Delicious new creation: root veggie hash with mustard, smoked salmon and carrot top pesto
/I was really hungry for something healthy yet hearty, full of flavor but not overly saucy or troublesome. I had a bunch of carrots and some sunchokes in the fridge as well as a potato that was sprouting in the pantry. On my way home from the massive yogic marathon, I had stopped off for celery and also bought a leek. With all these ingredients in mind, I started thinking of a savory dinner hash. Into a large skillet went EVOO and a pat of butter, the bunch of carrots + 1 potato + 1 sunchoke + the purchased leek, all chopped into equivalent cubes or the like. Some salt, some pepper, but what else?? Mustard! I cleared a small area of the skillet and tossed in some black mustard seeds; once toasted, I stirred them and some country Dijon mustard into the veggies. What's great with leeks and mustard? Salmon! So when everything was very nearly said and done, I chopped some smoked salmon and threw that in the skillet too, stirred everything together, covered and removed from the heat while I made a carrot-top pesto of sorts to top the dish. 
For that I put into a mini-prep, about a quarter of the carrot tops, some toasted pine nuts, 1 clove of raw garlic and a teaspoon or so of sugar. Whirrrr and voila. This was absolutely wonderful, and I served it with my beloved harvest bread, some delicious Brie and a big Cab. Very satisfying. I'll post the recipe for the hash soon...
