oh man, looking at this picture i am wishing i had more spinach so that i can make this again. there was this lovely recipe i found on food52 for a "yoghurt and spinach dip" that sounded absolutely delicious. and luckily enough, i happened to have some spinach on hand from my CSA! so, i blanched it (well, i sort of blanched it. in the sense that i kept it in the boiling water for only 30 seconds or so, but then i forgot the crucial blanching step of the ice water shock, and so the spinach was completely wilted. which is fine really because you just saute it after you chop it up anyway. and i threw in a bunch of greek yogurt, and some glorious extra virgin olive oil i recently bought. pretty simple, pretty delicious - just needs a bit of salt for the finishing touch.
i cooked some chicken quick, and put it on top of the spinach dip. can we say delicious again? probably. also bought some crusty bread that was quite tasty. all in all, a good dinner choice. and lunch the next day. and leftover dip as another lunch another day. perhaps the next party i have, i'll make some? or maybe just the next time i have spinach. or the next time i go to the grocery store. :)
and then tagging along with this entry is some delicious parsnip risotto that i made last week! its official: i love parsnips. they are pretty much the most awesome vegetable. along with celeriac. and kale. okay so i have a lot of favorite vegetables, shush. but anyway, parsnip has a nice, sweet but satisfying flavor, that makes it so good in creamy dishes, like soup or risotto. I think the only thing that would have made this better is if i had put rosemary in it. i thought i had some dried, but apparently did not, and didnt pick any up at whole foods when i was there (because i thought i had some dried) and so i decided to just make it sans adequate spices. still fairly good, but i think that it was lacking a bit without the spices. which i should really be cooking with more often. i think my new motto for the spring is going to be: embrace spices!!
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