Category: Salad
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Roasted Jalapeno and Sweet Pepper Barley Salad
I’ve been going through a hearty salad obsession for the past month or so, I think it’s my own culinary method of chasing the grey and perpetually dripping winter away. That is to say, if my food is bright and fresh tasting then the cold exterior seems less of a a constant looming cloud. Winter…
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Crunchy Roasted Brussels Sprouts Salad
Winter is the perfect opportunity to force yourself into practicing more creative salad making habits, something about the persistent grey makes the produce aisle look not quite right, all the summer vegetables looking off in colour and shape in the middle of December. I offer this recipe as inspiration to think outside of the traditional…
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Quick Pomegranate and Cucumber Salad
When Vancouver returns to its natural state of rainy grey I find myself turning to food for brightness, this isn’t particularly difficult when purple-green winter kale, electric mandarin oranges and pomegranates resembling the imaginary seeds of blood red roses flood the grocery store produce aisle. Both the cucumber and pomegranate seeds provide the most satisfying…
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Peach and Blueberry Salad with Fresh Chèvre
Yes, I know, another recipe with blueberries featured prominently in the ingredient list. I can hardly describe this as some sort of culinary crime though, blueberries are so refreshingly versatile in their ability to transform from the achingly sweet to the deepest savoury warmth (try them nestled into the pan with roasted duck or some…
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What to do with Arugula and a Fried Egg
For lunch today I sat outside and ate this arugula salad made from some of the items I bought at the farmers market yesterday. I tossed together about 2 cups of washed and dried arugula, a sunny yellow tomato, half an avocado, pickled red onions, a glug of olive oil, cayenne pepper and a fried…