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Patatas Aliñadas (Spanish Potato Salad with Fish)

You can read about how I came to get such a lovely gift in my recipe post for Berenjenas con Miel (Eggplants with Black Honey): here . Also in that care package was a container of a Picual-Arbequina olive oil blend. I wanted to create a version of a Spanish dish featuring that flavorful oil and decided on  Patatas Aliñadas .  Patatas aliñadas is one of those dishes that doesn’t look very impressive; it has simple ingredients as it's basically potato salad. But the secret to this recipe is to use high quality ingredients that have a lot of fresh, vivid flavor. This olive oil has a strong, grassy taste with a little bit of a spicy kick at the end. It's delicious! In Cadiz, where some of the world’s best tuna is produced, they use tuna in this recipe. I decided to use some sustainably caught wild sardines for which our area is famous. Ingredients 1 to 2 pounds organic potatoes, scrubbed water 2 organic green onions, thinly sliced 2 T fresh par...

SRC Rescue: Färskpotatissalad (Swedish Potato Salad)

I'm on Orphan-detail today for the  Secret Recipe Club  - for someone in Group D - and I am  so  excited about having been introduced to Karen of  Lavender and Lovage . What a lovely blog! One of the reasons I always volunteer to help out an SRC orphan is to meet new foodie bloggers. And Karen is definitely one to follow. She divides her time between North Yorkshire and South West France, where most of her time is spent food writing, food styling and photographing. She grows most of her vegetables and all of her own herbs, specializing in old-fashioned and seldom used herbs. And she hosts regular French and seasonal cooking workshops in her specially designed kitchen. Wow! How I wish I lived closer. I would definitely find my way into one of her classes. Speaking of those old-fashioned and seldom used herbs and ingredients, I was intrigued by her  Blue Blossom Salad  - greens with blue cheese and borage blossoms - and  French Toast with...