Dill Potato Salad
I’m all over this Dill Potato Salad from the Barefoot Contessa this summer. I think it’s better served slightly warm or at room temperature, but tastes delicious when refrigerated for a few hours as...
View ArticleKraft Fruit & Veg Dressing
I recently had the opportunity to test the new Kraft Fruit & Veg Dressings. What I love about these dressings is that they’re made with real fruits and vegetables, have no artificial flavors or...
View ArticleClassic Broccoli Salad
Spring is here and it’s salad time. Time for Dill Potato Salad, Green Goddess Dressing, Macaroni Salad, Chicken Salad, and this Classic Broccoli Salad which will knock your socks off. Even those with...
View ArticleStrawberry Romaine Salad
This recipe for Strawberry Romaine Salad was ripped from a magazine (sorry, no name on the page) many moons ago and thrown in the “someday” pile. Feeling guilty that I’d neglected to try it for at...
View ArticleCrunchy Asian Sesame Salad
Every time I make this Crunchy Asian Sesame Salad, I say to myself, “Self, why don’t you make this more often?!”. This salad is quite possibly my favourite green salad but since picking a favourite...
View ArticleSteak Salad with Blue Cheese Horseradish Dressing
Steak Salad with Blue Cheese Horseradish Dressing. Sort of just rolls off the tongue doesn’t it? Probably because there is so much that’s right about this salad, like steak cooked to your liking (I...
View ArticleEasy Taco Salad Recipe
Sometimes you feel like making a big involved meal and sometimes you just want a break. This Taco Salad recipe is a go-to around here for when I don’t want to sacrifice taste for convenience. For my...
View ArticleApple Bacon Spinach Salad
I can just about guarantee we’re not going to be gifted with an Indian Summer this year; I can smell fall in the air already. The trees have begun to turn colours here and there, and while we had a...
View ArticlePatak’s Amazing Curry Potato Salad with Sweet Peas
I love potato salad. To me it’s not just a side for picnics, it’s a meal. Through the school year, I routinely make potato salad to cover school and work lunches. So when Patak’s asked me to try a...
View ArticleRoasted Garlic Caesar Salad For Garlic Lovers
I am a garlic lover. I mean – onions are fine, and shallots are even better – but if you’re looking for the star of the allium family, it’s garlic. Especially roasted garlic, because it mellows...
View ArticleStrawberry Clementine Spinach Salad
I have low iron, and I’m really bad at remembering my iron pills. So, as much as possible I try to eat iron rich foods. This salad is an iron extravaganza with baby spinach leaves, sesame seeds (did...
View ArticleChickpea Salad
It’s possible that maybe, just maybe, I’ve been *ahem* overindulging lately. Perhaps I’ve had too many brownies, or maybe it was the lemon tart, possibly it could be the maple scones. It doesn’t really...
View ArticleSalad with Warm Goat Cheese
If I could eat this salad every single day for the rest of my life, without paying for all that goat cheese with thunder thighs, I would totally do it. Alas, it is not to be. I’ve heard “rumours” (I’m...
View ArticleLobster and Shells
I am currently obsessing over dill. I simply can’t get enough. So when I came across this recipe in my Barefoot Contessa book How Easy is That?, I knew I had to try it. Lobster and Shells Kosher salt...
View ArticleMacaroni Salad
Remember the macaroni salad your mom used to make for picnics and the beach? Whatever happened to that anyway, right? Well, here it is. It’s every bit as good today as it was when you were a kid and...
View ArticleGreen Goddess Dressing
My friend Anita tries to pretend she’s not all that and a bag of chips in the kitchen, but I know differently. The girl jars her own salsa for Pete’s sake! One day she served me this dressing with a...
View ArticleGreek Chicken Salad – Bring on Summer
Last year, I started a second job at a coffee shop and it was heaven — all the coffee I could dream of, right at my fingertips! The problem was, along with a ready supply of caffeine, there were...
View ArticleGreek Picnic Salad Or How to Get More Feta in Your Life
Hand over my heart as I tell you this, no carb has ever passed my lips that I didn’t love. Bread, pasta, rice—I love them all. That’s why this Greek Picnic Salad gets me excited because it’s not really...
View ArticleCranberry Turkey Bowtie Salad
It’s almost Thanksgiving and you know that means. Turkey. Lots and lots o’ turkey. Aside from time spent deciding how to cook the perfect turkey, I spend as much time deciding how to get rid of the...
View ArticleHard Boiled Eggs From Monday to Friday
October 11th is World Egg Day, the day we celebrate the humble egg and the farmers who get them to our table. In 2018, Canadian Farmers produced an astounding 752 million dozen eggs! I haven’t done an...
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