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…

Originally coleslaw was made by mixing cabbage with vinegar, butter and oil. With the invention of mayonnaise in the mid 1800’s, the creamy side dish we think of now came to be. It’s a fantastic side dish, perfect creamy crunch to a turkey meal or…

Pear season is in full swing and there are so many ways to enjoy them; whether as a snack on their own, in a salad, part of the cheese board or dessert.   Pears are one of the world's oldest cultivated fruit.  However, there is…

  Salads, Barbeques and summer just seem to go together. This is another family favorite. The addition of macadamia nuts instead of croutons makes it Gluten Free. Skip the Worcestershire if you don’t have Gluten Free.  Its really low carb. Adapted from A Matter of…

Corn on the cob is as strongly linked to summer as splash pools and sprinklers, and it is so much better when you can get it locally! Here in Calgary, our local corn comes from Taber. It is picked, then shipped to Calgary at 2am…

When it’s Vegas hot, there’s only one thing to do. Barbeque and make a salad. Mix any combination of seasonal fruit and cheese that you like on a salad. When pears are at their best, I use them in place of the peaches. Generally, we…

  This is a super easy summer salad and great with a nice steak. The dressing is Caesar like, and is brushed onto the romaine as it grills. Serve some of the dressing on the side and drizzle as much as you want. Adapted from…

A few years ago, a group of us went to Phoenix. Frances made this dressing up and it quickly became one of my summer favorites. It was Meyer lemon season then (November to March) and that’s what we used. Meyer lemons are milder in flavor…

This salad is so versatile.  Sometimes, we serve the salad alongside Souvlaki and Greek potatoes.  And other times part of a meze style meal with pitas, Hummus and Tzatziki.  

Thousand Island Dressing was named in honour of the beautiful place it was first prepared.  The Thousand Islands located on the upper St Lawrence River between Canada and the U.S. (New York).  A fisherman’s wife is said to have made the dressing and its popularity…