(Green Garlic) Cheese Bread

No, it's not healthy. Yes, it's good.


Green Garlic Cheese Bread

• 1 tbsp butter, softened
• 1 stalk green garlic, finely chopped
• 1/3 cup cottage cheese
• 1/2-2/3 cup shredded cheddar (or other melty cheese)

1. preheat oven to 350
   
2. mash together green garlic and butter
3. mash in cottage cheese in several batches
4. stir in cheddar in batches, until the mixture threatens not to be spreadable
5. spread cheeses on top of thick slices of bread (I used Village Bakery's walnut, yum)
6. bake 10 minutes, broil 2 minutes
7. generously salt & pepper as soon as it's out of the oven
8. let cool several minutes before eating
   

strawberry balsamic salad

I love that brief time of year strawberries are in season.*

When there are too many to just eat, even by the handful, and they're so perfectly ripe they won't keep more than two days. I'm sure a normal, rational person would freeze some for later in the year, but, honestly I just thought of that, and when drunk on ripe fresh strawberries it's hard to plan ahead.

So I've been trying to eat up these perfect strawberries in as many ways I can.



Here's another version of the salad I posted last year, now with pictures!

Strawberry Balsamic Salad:
(serves 2 as dinner with a side)

• 12 medium strawberries
• 1/2 red spring onion, thinly sliced
  
• 1.5 tbsp EVOO
• .5 tbsp golden balsamic vinegar
• 1.5 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• capers to taste (if your taste is against capers leave 'em out, I used 2 tbsp)
• salt & pepper
• field greens (or baby spinach, or bib lettuce, or red leaf, or...)

1. macerate 1/2 the strawberries with a pinch salt and the balsamic vinegars
2. stir in oil, onion and capers
3. fold in greens
4. salt & pepper to taste
   
5. slice remaining strawberries on top
   

For dinner we ate the salad with green garlic cheese bread, recipe to follow.




*Note-
the kind of strawberries that make you sing this

Weekend Cute

While I think about writing up recipes, and pack for a week in Kansas City, MO., you should have some cute.



Where can I get me some jerboa?