Experimental número UNO

Posted bykaysquaredPosted inExperimental KitchenTags:, , , , , , ,

I couldn’t leave my green beans alone today. I picked them and threw them in a skillet with some garlic, a lone green tomato, carrots and some bits of cilantro. All of the ingredients, except the garlic and carrots, came from the garden. It turned out great!

It was simple, quick and easy.

Recipe

  • 5 cloves of garlic (we really like garlic)
  • 2 carrots julienned
  • 1 handful of garden fresh green beans 🙂
  • 1 green tomato quartered
  • 1 tbsp. fresh cilantro
  • 1 dash of sea salt
  • 1 half tbsp. of dry vermouth

Drizzle about 1 tsp. of olive oil in a skillet.  Warm on medium-low heat.  Add your garlic and allow to cook and release it’s scent.  It may sizzle some and that’s ok.  Just don’t allow it to over brown or burn.  Add the tomatoes and the salt. Swirl the tomato around in the garlicky olive oil and let it cook and soften some.  Then add your beans and carrots and vermouth. Turn the heat down to low and cover so it can lightly steam. I would say three or four minutes. Five minutes top.  Sprinkle the cilantro on your veggies and you are done.

Turned out pretty good!

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Published by kaysquared

I have a serious love for nature and have missed it's sights, smells and sounds. In the great tradition of making lemons out of lemonade, I have created a small garden on a small patch of space behind my home. This blog is, in essence, my virtual notebook. A log of my trials, errors and successes as an urban, container gardener.

2 thoughts on “Experimental número UNO”

  1. Thanks for sharing that simply delicious and healthy veggie dish that was so quickly done. Who knew that dry vermouth could be used as the steaming liquid in a veggie dish.? I have only used it in meat or chicken dishes. What kind of flavor does it impart? I’d like an idea before I invest in a bottle.

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    1. Hello Lady A!
      Thank you for the inquiry. I use a generic supermarket brand of dry vermouth. The bottle has been in my cabinet since my mother’s last visit. Dry vermouth is a key ingredient in her delicious lemon chicken piccata. Now that I think about it, I do not recall any discernible difference in the taste of the veggies. This may be due to the large amount of garlic in this dish. However, I did taste the cilantro so I do not know why the flavor of the vermouth did not register in my memory banks lol. I encourage you to give it a whirl in your veggies as I am sure that it will be tasty. Please come back to visit The Potted Bloom again and share your veggie/dry vermouth experience.

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