lilysreviews

I enjoy cooking and Cooking from the Farmers' Market provides many wonderful recipes with a broad range of fruit and vegetables from the farmers' market. What I liked about the book is that there is a good balance between dishes that involve different kinds of meat, salads, and fruit. While I wouldn't say that the non-meat dishes are fully vegetarian (based on what I know of that type of cooking), they can easily be used in vegetarian cooking. I also liked that the measurements were in both English and metric units as well as having "hints" as to what to look for when buying different fruit and vegetables and some basic recipes (such as Basil Oil) at the back of the book.

Recipes tried: Cannellini Bean Soup with Ham and Pasta, Bulgur Pilaf with Pumpkin and Raisins, and Cucumber Salad with Yogurt-Dill Sauce. The soup has a great blend of flavors and is very hearty. Perfect for a cold evening or a rainy day.

The Pilaf and Cucumber Salad were done as side dishes for pork chops. The Pilaf would also be great, upon tasting it and having a feel for the flavors, as a filling for stuffed pork chops or as a side dish or stuffing for poultry. Great dish.

The Cucumber Salad was good with a dressing that is lighter to the taste than a more traditional (based on my experience with this type of salad) one. The ingredients for this dressing involves yogurt, fresh lemon juice, garlic, fresh dill, salt, white pepper, and extra virgin olive oil as opposed to the sour cream, dill, vinegar, salt and pepper I am more familiar with. While I and my family liked this salad, we found that we prefer the other version by a very narrow margin.