Category: Soup and Salads

Bean Salad

Bean Salad

Great at a summer barbecue, this bean salad is not pickled. It’s bright with fresh lemon and olive oil. If there is any leftover it’s perfect for lunch on top of lettuce.

Cobb Salad

Cobb Salad

In 1937, Chef, Robert Cobb, grabbed whatever he could to make himself something to eat after a long day. The Cobb Salad then became a signature dish at his restaurant, the “Hollywood Brown Derby” which was close to the movie studios. Regulars included Clark Gable…

Ranch Dressing

Ranch Dressing

The original Ranch Dressing was created at the Hidden Valley Ranch, California in the 1950’s. It is Gluten Free if you need a prepared dressing.

Hot Mushroom Salad

Hot Mushroom Salad

This salad is adapted from the Best of Bridge series, cookbooks that revolutionized cooking with their first book in 1976. Often, we had dinner parties, and everyone made a “new” recipe from one of the books.

Hearts of Romaine with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

Hearts of Romaine with Blue Cheese Vinaigrette

Blue Cheese, Pine Nuts and Romaine with a steak! Perfect meal.

Caesar Salad

Caesar Salad

Caesar Salad – One of the most well known and loved salads in the world!

Baked Goat Cheese and Blueberry Glaze

Baked Goat Cheese and Blueberry Glaze

This is a delicious salad for any time of the year. Use fresh blueberries to make the Syrup and then freeze it. Defrost the Syrup when you want to have a burst of blueberry flavour, if it’s not summer; when blueberries are at their peak!

Turkey (Chicken) Soup

Turkey (Chicken) Soup

  Once the Turkey/Chicken Stock has been made, the soup is a snap! Generally, we cook pasta separately to keep track of carbs and gluten free. Also, as the pasta cooks it doesn’t absorb all of the stock. The soup itself is very low carb…

Apricot Stilton and Blueberry Salad

Apricot Stilton and Blueberry Salad

  This salad is perfect with Chicken Satay and Peanut Dipping Sauce. With left over Stilton and fresh blueberries we came up with this salad, looking for something to compliment the peanut sauce.  Mazzetti Sweet Rose Wine Vinegar adds more carbs to the dressing, but…

Minestrone

Minestrone

  Minestrone is really about what vegetables are in season and making the soup. Originating in Italy, there is no set recipe, which is thought to have been around since before the Roman Empire. This is another soup that can be Gluten Free by serving…