The mother of my childhood best friend used to make salad from dandelion greens that grew in her yard. She is one of the most elegant, magical, beautiful women I have ever known. She read us all of the children’s classics in her beautiful English accent. She’s an actress and it’s probably partly her fault…
Tag: salad
End of Winter Cabbage and Citrus Slaws
I usually cook on a seasonal schedule. There are certain dishes that I like to make at the same time every year based on holidays and what ingredients are good in my area seasonally. March is tricky though. March has always been a very stressful time of year for my work. Usually, I am getting…
Pea Shoot, Sunflower Sprout and Roasted Squash Salad
I have been missing tender and flavourful little salad greens. I eat pre-washed baby spinach and arugula, which can be acquired year round. I find pre-washed baby greens so damn convenient that I cannot resist using them, but the truth is that they don’t have as much flavour as nice local salad greens that were…
Crunchy and Colourful Green Bean Salad
A crunchy and colorful green bean and radish salad. Great for packed lunches!
All The Cool Kids Are Eating This Kale Salad
“All the cool kids are eating this kale salad”, I told my husband. He poked at the kale and said “It looks great, but why is the kale raw?” “Because, it’s a salad,” I replied…
Spinach & Citrus Salad with Balsamic Honey Vinaigrette
Alright so there’s one thing that has been rubbing off on me from working at the sweet shop. Having spent close to a year now making candy and confections almost every day of my life…
Green Salad with Asian Pear, Mint and Almonds
My husband usually leaves town for the month of January. At least, this is the third year in a row that he has done so.
Fresh Winter Potato Salad
I was walking home tonight, thinking about what to make for supper. I wanted to eat garlic, having just read an inspiring paragraph about its health benefits in the book Food Security for the Faint of Heart…
Quinoa, Fennel and Pomegranate Salad
I found a recipe that I am super inspired by. It’s by Yotam Ottolenghi, published in this month’s issue of Bon Appetit magazine. Yotam is an Israeli-born chef who is renowned for his treatment of vegetables.
Cheerful and Simple Kumquat Salad
Kumquats are amazing. You eat the whole fruit. They are the size of an olive, the rind and pith are sweet like candy and the flesh is just the right amount of tart. I appreciate that they appear in markets when it starts to get cold because they are cheerful and full of vitamin C….
Big Sis Little Dish 