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Ottolenghi’s Farro Salad

March 26, 2015 Leave a Comment

Ottolenghi's Farro Salad from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

Two and a half years ago, Paul and I flew to London, rented a car and drove around Wales for about a week, during which we somehow got into the habit of pausing each afternoon for scones with jam and clotted cream.

By the end of the trip we could hardly fit into our clothes.

But before we started in on all the scones Wales had to offer, we stopped to pick up lunch from Yotam Ottolenghi’s eponymously-named take out joint in Notting Hill.

This was one of those food excursions that I had been looking forward to for months and which Paul had been not-so-secretly hoping I would forget about so that we could head on our way without a detour.

But I didn’t forget, and after a minor parking fiasco we ended up at the tiny counter, picking out an array of colorful salads and other treats, both sweet and savory, which we savored at a nondescript rest stop somewhere along the way…. 

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Filed Under: Entree, Salad, Sides, Vegetarian Tagged With: Bell Peppers, Farro, feta

Watermelon and feta salad

July 19, 2014 Leave a Comment

watermelon and feta salad from https://test.pleasepassthepeas.com

I bought a watermelon not long ago with plans to slice and serve it at my son’s first birthday party. Then, in the hustle of last-minute party preparations, I completely forgot about it.

We made a little dent in it over the next couple of days, but we were still left with the better part of a watermelon taking up valuable refrigerator real estate.

This didn’t sit well with Paul, who called it the worst food purchase ever.

So I made a watermelon salad and served it to him for dinner. … 

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Filed Under: Salad, Summer, Vegetarian Tagged With: feta, watermelon

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