Summer Farmers’ Market Must-Haves! 10 Recipes for Seasonal Home Cooking
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Why does summer feel overwhelming at the farmers’ market and how can you simplify your shopping?
Summer is undeniably one of the best times for produce, but sometimes you go to the farmer's market and you get totally overwhelmed by all the incredible choices. Hi, it's Sonia. This week, Carrie and I are sharing our must-have summer farmer's market items. And we're also talking about what we do with them once we get home. These are dishes that we're making year after year, as well as new recipes that we can't wait to try. We're talking about creative salads that make the most of perfectly ripe summer tomatoes, how to get incredible flavor out of a simple corn on the cob, a cucumber dish that relies on a pack of frozen dumplings, and a sweet Treat with cherries that has a little drama to it. You'll find all the recipes from this week's show linked in our show notes, or you can get them delivered straight to your inbox by subscribing to our Substack, foodfriendspodcast.substack.com.
And for even more recipe inspiration, check out our Instagram at Food Friends Pod. Stay tuned for our must-have Summer Farmers Market find. Welcome to Food Friends. A podcast inspiring home cooks to try new dishes in the kitchen by sharing trusted recipes, tips, and friendship.
Hi, I'm Sonia. And I'm Carrie. We met in Los Angeles over 15 years ago as personal chefs and haven't stopped talking about food since. We're so glad you're here. Hi Carrie.
Hi Sonia. Carrie, the summer farmers market is almost the hardest time of year to shop at the farmer's market, I think counterintuitively, because there's so much to choose from.
Yeah, I can't choose and I always end up hurting my arms and my back. And I guess I put too many things into the bags and even when we bring the cart, it's like so you have your little wagon that you take with you. Yeah, we have the wagon, but you don't always hit the melons first. And so then you're putting melons in over top of tomatoes. And I the system is just not perfect, but I think you're right. There's so much abundance in the summer farmers market.
Yeah. So we're sharing our top farmers market picks, the things we're always buying, we're always making sure end up in our wagon, as in your case, or in my many bags and boxes. I carry the cardboard. berry flat box around with me at the Summers Farmers Market. It's not a great system at all, but it is great at keeping my tomatoes and my berries and my delicate produce from getting smushed. But let's start with I think everyone's favorite thing at the farmers market, at least it certainly is mine, which is tomatoes.
Yeah, I agree because also I think so many stands have tomatoes. There's so many great things that you can do with them. So I'm curious, what is something that you're really inspired to do with your tomatoes this summer?
I have been really on a Southeast Asian flavor kick. It's been something I've been cooking more and more of. And there's this recipe for Southeast Asian tomato salad. It was written by Melissa Clark for The Splendid Table. I love what she says at the beginning, which is this is a departure from my usual tomato salad, which is composed of little more than carved up tomatoes, torn basil, salt, and olive oil. Daniel and I Eat this simple salad almost every night in tomato season since it takes about 20 seconds to assemble and has a juicy purity of tomato flavor that I can't seem to get enough of this time of year. That description is kind of my north star of how I approach tomato salads in the summer. I think a torn basil and
Oil, salad is really sometimes all you need. But if you want just a little bit of a difference in flavor from that, this is incredible. And all you have to do to get these flavors in there that takes it up a notch is fish sauce, lime juice, a little bit of brown sugar, some scallions, garlic, and some Thai basil or regular basil. Or cilantro. This is really like what do you have around what's growing in your garden? But as long as you have that base of fish sauce, lime juice, something to sweeten it with, that's an incredible dressing. And it doesn't even require any oil. It's just a marinade.
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Chapters
4 chapters
1
Why does summer feel overwhelming at the farmers’ market and how can you simplify your shopping?
0:00–10:58
2
How can you make a quick Southeast Asian tomato salad with fish sauce, lime, and basil?
10:58–19:47
3
What’s the secret to a crunchy heirloom tomato cracker salad using saltine croutons?
19:47–26:26
4
How do you turn fresh corn into a coconut‑cream corn dish with simple spices?
26:26–30:58
Speakers
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