A berry pretty salad
Strawberries in a savory salad work, they really do. Especially when paired with aromatic herbs like mint, basil and complemented with salty feta. It’s a lovely one to ring in spring or summer and also perfect to bring for a picnic or barbecue with friends because it is just so darn pretty. I’ve added quinoa […]
A damn good salad bowl
My husband and I regularly have “make do with what you’ve got” nights where we just take out whatever fresh produce that needs to be eaten, lay it all out on the table and see how if we can create something out of it. This bowl saw the light of day on one of those […]
Beat-the-heat noodle salad
Cold noodle salads are just the best invention for summer lunches, dinners and picnics. This particular one is absolutely refreshing, fragrant and filled with quintessential Asian flavors. It’s an oldie at our house and I tend to vary the ingredients based on what I’ve got on hand. Sometimes I’ll substitute prawns for the chicken, other […]
A pretty darn good salad
This killer good salad totally satisfies my current salad-for-dinner desire: it’s tasty, nourishing and easy to make ahead of time. The delightful roasted butternut squash and feta combo imparts an addictive quality to it which will definitely make you want to have seconds…and that’s totally ok, because a big plateful will provide you with half […]
Zesty primavera potato salad
I love a good potato salad, it reminds me of summer picnics, American-style barbecues and outdoor lunches. Each time we make one, everyone loves it and I wonder why it doesn’t show up at our table more often. In the fact last week, while having a “not-another-quinoa-salad” day, the spud didn’t even cross my mind […]
Mediterranean marinated peppers
Nope, it isn’t summer yet – but sometimes when it’s “cold” outside, a girl needs a bit of sunshine on her plate. And marinated red peppers, as simple as they may be, always bring me back to my wonderful summers spent in Southern France, when the kids were little and we would have countless barbecues […]
Green goddess hummus bowl salad
About a year ago, as I was browsing through Limetree Cafe’s merchandise section, a book entitled “Hummus Brothers” caught my eye. As you may remember from an earlier post, hummus is one of those things that I had trialled and errored several times. This gem of a book definitely helped me along the way and […]
Wildly good wild thyme, quinoa and goat cheese salad
I am all about finding ingredients that can turn a normal salad, soup, stew or other dish into something phenomenal. Luckily, I have a growing list of these since living in Dubai, because we have access to a world of flavors, from orange blossom water and saffron to some of the most fragrant herbs out […]
Crazy good fennel, beet, bresaola and goat cheese salad
You all know my love for big salads. It actually started years ago when I was 18. I remember it like it was yesterday: I was at this pub with a girlfriend in Montreal suburbia and ordered a cajun chicken sandwich. I NEVER ordered salads because, well, they were just green, unfilling, too healthy-tasting and […]
White winter salad
This splendid salad was first created when I had bought a ton of cauliflower to test my gluten free pizza crust and was left with one kilo of the raw veg in my fridge. As it sat between a hunk of pecorino cheese and these left over boiled potatoes, I had an aha moment. And […]