Soup & Salad

This vibrant Carrot Salad with Dates, Walnuts and Aleppo is bold and makes quite the statement. It is tossed with a zesty dressing that has a hint of sweetness. As the carrots marinate, they start to wilt and the flavours develop. I never knew I’d be so excited about a carrot salad. 

Move over creamy heavy potato salads. This light and flavourful horseradish dijon potato salad with cucumber, celery and radish over a bed of arugula with leftover flaked salmon is a complete meal. Spring peas and steamed asparagus are add-ins that would be perfect to make this salad meal even more delicious. Pack this up for a…

A classic Caesar salad is a popular salad around here. I like to substitute romaine with kale, which works really well. It still covers all the bases with crispy greens, crunchy croutons and parmesan shards. I’ve added crumbled vegan bacon, boiled egg and roasted vine tomatoes. A tangy peppery dressing brings it all together. 

Happy Friday friends. The weather is warming up (we are hitting double digits for the second day in a row – yay!) so it’s time to start thinking about spending more time outside and hopefully having a picnic very soon.  This colourful crunchy cabbage and apple slaw would be the perfect salad. The colours and textures…

When it comes to comfort food, tortellini soup does it for me. Seriously, what’s not to love about these bite-sized cheese filled little gems. I’m especially loving the ratio of tortellini to soup in my favourite Cheese Tortellini Soup. This hearty chunky soup is loaded with veggies and it’s oh so good.  The original recipe…

I’m getting through these cold winters days one pot of soup at a time. I like to make big batches of soup and freeze the extra for another day.  It makes the effort so worthwhile and a snow day feel a lot better. I freeze soup in wide-mouth jars (leaving space at the top for expansion…

Potato salad is not only a summer bbq and picnic salad. It’s a salad we enjoy year round in my kitchen. I made my favourite potato salad this weekend even though we are in full winter mode with a few feet of snow on the ground. I’ve moved on from creamy, mayonnaisey (is this even…

This chunky vegetarian split pea soup is every bit as delicious as the soup that my mom used to make. It is simply – green split peas, onions, carrots and celery cooked until tender, partially pureed and seasoned. It’s a really easy one to make, so comforting and very nostalgic for me.