Category: Soup and Salads

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…

Spinach Salad

Spinach Salad

Spinach most likely originated from Persia, or modern-day Iran. There are so many variations of Spinach Salad. Strawberry and Chèvre is a light spring salad, while a heavier winter salad is served with bacon and eggs.   When the Germans immigrated, they brought with them…

Thai Curry Shrimp Soup

Thai Curry Shrimp Soup

Unsweetened Coconut Milk and some Red Thai Curry Paste come together with shrimp to form the basis of this delicious Thai Curry Shrimp Soup. It is one of our “go to” entertaining soups!   For the most part, we tend to make dishes fairly mild,…

Spinach Salad with Pine Nuts

Spinach Salad with Pine Nuts

  We use the same dressing for this salad as our “Summer Salad” recipe, only changing out the berries for goat cheese and pine nuts for a heartier fall salad. Makes 2 Individual Salads

Tomato and Feta Salad

Tomato and Feta Salad

We love this salad as a side with beef or lamb. Feta cheese varies in flavor and saltiness. Greek feta has more intensity than French feta, and both are delicious.   I love many of Ina Garten, The Barefoot Contessa's recipes and have adapted many…

Chipotle Tortilla Soup

Chipotle Tortilla Soup

  If you aren’t sure what to do with the last couple cups of roasted turkey or chicken, try this Mexican soup for a nice change. Chipotle peppers have a smoky flavor in addition to the heat. Store whatever you don’t use in a tightly…