Woohoo, potatoes!

Yesterday was an interesting day for the market, considering it dumped rain on poor Adam in the middle of things. That didn't stop him and FCF from bringing the goodness again this week! We got another slew of fabulous greens (collards, kale, mesclun mix, mustard, chard), some potatoes, baby leeks, and squashes.

I also got another bunch of basil because I can't get enough of that stuff and b/c I was feeling lazy, I made a quick dinner this time.

Pesto Potato Salad:
2(ish) lbs of new potatoes
1 tbl. balsamic vinegar
baby leeks (about 5 or 6), chopped
pesto

Pesto:
1 1/2 c. basil leaves
1/4 cup toasted pine nuts
3 cloves garlic
s/p to taste
1/4 cup olive oil
(process the basil, pine nuts, s/p, and garlic, then add the oil slowly until you get the consistency you want). I leave the cheese out of it :)

Quarter and boil the potatoes until tender and let cool. Then toss w/ the balsamic, baby leeks, and pesto. This is a great "garbage" salad because you can add sundried/sliced cherry tomatoes, olives, whatever. I served it up over some of the FCF's awesome mixed greens. The pesto is potent enough to handle just about anything.

I also braised the kale w/ onion, garlic, veggie stock, s/p, lemon juice and a little bit of sugar. The potato salad recipe serves about 4-6 folks as a side dish. Yum! liz