This year my extended family spilled over the boundaries. Counting beds and heads, we realized we needed to rent additional space for all—sons, grandsons, the grandsons’ girlfriends, inlaws. We had a nearby step-grandmother too, with extra beds. At least once they all gathered at my house for a meal.
Green beans from the garden, canned kidney beans and corn kernels for one salad. The other is patatas aliñadas or potato salad with dressing on a platter with tomatoes from the garden, torn basil leaves and pieces of fresh goat cheese. (Recipe for the potato salad is here. How-to for grilled chicken is here.)
I de-boned the leftover chicken and added it to a spicy Moroccan stew with garden zucchini, carrots and dates to serve with couscous for another meal. (Recipe for Couscous with Vegetables and Dates.)
One morning the whole gang meets for breakfast at the casa de jubilados, the senior center in the pueblo, where elders like me get a 15 percent discount. Everybody ordered a serranito, a sandwich with griddled chicken breast, ham and green peppers on a small bun or whopper viena roll. (Recipe for serranito is here.)
Gathering of the clans! Twelve for dinner on the terrace. For starters I served salmorejo, a gazpacho alternative, with a topping of grilled corn kernels, avocado, scallions and green peppers. (Salmorejo recipe here.)
We grilled pinchitos, small kebabs with spicy marinade (recipe is here, although the kebabs pictured above are of turkey, not lamb).
The pinchitos were served with pita bread and tahini, cucumber raita, saffron rice, and zeilouk, a spicy Moroccan eggplant salad. (Recipe for zeilouk is here.)
How lovely to have your family home for summer. I've love to walk el Camino, though really I'd like to do a longer walk from Portbou to Andalucia. I was thinking of making gazpacho this week, with a touch of lovage.
ReplyDeleteMad Dog: Also lovely and quiet now they've all left! I have never used lovage. Yesterday, no tomatoes, I made watermelon gazpacho with a touch of pimentón ahumado and finished with serrano ham and chopped basil.
DeleteWonderful group. Love, Elaine
ReplyDeleteElaine: Missing you!
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