No, not breeze: Hot wind.
As far as I'm concerned, that's reason enough to spend the majority of my energy on sipping cool beverages, standing directly in front of the window fan, and tossing mostly raw ingredients together in a bowl and calling it dinner. There are no recipes in the summer: Only inspiration, motivation, and recreation. You can add re-creation to that list, too, since I'll be making some form or another of this exact salad basically every other night for the duration of the hot months.
Join me, won't you? (You won't regret it: It's deliculous. <-- That, my friends, is a word I just coined right this minute.)
Pulse green grapes, a garlic clove, fresh mint leaves, apple cider vinegar, and a healthy pinch of salt and pepper in a food processor until they make a kind of coarse paste.
In a large bowl, mix the grape mash with paper-thin slices of cucumber, fresh corn kernels stripped right from the cob, more grapes (sliced in half), some leftover brown rice, and little cubes of pressed firm tofu. Be sure everything is evenly coated, then let chill in the refrigerator for at least one hour before serving, to allow all the flavors to blend. Top with feta cheese, if you like.
What's your favorite no-cook meal been so far this summer? Where do you get your no-cook inspiration from? I am 100% digging on fresh herbs and different marinating vinegars.
You had me until the tofu. Maybe I'll substitute feta cheese :) We're eating a lot of salads here, too, as we've had hot wind the last few weeks!
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely substitute Feta or shrimp or cold leftover chicken or beans... Don't let my love of tofu spook you off a delicious thing like this.
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i have been lamenting for awhile about this phenom/curse. in our home, we call it the Pile... we just throw things in a big mixing bowl, whatever we got from the csa, extras from the pantry and call it dinner. at first, it was novel, so fresh, and we felt so smug about it, being so healthy and local and hippie. now? i need something cooked, at least ONE component/ingredient cooked... so i make do with either couscous, brown rice, quinoa and then it's a slippery slope... i add in a few veggies to cook along with it all and well. it's still the Pile... only cooked.
ReplyDeleteI kind of love The Pile. I love The Pile when it's cooked, I love The Pile when it's raw. (Do you eat eggs? Put an egg on it!)
DeleteI already commented this on Instagram. I am really loving this "suggestion", especially the idea of pulsing the green grapes. Luckily they have started selling de-seeded green grapes here now.
ReplyDeleteThe pureed grapes actually totally make this dish. Unexpected and delicious: My two favorite adjectives to describe food!
DeleteTofu and grapes - sounds like a good connection. I like your delicious suggestions!
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