I am craving cabbage again. One of the interesting things about writing this food blog is that I have a record of what I was cooking and eating a year ago…
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Coronation Chicken Salad
I have posted this recipe before, but it was buried in another post I wanted it to be easier to find for the folks who are looking for the recipes from the wedding picnic menu. I usually poach my chicken for this recipe which also produces a wonderful chicken broth. However, since we were multiplying this…
Mi-Cuit and Pickled Plums
On our honeymoon, Chris and I bought a bottle of Pickled French Plums in Washington State. We ate them with smoked oysters and aged gouda cheese. The ingredient list was short so I thought that I would try to reproduce them at home. How hard could it be? Well I made something, and it…
Blueberry Compote, Blueberry Salad Dressing, Blueberry Cocktails….
There are many amazing foods that define the local cuisine of British Columbia. It is one of the most bountiful and delicious places in the world….especially if your ideal diet consists of salmon, berries and hazelnuts. Blueberries are abundant and delicious in August. I realize that this post is coming late, but what can I…
Roasted Red Peppers
Chris and I used to go to Bulgaria in the fall. In little villages all of the old ladies would be roasting the last of their pepper harvest on outdoor fires so that they could store them for the winter. It is a very good smell. It makes me want to eat sausages, feta cheese,…
Not Too Sweet Blackberry Jam
Because of a wet and cold summer, the blackberries on Gabriola Island were late this year. We had expected to pick gallons and gallons of them in the weeks leading up to the wedding. Our plan was to make blackberry jam for our guests and also for the filling of the gluten-free lemon blackberry wedding…
Road Trip Peach and Corn Salsa
We spent most of our camper honeymoon lingering in Utah. Then we sped through Colorado, Kansas, Missouri (pausing briefly to admire St Louis…GREAT CITY), Illinois and Kentucky to reach Tennessee. Utah is an astonishingly beautiful place. The landscape really deserves the adjective AWESOME. However, Utah does not seem like a place that would be easy to…
Camper Honeymoon Cookery
Chris and I just got back from our honeymoon. We drove from British Columbia (where my family is from and where the wedding was) to Tennessee (Where Chris’ family lives) in a diesel Ford pick-up truck with a vintage Slumber Queen truck camper. The truck and Camper belonged to my daddy, who passed away a…
Roasted Potato Salad with Garlic and Rosemary
I went through a period during college and for years after when I made this salad a lot. I had not made it in years, but thought to include it in the menu for our wedding picnic because it does well sitting out a room temperature and it uses fairly inexpensive ingredients that were in season….
Mona’s Bean Salad
I have kept a recipe note book since I was in the 6th grade. Before that there are a few random recipes in earlier diaries…but I started keeping a dedicated notebook in when I was 12 (the same year that my little sis was born). I used that note book until I was half way…
Big Sis Little Dish 