LUCY BURDETTE: You may have heard me say that my husband and I belong to a supper club with five other couples. Every 6 to 8 weeks, we make a date to get together for dinner. The hosts provide the main dish (meat, fish, chicken, etc) and the others provide some designated part of the dinner. It's a good way to ensure we all see each other, without burdening anyone with too much entertaining. We had a dinner recently in the middle of a very busy stretch for me. My hub and I were designated the appetizer crew and I had big plans to marinate a lot of vegetables and make some wonderful dips, too.
As can happen, I simply didn't have time to cook. I considered a platter of cheese and crackers--boring! Instead I went to one of my favorite farm shops and the farmer's market, and here's what I came up with.
Isn't it pretty? I'm going to list the ingredients for you, but the point is, there are a million ways to make this and none of them are wrong!
Ingredients
1 pint fresh figs
4 to 5 carrots
Kalamata or other olives
Parmesan cheese
Stick of good salami
Purchased dip (Mine was a pesto/feta dip from the farmer's market)
crackers
Wash the figs and cut them in half lengthwise. Peel the carrots and cut them into sticks. Slice the cheese and meat into bite-sized pieces. That's it! Arrange everything on a pretty plate and serve with a basket of your favorite crackers.
Just for fun, here are a few of the other recipes I've made for supper club:
Grilled skewers of shrimp and sausage with grits
David Lebovitz's French Onion and Olive flatbread
Pomegranate, Olive, and Walnut salad
Pimento cheese, two ways
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That tray looks delicious. Yum! I love going to the farmer's market and just picking up what looks good and bringing it home and make a meal with it.
ReplyDeletethanks Jeannie, me too! me too! we have a new vendor at the farmer's market who makes pizza on the spot. that's often friday dinner:)
DeleteI love everything on this platter! Thanks so much for sharing.....if I still have any figs left on my tree, this just might be my dinner tonight. :-)
ReplyDeletefigs on your tree? I'm so jealous!!!
DeleteYes, we're lucky enough to have a fig tree in our yard. It started as a sapling from my neighbors fig tree, which is huge! :-)
DeleteBrilliant!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the reminder that atractive and tasty food doesn't have to take a ton of time and effort.
thanks Libby--I needed my memory jogged too!
DeleteWonderful idea, Lucy/Roberta. I will be making this on Sunday for our guests. It's so hot here that it seems like a refreshing alternative to cooking as well. I'll be a heroine!
ReplyDeleteWill share in a short while - there's a traffic jam on my page right now.
Thank you thank you!
XO
MJ
You are a heroine here MJ, might as well spread the news:) xo
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea, Roberta. I could make dinner out of the things that were included! I bet it was a huge hit.
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