Summer Solstice. The time of year for celebrating sun, warmth and fresh food.
For me, the solstices are like an un-birthday part for the world. The Summer and Winter solstices mark the longest and shortest days of the year based on our journey around the sun.
We made it another season. The sun is still shining. The Earth is still spinning.
Sounds like something worth celebrating to me.
For Summer Solstice 2011 we had:
Peach and Lovage Salad.
Lemon Sage Whole Roast Organic Chicken.
Roasted Potatoes.
Salad greens form the garden with blueberries and goat cheese.
Strawberry Mint salad for dessert.
Peach and Lovage Salad
6 peaches, diced
Half an English cucumber, diced.
1 Tbsp fresh chopped lovage
Mix gently together in a medium sized bowl. Allow to sit for at least an hour, or in the fridge overnight, before eating so flavours can mingle.
Lovage is a herb that you might not be able to readily find. We grow it here, and I've seen seeds for it in a few places. Farmers markets might have some. Its in the parsley family and has a taste similar to celery with Italian parsley with cilantro. Very 'Summery'.
Lemon Sage Chicken
When cooking chicken in the oven, I always put it in a roasting pan with a lid. Some people don't use a lid, but I find that more moisture stays in and you don't have to worry as much about basting or burning.
With this method you can also put a frozen bird in the oven and in a few hours it's cooked perfectly.
I always put a few cloves of garlic and a piece of bay leaf in the bottom of the roasting pan with a few centimeters of water.
With this chicken I also poured a few tablespoons of lemon juice carefully on top of the bird, along with fresh chopped sage.
I always put a few cloves of garlic and a piece of bay leaf in the bottom of the roasting pan with a few centimeters of water.
With this chicken I also poured a few tablespoons of lemon juice carefully on top of the bird, along with fresh chopped sage.
I added some more fresh sage near the end because the original stuff shriveled up.
The potatoes were sliced and added to the roasting pan with the chicken about half an hour before the chicken was done. This way the potatoes take on the flavour of the chicken and the herbs.
The potatoes were sliced and added to the roasting pan with the chicken about half an hour before the chicken was done. This way the potatoes take on the flavour of the chicken and the herbs.
Chicken was garnished with beet seedlings.
Strawberry Mint Salad
1 cup chopped strawberries
1 Tbsp or several sprigs of finely chopped fresh mint.
1 Tbsp liquid honey.
Mix all ingredients gently in a bowl.
The honey turns the strawberry juice into a syrup and drawn out the flavour of the mint.
Yum Mum!!!
And Vanilla Chai soy milk to wash it all down.
Happy eating!
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