Salads

An Unromantic’s Guide to Valentine’s Food: Pomegranate and Beet Chicken Salad Recipe

Posted by on Feb 11, 2010 | 15 comments

An Unromantic’s Guide to Valentine’s Food: Pomegranate and Beet Chicken Salad Recipe

Valentine’s Day themed food has taken over!

I don’t understand the true meaning of Valentine’s Day, if there really is one. I’ve always stood passively in No-man’s Land and observed. So please don’t expect this post to conjure up romantic enlightenment. Instead, it’ll merely be a bunch of senseless ramblings with a recipe attached at the bottom.

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Beet and Scallop Salad with Crabapple Relish Recipe

Posted by on Nov 9, 2009 | 12 comments

Beet and Scallop Salad with Crabapple Relish Recipe

Thank you to all of November’s Battle Beets participants.
View the results and December’s battle veggie after my entry recipe.

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Painless Summer Barbecue Side Dish Recipes

Posted by on Aug 2, 2009 | 16 comments

Painless Summer Barbecue Side Dish Recipes

Last week, I took a food-trip around Seattle and met many delightful, inspiring foodies and food writers at Foodportunity. Special thanks to the ever lovely Alice of Savory Sweet Life and Miss Lorna Yee for their extended hospitality. I’m condensing my trip into a delicious video so stay tuned.

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Heirloom Tomato and Sea Asparagus Salad with Balsamic Glazed Figs Recipe

Posted by on Jul 10, 2009 | 17 comments

Heirloom Tomato and Sea Asparagus Salad with Balsamic Glazed Figs Recipe

My perfect day-off in Vancouver consists of an early jog around the Stanley Park seawall, followed by shopping for ingredients in Granville Island, and finished with a night in the kitchen with a loved one and a bottle of wine.

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Bamboo Shoot Salad Recipe with Soba Crisps and Wasabi Mayo

Posted by on Jul 9, 2009 | 13 comments

Bamboo Shoot Salad Recipe with Soba Crisps and Wasabi Mayo

This is the continuation to the  Smuggled Thai Bamboo Shoot Salad Recipe.  Same vegetable, completely different flavours and presentation.  Enjoy!

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Smuggled Thai Bamboo Shoot Salad Recipe

Posted by on Jul 3, 2009 | 17 comments

Smuggled Thai Bamboo Shoot Salad Recipe

Soop Naw Mai

I’ve loved bamboo shoots since my childhood as they are often found in cuisines I adore such as Thai and Shanghaiese. In Vancouver, really fresh bamboo shoots are rare

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