Linny's Kitchen: Celebrating Spring!!!

Thursday, April 21, 2011

Celebrating Spring!!!

I am so excited that the warmer weather has finally arrived. However, I am aware that this celebration will be short lived as we are expecting rain this weekend. At least the milkmen will all be dry for the few days and they can relax at home as the rain drops fall.
Today I am celebrating by making a fresh and flavorful spinach, strawberry, avocado and feta salad! This is the kind of salad that smiles rays of sunshine up at you from the plate. You can jazz it up with grilled shrimp or chicken but, it is also so wonderful just on its own.

All the ingredients, minus the pecans and balsamic dressing, came right of the cowtruck and we delivered to me yesterday!

This is enough for 2 people as a meal or 4 as a side salad. Left over are great to bring for lunch, just remember if you are going to bring left over not to dress the salad until it is on your plate.

1 cup of Fresh Strawberries cut in half

Olivia's Baby Spinach

1 Chopped Avocado

1/2 cup of Pecans

1/4 cup of Crumbled Salty Sea Feta

3 oz of Balsamic Dressing

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Linny's Tip - Cooking and Storing Potatoes

Potatoes should be kept in a cool, dark place with good ventilation. The ideal storage temperature is 45 to 50ºF. At these temperatures, potatoes will keep for several
weeks. But don't store potatoes in the refrigerator! When kept below 40ºF, potatoes develop a sweet taste, due to the conversion of starch to sugar. This increased sugar causes potatoes to darken when cooked. If you store potatoes at room temperature, try to use them within a week or so.

Keep potatoes away from prolonged exposure to light, which causes them to turn green. This greening causes a bitter flavor. If potatoes develop green areas or start to sprout, just trim off these areas before using.

Always add potatoes to cold water to boil. This ensures that potatoes will cook evenly throughout.

Linny's Tip: Tomatoes

Did you know tomatoes are second in consumption to potatoes!

However, there is one important thing everyone should know about tomatoes and that is how to store them. Tomatoes do not like the cold at all. In fact when you keep them in the refrigerator they will become mealy and loose their robust flavor.

Instead store them in a cool dark place with their stem side down for ripe tomatoes. For those tomatoes that a not quite ripe leave them on a sunny window sill and soon they will turn bright red and juicy ready to honor any salad or BLT!