Today's cooking post brought to you by the numbers 5 and 7 - Seven Allium Soup, and Five Grain Salad.

Today's cooking post brought to you by the numbers 5 and 7 - Seven Allium Soup, and Five Grain Salad.

Stuff is coming in at the Farmer's Markets so I decided to make a nice hot weather chilled soup.

Ingredients:
1. Spring Onions (white bulbs of 6)
2. Scallions (green onions) (white bits of 4 good sized ones)
3. Vidalia Onions (2 large)
4. Garlic (2 super huge cloves)
5. Shallots (equiv of 2 small or one large)
6. Leeks (white bits of 3)
7. Chives and chive blossoms (these I grewed)

Also, olive oil, cultured buttermilk, 5 black peppercorns, bay leaves, thyme, pinch onion powder and garlic powder.

A++, would make again.

Meanwhile, Trader Joe's has stopped carrying a bunch of stuff, including a prepared multigrain salad I liked, so I made my own version:

Ingredients:
wheatberries
hulled barley
farro
wild rice
tricolor quinoa

freeze dried blueberries (b/c the dried ones have added sugar)
dried cranberries
sliced, toasted almonds
toasted pecan pieces
green onion

Dressing:
olive oil
orange juice
maple syrup
black pepper
thyme

Crunchewy! Even better than Trader Joe's. Would make again, although having to cook all the grains separately is a bit of a pain.