We spent Friday evening having a lovely wine-and-cheese style picnic in a beautiful waterfront park. We’ve been attempting to visit a new-to-us place every weekend and have been pleasantly surprised at all the yet-to-be discovered spots in Seattle!
I’ve been wanting to try this cheese sampler from Trader Joe’s, a delicious combination of sheep and goat cheese that paired wonderfully with the rest of dinner…
I was craving the experience of a glass of wine without the headache that tends to come along with it so I bought a bottle of grape kombucha which pretty much did the trick! I even brought our wine glasses all the way to the park 
Fresh raw corn has been a major staple this Summer- I can’t get enough! I have a little trouble digesting cooked corn but the raw version is just wonderful. I’ll post the recipe at the end of this post.
Whole foods was selling freshly roasted hatch chiles which I stuffed with the corn salad. I’d imagine any roasted chile would be tasty for this dish though.
Summer Corn Salad in Roasted Chiles
roasted hatch chiles (or large chiles of choice)
4 ears raw, organic corn
1 Tbsp cold-pressed olive oil
1/2 cup cilantro, chopped
3 shallots, chopped
2 limes, juiced
salt and pepper to taste
Toss all salad ingredients together and stuff into chiles.
Sounds yummy!
I love the idea of “new to us” places. I just moved and that’ a fantastic idea! And of course the food looks amazing as always.
Ten minutes before reading this I was telling my boyfriend how badly I wanted him to make his delicious raw corn salad for me to put in wraps – great minds think alike
p.s. this looks amazing as usual! I think I’ll do a wine and cheese picnic soon… And use grape kombucha bottles to disguise my actual wine mwuahahaha
Hi Rande, we got the same chiles here in CO. However, we made the mistake of burning them on the grill tonight until they were inedible. How did you roast them and did you take the skins off, deseed prior to roasting etc? Thx;) Colleen
I actually got mine pre-roasted at Whole Foods! They had this big spinning machine they roasted them in, seeds and all!
what a delicious meal! i love the cheese sampler! yum!
I just bought the chilis from Whole Foods! I can’t wait to stuff them with corn, guacamole and pico de gallo. Thanks for the great idea!