This week we have a treat! A Celebrity Chef at the market: Mary Sue Milliken of the Border Grill and Ciudad.

Mary Sue was shopping for ingredients for her Easter dinner Sunday. She was having lamb, and to go with it she chose Chinese Amaranth Spinach. Amaranth is a grain, not eaten widely in this country, but very healthy, full of vitamins.

She prepared the “spinach” by boiling the leaves in salted water for 3- 4 minutes and then cooling them before dressing them with good quality olive oil, salt, pepper and a little lemon juice. Then she tops the greens with creamy Bulgarian feta cheese (made from sheep’s milk) and sun-dried tomatoes, both from the farmer’s market. Looks amazing!

Here’s where you can find Mary Sue and her cooking when she isn’t being spotted at the Mar Vista Farmer’s Market: MarySueAndSusan.

Photos courtesy of Anna Ouchterlony. Thanks, Anna!

An original post by Sarah Auerswald.