Though I obviously love to cook, sometimes it’s nice
(especially when it’s NYC summer hot) to not turn on the oven after a day at
work. Kyle and I are particularly fond
of doing finger food dinners; it’s a great way to use up the odds and ends from
your fridge and very filling and fun. It’s
like eating all the hors d’œuvres at a
party!
As an example, this is the dinner we had on Saturday after a
long, hot day of biking along the Croton Aqueduct. I didn’t mention it in the post, but it was
SO HOT on our bike trip that we only ate the plums and carrots I packed and
drank all the water, the bread, eggs, cheese and salami came back home the way
they were packed. That was fine, because
they all became our dinner!
If we go around the picture, starting as near to 12 o’clock
as possible, we had 1) a big hearty roll, sliced up, 2) an avocado, halved with
some salt and pepper, that we ate with spoons, 3) a big bowl of crisp lettuce
that we just ate with our fingers and dipped in -> 4) a delicious dipping
sauce I created with a diced leftover scallion from this recipe (see, using up
leftovers all over the place!), some olive oil, balsamic vinaigrette and grated
parmesan cheese, 5) the manchego and wine cured hazelnut salami we didn’t eat
earlier in the day with some baby carrots and finally 6) the soy sauce eggs I made quickly once we were home from the ride.
This was fast to put together and apart from the bread, we
finished everything! I love to make big,
elaborate meals, but it’s equally fun to cobble together what you have lying
around and have everyone just pick with their fingers. Plus, did I mention yet? It really cleans out
the leftovers from your fridge!
Are there any other easy finger foods / staples that you
would add to something like this?
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