100 Foot Diet - Week 2

The oil crisis was resolved and then I realised that I still hadn't thought about seasonings.

I was already transferring my dried herb and spice sources over to organics as they run out but at this point I still have a whole cupboard of items that is going to take quite a while to turn over. I use a lot of herbs and spices and for this reason I have bought in bulk so I suspect I will listing non Challenge ingredients in my breakdown lists for a while yet. I have already checked and know my current organic supplier does black pepper but at this point am really not sure what I am going to do about salt.... that one is going to take quite a bit of research I think.

Our Sketa Fassoula (Greek Green Beans) main was served alongside a still warm from the oven Sourdough Ciabatta which sopped up the lovely juices beautifully

Home Grown
Green Beans
Cherry Tomatoes
Sourdough Starter

Local
Water

Organic
Brown Onions
Tinned Tomatoes
Olive Oil
White Bread Flour


Non Challenge
Salt
Pepper

Sketa Fassoula (serves 2 main)
adapted from Basia1 at recipezarr.com
2 small Brown Onions
450g young Green Beans
1/2 C Water
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
400g can diced tomatoes
16 Cherry Tomatoes, halved
Salt and Pepper


Wash beans, string if necessary, if your beans are of vastly varying sizes leave the thin ones whole and the bigger ones cut into halves or thirds to even out the cooking times.

In frypan preheat the olive oil a couple of minutes until hot then add the onion cooking until it is translucent but not brown.

Turn the heat down to low and add the prepared beans to the pan along with the water then cover the pan for around 15 minutes until the beans start to get soft.

Add the tinned tomatoes and half a tin of water, recover the pan and cook for a further 15-20 minutes.

Taste and season as required, adding extra olive oil as well if you feel its necessary.

Add the cherry tomatoes and continue cooking uncovered until the beans are very soft.

Serve hot or at the traditional room temperature along side some crusty bread.

For those of you able to use dairy products a rich creamy feta sprinkled across the top before serving would be lovely although its still great without.