Food, Travel, and Cooking!
Such a good salad to have in your repertoire! Just think…sitting outside on a warm night, firing up the grill, having a glass of wine…does it get any better? The dressing can be made a couple of hours ahead. I bought rib steaks from P.E.I. (Prince Edward Island) at a local butcher shop. They were […]
With the combination of chicken, celery, apples, grapes, walnuts with blue cheese is, in my opinion, a perfect main course salad! You could use cooked, cubed turkey for the salad too. We buy our grapes, grown in Kelowna, B.C. from the farmer’s market in the fall…they are so worth waiting for. Makes 8 Servings 4 […]
There’s an excellent reason for this photo! It’s probably the best blue cheese I’ve ever eaten, hands down. We discovered it at Neal’s Yard in London and were completely blown away! There are many fabulous artisanal blue cheese available at fine cheese shops. If you’ve made some of my salads, you’ll see I like combining […]
We really enjoy main course salads and this salad, made with fresh local shrimp, is lovely anytime of the year when you can get fresh seafood. On occasion, I like to make us a treat using half shrimp and half crab. It can be a little $$ but you don’t need much. The salad would […]
An absolutely delicious main course salad, always welcome on our table! It makes a wonderful late spring or summer meal using locally grown spinach from a farmer’s market or from your own garden. The lemony dressing really adds sparkle and if I have fresh tarragon I will chop a bit and scatter that on the […]