Footlong Fries and other kid-friendly foods.

This week, our farmer's market recipe centers around kid-friendly food, cheaper than a frozen pizza. I paid $10 and had enough food for 2 meals plus copious leftovers. Ok, so there was some cheating. I have a few things on hand.

Clockwise from left: Romaine Lettuce from Mendel and Paula, Kale from them too, "rapini" and potatoes from Gus and a little bag of fresh basil from Golden Ears farm.
The rapini looks like a very early harvested spanish onion. Either way, they were pretty damned potent.



The inspiration for the footlong fries should be obvious. in reality, the fries were only about 9" long. That's still a freaking huge potato. That's my hand for comparison.




Wednesday night dinner:
Footlong Fries with Pesto Mayo and Smoked Paprika Mayo

Disclaimer: if you eat raw eggs, you will die or something.


Footlong fries are pretty easy. Simply get some huge potatoes, chop them into fries and toss in an olive oil, salt, dried herb and pepper mixture. Be generous with the salt. Bake on a rack at 400 degrees for about 30-45 minutes

Videos are worth 1000 words, so please watch this video

I used a slightly different recipe, but the principle is the same.
Put 2 egg yolks and some dry mustard in the blender. Turn on and whizz around for 20 seconds. Add olive oil gradually, in a thin stream with the blender running. When the mayo thickens, add salt, pepper, lemon juice and a little red wine vinegar.

When I had finished the mayo, I took half and made Smoked Paprika Mayo

1/2 cup mayo
1 tsp smoked paprika
1 clove of garlic, minced
1/2 tsp hot sauce or chili paste
salt
pepper


Mix everything together. Eat.

The green mayo is the mayo that was left in the blender got made into Basil Mayo.

1/2 cup mayo
1 bunch of basil. I used about 15 leaves
1 green onion'1 cloves of garlic
salt
pepper

The salad was just a delicious head of romaine with crumbled feta and an oil and vinegar dressing.

Rating: 4.5 out of 5 from the Boi.
Kids question: What was your favorite part?
Yakko (6): "I like the fries!"
Wakko (2): "Yellow!"
Dot was sleeping.

Thursday Night: Kale Potato Soup


1 lb ground beef
6 really strong green onions (I would probably use 1 big onion normally)
2 cloves of garlic
3 russet potatoes
3 small purple potatoes
3 cups chicken stock
3 cups water
1 tsp vegetable boullion
5 leaves of kale, chopped
1 cup heavy cream
salt & pepper

Brown the beef in a big pot. Throw in the garlic and onions part way through and cook until they are soft.
Peel potatoes and dice. Throw them in the pot and add the chicken stock, water, veggie boullion and some salt. Cook for 15 minutes until the potatoes are soft. Make the potatoes right in the pot roughly with a potato masher. leave lots of chunks.
Add the kale and cream, heat through (4-5 minutes)
Adjust seasoning to your taste



While the purple potatoes are not necessary, they sure are fun. For some reason, when they are cooked, the skin looks remarkably like bacon.

Family review
Boi: 4.5. It would be 5 if there was bacon.
Yakko: "I like the broth. Do I have to eat the green stuff?"
Wakko: "I want more that!