Five Ways to Cook a Carrot
The Farmer's Market is overflowing with carrots the week, as is your CSA share, no doubt. Here we present five basic carrot cooking techniques to use as a jumping off point for your custom carrot crea...
Five Simple Ways to Cook with Figs
Figs are easy to love and even easier to add to every day dishes for mouthwatering new flavor combinations.
Figs with Yogurt and Honey
Start with a base of good quality local yoghurt and add wedges of fresh figs, a drizzle of local honey, and a sprinkle of nuts, if you like. We love tossing on a sprinkle of sublte pistachios or a few toasted pine nuts. If you are into chia seeds, toss those on there too. Just try to keep it as simple as possible to let the lucious flavor of the figs shine.
Fig Ricotta Toast
Top a hearty slice of toast with creamy ricotta and thin slices of fig. Sprinkle with a little sea salt to bring out the sweetness. If you like your toast even sweeter, try whipping honey into the ricotta before smearing it on. Like more salt? Swap ricotta for feta.
Stuffed Figs
Cut an X into your figs and stuff them with pungent blue cheese. Pop them under the broiler just to get the cheese a littley melty. Ramp up the salty-sweet action by wraping the stuffed figs in a slice of bacon before broiling. Want to go full sweet? Stuff them with ricotta and drizzle with honey or balsamic. Basically, you can stuff these beautiful fruits with any cheese you like (maybe not cheddar?), and then enhance the sweet or savory side of things as you like
Fig Salad
Fancy up your seasonal salad with a few slices of fig. They pair especially well with nutty, salty parmesan, sweet candied nuts, a good mix of seasonal greens, and a drizzle of homemade balsamic vinaigrette.
Ham, Cheese, and Fig Sandwich
Salty prosciutto, or any other good quality ham, mild manchego cheese, and sweet slices of fig layered on a fresh baguette is a picture of simplicity at its best.
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