Food market - prices

160 nis Total

 

Grapes 18/kg - Amazingly sweet and tasty
Dill, parsley - 1.50 x3
boxes 3 / 20 nis (40 nis): kiwi/mangos/pears + peaches / nectarines / green peppers
Dorios 4 for 12 nis
Cucumbers, tomatoes, kohlrabi 3 nis / kg

Mushrooms 2 boxes 10 nis (2x10 = 20 nis)
Lettuce 8 each x2 = 16
2 bags (1.5 kg x2) baby potatoes - not in photo

Total 160 nis

 Here are the potatoes baked with dried thyme, oli oil and soup mix!

Baby potatoes with a twist

 

Be prepared! Lucky I used both bags 3 kg of baby potatoes and it was finished!

Wash potatoes, towel dry. 

Drizzle generously with olive oil. Coat all.
Add soup powder. Yes soup power quite alot, very generously.
Add dry herbs if you have. (I keep thyme, marjoram and oregano in the freezer)
Bake in hottest oven 275 oC till soft (may not be brown)
Take the pototo masher and squish each spud to create shards to crisp up and even burn for maximum crunch!
Serve hot straight from the oven, garnish with contrasting colours ie black sesame seeds or chopped greens.

Quiche Peppers, Onions, Tomatoes - no egg Vegan friendly

Recipe for pastry
1.5 cups of plain flour
80 gr chilled butter
1/4 cup ice water
1/2 tsp salt
 
Cube butter into flour. 
Add salt
Pulse on food processor
Add water. Pulse to sticky "crumbs"

Tip onto a baking sheet and bring it together with hand. Slightly crumbly, if too dry add just enough water to make a ball. Best to wrap into a clean nylon bag and chill in the fridge.
Meanwhile, make the filling.

Filling

Onion Medium/large - thinly sliced
Garlic
Bell peppers: Red, green, orange, yellow - sliced to thin strips

Cherry tomatoes sliced in halves

Spring onions  - finely chopped garnishes
Spinach
Mushrooms (optional)

Cumin
Corriander ground (optional)
Salt 

Pepper

Fry onions till soft
Add chopped garlic
Add bell peppers, fry till JUST soft
Place into a colander to drain away excessive juices
(if the filling is to wet it will make the pastry base soggy) 

Tip: Adding whisked egg white to the pastry base will help prevent further sogginess.

Choose base: options layer sliced potatoes as base or pastry base

The photo came out yellow 
But trust me Lovely colours!

Kids made tahina, best and nutritious sauce to go with!

As this was a rush job and everyone was STARVING I did not take the quiche out of the silicon dish. It went straight from the oven to the table on to the plate.

Will definitely make this again it was SO tasty, kiddo loved the crisp light pastry case. And next time I will take the dish out and serve on a huge platter with possible lettuce greens on the side..

Good way to use up leftover green beans as here and leftovers in general.

I had an excess of peppers, it's seasonal right now (Summer Israel) so check out my post on budget shopping https://2tired2cook.blogspot.com/search/label/Shuk

Life is full of comprises, on rare occasions such as here, it's a win-win!
Buying seasonal not only saves money but also getting veggies and fruits at their peak and yes cheapest! 

From my archive and inspiration for this present post
https://2tired2cook.blogspot.com/2010/06/veggie-cheez-tart.html
 

Shuk - open food market - Prices

 200 nis Total

 3 kg potatoes  (1.5 kg each bag)

1.5 kg cucumbers

1.4 regular tomatoes

2.4 kg limes

2 kg grapes

2.2 kg peppers

1.4  kg beets

1.2 kg carrots

1 kg peaches

1 box (1.4 kg) of no leaves cherry tomatoes 10 nis (later 2 boxes for 15 nis)

2 boxes (1 kg) with leaves - 10 nis

2 challahs 2 x 10

2 boxes of lettuces  2 x 10
2 packs of sweet corn 2x10

200 nis total

The black grapes were incredible! Super sweet, and crunchy. No seeds. Perfect!
Sweet corn, pale white, very very sweet and delicious
Note: dinner for 7 people 3 vegetarians. Baked 2 kgs of potatoes, only 2 spuds left on platter.

Potato Recipe: Wash spuds, dry, cover in olive oil, coat generously with quality soup powder. Plus any dry herbs ie, thyme, oregano, rosemary etc., Whatever you have in the kitchen.
Bake on high heat still soft inside.
Take out of oven squish with mash tool till each spud slightly crushed.
Return to heat on GRILL, (optional drizzle more oil.)