I can't seem to get enough!

Tonight's dinner featured more goodies from the Hollywood Farmer's Market.

I sliced up a "Green Zebra Stripe" tomato & a "Pink Stripe" tomato (which didn't really have any pink coloring that I could tell - it was mostly yellow with some variations to the tone)- and drizzled them with some Adam's Ranch Olive Oil, and finished them with a sprinkling of Maldon sea salt & pepper.

The main course of the meal was leftover Halibut (not from the farmer's market - but safe according to the Seafood Watch guide) with a chunky tomato vinaigrette (using another heirloom which i can't remember the name of, sorry).

Quite colorful considering that all I had was fish & tomato.

I'll still be eating more tomatoes this week as you can see from the platter of them on the counter behind my dinner plate.

I also purchased a Winter Squash. I guess I'll roast it some time this week. I've never tried this variety. actually - I'm a novice at Winter Squash... Only tried roasting a butternut squash once, and Pumpkin Pie from Marie Calendar's doesn't count.

This week in Apples:

I want to know more about them. There are so many varieties out there. So I'm buying one of each to see which variety i truly like most.

Old-Fashioned Red Delicious: It has a matte red skin with green striping to it (no picture - I ate it already). Different looking from what we find in the supermarket - the highly waxed - gleaming deep-red apples. The texture wasn't as mealy as the supermarket type (++) but it still had that "Red-Delicious" taste - which I don't like.

Next up - Jonagold & one that starts with the letter 'M' and i think there was a 'u' in it... but I forgot the name. It's green.

Ratings
***** - Love it
**** - a keeper
*** - ok - good for variety
** - meh - I've had better
* - never again

Old-Fashioned Red Delicious apple **
Pink Stripe Tomato - *****
Green Zebra Stripe Tomato - ***
Lindner's Bison Kebab cubes - *****
Lily's Eggs (Chicken) - *****
Lily's Eggs (Eggs) - *****

More Tomatoes

I can't help but eat tomatoes right now... They just look so good at the farmer's markets.

This is my modified caprese salad:
slices from 2 different colored heirloom tomatoes,
watercress,
buffalo mozzarella,
a drizzle of Adam's Ranch Olive Oil,
a pinch of Maldon sea salt,
fresh ground pepper,

and voila!

Gotta mix it up a bit! if you have great looking watercress, skip the basil...

This past Saturday, I was at the Santa Monica Farmer's Market, and picked up a bottle of the most delicious olive oil (from Adam's ranch - click above in the recipe for the hyperlink). Cold-pressed extra virgin olive oil... so smooth, so rich, so yummy! And it's local (ding!). It was price-y but it really made me want to test it out and savor the flavor - and it is indeed worth the extra bucks. It's comparable in price to some of the fancier label imported brands... but I've never found one that really stood out to me before - enough for me to take notice, at least.

And the idiot that is me wanted to test out my intolerance to dairy by getting buffalo mozzarella - just to see... but what did I also do? Got goat's milk yogurt AND had some Lemon Bars that Lisa & I baked the other day (with real butter)... So how can I tell what caused this recent breakout? sigh... one thing at a time, dork-o!

Lisa & I have been cooking together again... we are pretty damn good cooks - i might add! Lisa's dating a chef... and he was duly impressed by our tilapia last night. Good in, good out... we buy only the best (organic, seasonal, local).

She takes pictures of everything she makes... so I will too. Provided i remember to take a picture before digging in.