Sequestration Meal #625

 

This may seem like a strange combination, but I loved it! Here we have nectarine summer rolls with peanut sauce and hobak buchim (Korean savory zucchini pancakes) with a slightly spicy dipping sauce.

The recipe for the summer rolls is at Lazy Cat Kitchen, with some low spend modifications, i.e., I used romaine lettuce and some red bell pepper I already had on hand rather than the types of lettuce and sweet red peppers specified in the original ingredient list. I had everything I needed for this otherwise before my last grocery trip except a cucumber and nectarines. Nectarines were one of the fruits I allowed myself in this moderate-spend trip, and I happily bought a big bag for the "family size" discount. I may be eating a lot of nectarines soon, but they're one of my favorite summer fruits, and I haven't had them yet this year.

I used peanut butter rather than almond butter to make it a bit more budget friendly, too, as suggested if it was one's preference. These would be great with almond butter, but I never feel deprived when peanut butter is in the picture.

So yes, nectarine summer rolls are not so much a thing you'd normally have alongside Korean pancakes, but I just didn't care; I know this is vaguely Asian with no specific anchor point. But nectarines in a summer roll are sort of fusion food anyway, aren't they? Cravings don't have to be logical.

I just loved my last batch of these zucchini pancakes so much, and I still had all the ingredients on hand, that it made perfect sense to just whip up another batch. They were still absolutely delicious. I have no complaints there.

Meals don't always have to make sense. They just have to be tasty. And sometimes, you just use what you've got, and it's fine.