A vibrant salad perfect for the winter months featuring sweet oranges, bitter greens and buttery walnuts. A tangy maple dressing to bring it all together. Happy New Year, friends! After a whirlwind trip to Montreal…
A delicious summer salad mash-up, plus a quick and simple Caesar dressing recipe. This recipe was born out of my zero waste mindset in the kitchen and love of a summertime BLT sandwich. Recently I…
A nourishing, zero waste recipe, featuring the bold flavours of the Mediterranean in one hearty salad. Earthy lentils, salty cheese, tangy lemon and smoky onion, all tied together with a herby green olive dressing, makes…
I can’t quite remember when Italian chopped salad became synonymous with Christmastime in our home, but as soon as I see the radicchio display at my local market in December, my mind goes right to…
A simple, incredibly delicious Spinach Feta Salad that’s only five ingredients and great for any season. My Big Fat Greek Feta tour started with an invitation from the EU to attend a press trip hosted…
This Yogurt-Chive Potato Salad is a creamy, mayo-free update on a classic. It’s a make-ahead summertime side dish that travels well and is loved by all. For most of my life, potato salads were simply…
Recipe ideas for easy salads that are great for the holiday season and beyond. Happy December. Over the weekend we ushered in the holidays by dragging a seven-foot pine tree through the front door and…
A round-up of summer salad ideas from pasta to potato and everything in between. Please indulge me as I serve up yet another post on salads. I promise this will be the last one for…
Loaded with grilled vegetables, cherry tomatoes and cannellini beans, this antipasto pasta salad is the picnic dish you need this summer. Picnic season is here to stay; can we send up a collective “Thank goodness“?…
Here’s what I love about winter salad ingredients: they last a very long time in your fridge, ready and waiting for that moment when you overdid it on holiday cookies and are craving a huge…
I‘m smack dab in the middle of my five-in-five entertaining stretch of summer but I had to pause the kitchen play and open up the laptop to bring you this vibrant, seasonal salad. It features…
Hello May! The crocuses in our yard opened up this week and the tulip have pushed up next to them. It’s wonderfully exciting to watch spring creep over our new little homestead and it seems…
Liven up your desk lunch with this vibrant, make-ahead salad. Ladies who lunch has become a bit of a theme for me this winter, as I’ve been connecting with fellow food creatives here in Halifax….
Well hello November! I’ve never been one to herald the arrival of this dismal time of year, but this month we’ll transition into our Halifax home and I am filled with anticipation for that new…
Watermelon is a delicious, ever-present staple in our diet all summer long, hacked into wedges and served up chilled. It’s a refreshing way to beat both the heat and my children’s inevitable afternoon attack of…
Our backyard was a busy place last weekend, with family and friends dropping by and staying to visit. It’s exactly how I love summer life to unfold, with spontaneous spritz on the patio and campfire…
I‘ve been enjoying a tomato salad nearly every day this month; it’s effortless eating when the tomatoes are ripening on the vine in my backyard and the kitchen garden is packed with herbs two feet…
We did a quick road trip over the Easter long weekend to the coast. Specifically, the East Coast. More specifically, Halifax. What? That’s faaaaar, you say? Too much driving for a weekend? Naw. We stretched…
Today’s crunchy vegetable and rice noodle salad is a dish we’ve all been raving over recently at the dinner table. It might be the umami of the soy sauce or the salty shrimp that we’ve been craving.  Or…
My garden has been dormant for only a few weeks yet I already miss the crunchy, sweet carrots, bundles of kale and bouquets of fragrant herbs. Salad planning has to much more intentional now that…
I know, I know, another kale recipe. It might seem as though my recent posts are all part of a calculated recipe flow that balances cheesecake brownies and maple-glazed pork chops with nourishing soups and salads, but there…
Today my children go back to school, and I return to my desk as well to assume responsibility of my work life, both online and off. As a closing note to the end of our carefree summer…
If you haven’t hit your grilling stride yet this summer, today’s recipe will be the incentive you need to fire up the coals. Let’s see, I’ve prepare it two…three…four times already and each time I…
Originally, I thought I’d keep this post short and sweet. It’s egg salad, after all. How much could I say on the subject? Quite a bit, as it turns out. As I was working with each ingredient,…
