Grilled Corn Salad and Fried Boiled Potatoes

It has been a very long time since I've "really" cooked. I was very excited to try two new recipes last night. I should mention they are both from Michael Symon's cookbook "Carnivore".

The first was my take on his Grille Corn Salad (pg 217 in his book). I currently do not have any gas in my grill or fresh corn on the cob so I used steam fresh corn from the freezer section. I combined the juice and zest of three limes with an avocado, roughly one cup one cherry tomatoes sliced in half, a clove of garlic that I minced and salt - I forgot the olive oil, scallions and cilantro - and I would not use the anchovies simply because it's not for me!

I mixed all the ingredients together then added to cooked corn - it is soooooo good! The lime was pretty powerful so I may think I'd use a little less. I think if I had remembered the additional things I forgot, I imagine it will be that much better!

The second I made was Chef Symon's Spicy Fried Potatoes (pg240) - minus the dipping sauce. This is easiest thing to make - ever! Boil the potatoes (small Yukon gold with the skins on) until they are tender, similar to making mashed potatoes, let them cool and then smoosh them so they stay in tact but aren't as large and thick, then fry them for a few minutes on each side. Remove from the oil and sprinkle with sea salt. Ugh - so good!

I served both with oven BBQ chicken - really not exciting, by any means!

If you get the chance, please, please try both recipes, you'll be happy you did.

Enjoy - be well!