Sunday, May 18, 2008

Recipes from City Distribution Week 1

Minted Veggie Dip (adapted from Astray Recipes online)

Mix the following ingredients
  • 1 1/4 cup Plain low-fat Yogurt
  • 3/4 cup Light Sour Cream
  • 4-5 green garlic, chopped
  • 2 T mint, chopped
  • Salt and Pepper to taste

Creamy Lovage and Mustard Salad Dressing (adapted from Recipezaar online)

Mix the following ingredients
  • 1/4 cup mayo (I used light canola)
  • 1/4 cup Plain Low-fat Yogurt
  • 1 Tbs. Lemon Juice (or more to taste)
  • 1 Tbs. Dijon Mustard
  • 2 Tbs. Chopped lovage leaves
  • Salt and pepper to taste

1 comment:

Gary said...

This is a link to an article in this Sunday's NY Times Magazine section in which there are 3 recipes for green garlic provided by the Chef from a San Francisco Top 100 restaurant..
We made the simplest recipe of the 3: the parsley green garlic vinagrette- had some one night over asparagus and the next night as a salad dressing- it is delicious and a good use for some of the green garlic. It was even better the next day.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/05/18/magazine/18food-t.html?_r=1&ref=magazine&oref=slogin

Regarding Leeks:

Jan found a Julia Childs Leek Quiche recipe. We had enough leeks for 2/3 of the recipe- it calls for a lb. and we had almost 11 oz. She made the recipe in custard cups, and baked them in a water bath, without a crust, and the result was a rich and very tasty, flavorful custard. She also skipped the last step- dotting the custard with butter before baking.