Posts tagged Summer
Summer fruit salad
 

Combine in a bowl any medley of fruit you like for a fruit salad. We used Sauvie yellow raspberries, blueberries, cherries, figs, and nectarines (consider coming to the Island to U-Pick if you're local)! One of my favorite Sauvie farms for this is Columbia Farms.

Shrub dressing:

  • 1-2 oz of a Shrub of your choice

  • 1 T honey

  • 1 T fresh lime juice

  • A touch of finely grated ginger

  • 4 mint leaves chopped fine

  • Lime zest to taste

Drizzle, toss gently, and sprinkle edible flowers on top!

 
Rainier Summer Night
 
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  • 1.5 oz Blanco Tequila

  • 1/2 oz Rainier Cherry Cardamom Shrub (or shrub flavor of your choice)

  • 1 oz Sauvie Nootka Rose Cordial (but any cordial or simple syrup with do)

  • 1/2 oz Campari

  • XL globe ice cube or similar

  • Optional rose garnish

*For the non-alcoholic version omit the booze and consider tonic or fizzy water

 
Three bean SAlad
 

  • 1 (15-ounce) can cannellini beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 (15-ounce) can kidney beans, rinsed and drained

  • 1 (15-ounce) can garbanzo beans, rinsed and drained

  • Corn kernels (optional)

  • 1/2 red onion, finely chopped (about 3/4 cup), soaked in water to take the edge off the onion

  • 2 celery stalks, finely chopped (about 1 cup)

  • 1 cup loosely packed, fresh, finely chopped flat-leaf parsley

  • 1 teaspoon fresh finely chopped rosemary

For the dressing:

  • 3 oz shrub of your choice

  • 1/4 cup granulated sugar (more or less to taste)

  • 3 tablespoons extra virgin olive oil

  • 1 1/2 teaspoons salt

  • 1/4 teaspoon black pepper

Prep the onion first. Soak the chopped onion in a small bowl of water to take the edge off the onion while you prep the other ingredients. Next, make the salad. In a separate bowl, whisk together the shrub, sugar, olive oil, salt, and pepper. Add the dressing to the beans. Toss to coat.