We hope all mothers out there had a fabulous Mother’s Day! You deserve it!
Ever since I was a little elementary school kid, my mom tried to teach me that presents bought with money weren’t as valuable as those that showed thought and effort. This is partly because what she really wanted was for my brother and I to pull weeds in her garden. These days, I’m sure she would still take a days work in her garden, but she also loves when Lon and I cook for her. She always says, we’re better than any restaurant she has ever been to. This works out well because Lon’s mom and grandma also love our cooking, so now we have Mother’s Days with both families (our siblings too).
Our theme was to highlight all the great seasonal produce at the farmer’s market because both our mom’s love fresh vegetables.
To give a more celebratory feel, we started with little glasses of sparkling white wine with mango juice.
The Caprese & Micro Salad: organic tomatos, fresh mozzarella, and hydroponic basil skewered together, on a bed of micro greens, micro arugula, brunoised Persian cucumbers and organic carrots, topped with radish sprouts. The Roasted Garlic White Balsamic Dressing was served on the side.
The Roasted Potatoes were a mix of different colored waxy potatoes, with garlic and whole grain mustard, served on skewers. We put it the same platter as the Rosemary Porcini Rubbed Short Ribs (recipe here).
The Goat Cheese and Ramp Ravioli really highlighted ramps nicely. (Lon will post up this recipe soon, I promise!)
Simply Roasted Asparagus with Bacon is a nice way to use medium to thicker asparagus.
In the craziness of it all, I forgot to take a picture of the Golden Tile Fish, served whole, stuffed with garlic and herbs. I also forgot to take a picture of the Strawberry Rhubarb Pie, which we had with Ronnybrook Ice Cream (Vanilla and Toasted Hazelnut) and Blondies (that Kasi made).
All moms were happy and the world was right.
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Lucky mommies! I wish I could have cooked for mine this year…
Btw, I think you mean “Rosemary Porcini Rubbed,” not “Rubber”? 🙂
What a delicious meal! I’ve never thought of putting potatoes on skewers. I’ve gotta try that.
The short ribs are particularly enticing!
Superb!!
Sharing a meal is…as good as it gets!!
Oh wow…everything looks SO good! Especially that asparagus – can’t go wrong with bacon and veggies. Your mothers are very very lucky. 🙂
I’m sure you had some very happy moms on your hands! And that salad looks like a thing of beauty and glory–there’s something kind of sexy about photos of salads to me (don’t read too much into this, as I’m still unsure sexy is the right term for it..).
My mom is coming into town from Chicago next week to visit me, and I think cooking for her might be the best gift!
Great looking dishes! I love the look of the tomatoes and mozzarella in the caprese salad.
It was a great meal! Thanks!!!