Food for Thought

Getting ready for a Memorial Day cookout? Add a little panache to your backyard get-together with these recipes from Carolyn Wallace and chef Michael Vinegar from The Perfect Brew.

Salad from The Gourmand Group at Findlay Market.

The two created these healthy, simple, and beautiful dishes for ArtsWave’s Arts4Wellness program, “Jazzed About Healthy Cooking.” If you can’t – or don’t have time to – cook, The Gourmand Group is open Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Hide the takeout box and tell everyone you made the salads!

Enjoy a trip to Findlay Market to get the ingredients for the recipes below. Want to add a little something? Go ahead! Cooking, like jazz, is about improvisation – keep trying new things until you get it just right.

Arts4Wellness is is an exclusive benefit for ArtsWave Pass members. For a donation of $75 or above to ArtsWave, you'll receive no-cost access to the remaining Arts4Wellness events, plus complimentary tickets, merchandise, dining deals, and more from partners across the region.

Grilled Sourdough
½ cup butter or olive oil
Pinch of turmeric
7 cloves of garlic minced
1/3 cup minced cilantro
1 loaf of sourdough bread from EM’s Bread
½ cup of freshly grated Parmesan cheese

Jicama Salad
For dressing:
¼ cup fresh lemon juice
¼ cup walnut oil
2 tablespoons olive oil (from Kofina’s Olive Oil)
Salt and pepper

1 or 2 jicama, peeled and sliced
3 watermelon radishes
½ cup toasted walnuts, roughly chopped
Add dried cherries for sweetness, if desired