Quick meal so you can enjoy the weather
At such a beautiful time of year, no one wants to spend a lot of time in the kitchen, but everyone still wants to enjoy a delicious meal. With blue birds and Indigo buntings to enjoy, along with daily wild turkey visits, it's a good time of year to fix some quick meals. Today's column provides some easy-to-make recipes for cold soup, a quickly grilled flank steak, a fresh asparagus salad, and strawberries for dessert. The soup needs to be made the day before in order to chill thoroughly. This menu highlights some of the wonderful ingredients that are now available locally - asparagus and strawberries. The flank steak recipe, from Gourmet magazine, is grilled and then topped with a sauce rather than marinated prior to cooking. We have made this a number of times and have found that the technique works quite well. The salad, also a Gourmet recipe, combines ingredients not always served in their uncooked state that provide a fresh new taste. Finally the strawberry options come from Moosewood Restaurant Cooks at Home, and offer a quick way to enhance the wonderful flavor of fresh strawberries.
