loaded with ingredients or light, red or white sauce, all meat all veggie or mixed, whatever you dream up is pretty much possible.  Our dream consisted of a white pizza using olive oil as the sauce and topped with shitake mushrooms and a medley of olives.

Ingredients / Vendor:

Pizza Dough Ball / Angelina's

Olive oil / Deans Mediterranean

Shitake Mushroom Caps / Madison's

Mixed Olives / Silverglade's

Shredded Mozzarella / Gibbs Cheese & Meats

Recipe from: Up our sleeve.

Hot, bubbly cheese and delicious ingredients.  This turned out to be a home run recipe which will definitely stay in our pizza Rolodex.  We like big slices, NY-Style, so we sliced the pie into four, just for the two of us.

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APPLE CINNAMON OATMEAL W/ CREAM & EARL GREY TEA

Here it is the end of March, and we woke up to a cold rainy day. We thought the oatmeal was retired for the year, so we had to spruce it up with a fresh spring apple. However, it did require a coat an umbrella to run over to the market for the apple. 

Ingredients / Vendor:

Oatmeal / Madison's

Apple / Ron Roth Produce

Snow Hill Creamery Cream/ Madison's

Cinnamon / Herbs & Spice and Everything Nice 

Earl Grey Tea / Dean's Mediterranean

The Quakers have a great craft from architecture to agriculture. We think they would be satisfied with our use of their oats.

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POBLANOS RELLENOS W/ BASMATI RICE, GROUND TURKEY AND TOMATOES

There are very many ways to make this dish with the variety of peppers and stuffings available. We went with what we had on hand, and took this towards a south of the border flavored meal.

Ingredients / Vendor:

Poblanos / Madison's

Tomatoes / Madison's

Basmati Rice / Saigon Market

Ground Turkey / Eckerlin Meats

Green Chili Salsa / Madison's

Ancho chili spice / Herbs & Spice and Everything Nice

 

This did not turn out to be our favorite of all meals. We cooked it in the crock pot because we knew we would be home late after attending the streetcar fundraising event. It seems we got home too late.

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WILY WONTON SOUP

Since we were out of town over the weekend and the Market is closed on Mondays and Tuesdays (but soon to be open on Tuesday we are happy to report), we are a bit low on goods. Luckily we had some frozen wontons and enough other random ingredients to make a very non-traditional but delightful wonton soup.

Ingredients / Vendor:

Pork dumplings / Saigon Market

Seasame Oil / Dean's Mediterranean

Onions & Celery / Simpson Produce

Beef Broth / Madison's

Iprovisation is often in order.

With Spring upon us, our soup days are becoming less frequent. These rainy days are a perfect day to cash in.

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FLAT IRON STEAK W/ WORCHESTIRE, GREEN ONION, BALSAMIC REDUCTION & GARLIC BUTTER ASPARAGUS

One of the best things about Findlay Market is that you can go there with no idea of what you are going to make for dinner, and the merchants will basically make the decision for you. We have never purchased a flat iron steak before, but Eckerlin told us it was the best for pan frying, and oh my, is it.

Ingredients / Vendor:

Flat Iron Steak / Eckerlin Meats

Asparagus / Madison's

Green Onion, Garlic / Dean's Quality Produce

Balsamic / Dean's Mediterranean 

Worchestire Sauce / Heist Fish & Poultry

Butter / Gibb's Cheese & Sausage

Recipe inspired by Eckerlin Meats. 

We believe in our hearts that we loved this steak because we love the flat iron buiding in New York City. We wonder if Daniel Burnham was eating this when he got his inspiration. 

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