Solstice Salad

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One of the offerings for my 17 guests during my solstice celebratory cooking session yesterday. (Click for larger view.) For background, see yesterday’s post.

I produced five or six core dishes for the menu, overall. Boy, that was fun! (There were also some excellent dishes brought by guests, and I had various other things on the table such as olives, nuts, corn chips with dips, etc.) I’ve never been in chef mode for a group this large before – also while also playing host – and so I learned a lot about logistics (and talking while prepping and cooking several meals simultaneously).

Have a look in the picture below for some of the raw ingredients I assembled my various dishes from, obtained after a very long shopping trip to the Hollywood Farmer’s market, Trader Joe’s, Whole Foods, and a local organic food store.

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(Click for larger view.)

And yes, we all toasted the sun (if you’ll forgive the phrase) from the roof as it disappeared off the side of the earth.

-cvj

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3 Responses to Solstice Salad

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  2. Clifford says:

    Hi,

    It is similar to the recipe I discussed in the related “Entertaining Saturday” post (listed above). I substituted somewhat (asparagus instead of their cousins, artichokes, and red onions were soaked in red wine vinegar) and moved things around a bit, and I also added beetroot (which you simply roast in their skins wrapped in foil).

    Best,

    -cvj

  3. Elliot says:

    How about the recipe. As I have mentioned elsewhere, a number of nutritionally conscious oncologists recommend eating very colorful foods for the broad “spectrum” of phytochemicals.

    Looks very good.

    e.