I love old fashioned potato salad. That being said, it can use a touch more flavour and I’m not big on eggs. Here are my changes to make it the way I like it. You could make it with the flavour additions and add a chopped hard boiled egg if you like. Continue reading OFG Potato Salad
Episode 18 of You Can Make It, my community TV program on Shaw Spotlight, Cranbrook has my Rib Tips, Broccoli Salad and Cheese Muffin recipes.
The Old Fat Guy
Foodie Home Chef is a great food blogger who has kindly contributed to my blog on several occasions. Her food is creative and shows a great use of fresh ingredients which are treated with respect. Once again, she has kindly contributed this tasty recipe to my blog. Thanks!
I encourage you to go check out some more of her creative recipes at Foodie Home Chef. Continue reading Healthy Chicken Salad, Foodie Home Chef Guest Post
I grow my own garlic. This comes with some blessings and a problem. Of course, you get a great tasting garlic with a firmness and texture that is vastly superior to the rubbery garlic sold in supermarkets. You also get tasty garlic scapes, the long stems in the centre of the garlic plant that are delicious in stir fries and pesto. The problem is you get a lot of garlic scapes if you grow enough garlic for a year like I do. Continue reading Garlic Scape Vinegar
One of my favourite bloggers is Foodie Home Chef. She uses fresh ingredients and treats them with respect, my definition of a truly great cook. She has kindly given me permission to reproduce this http://foodiehomechef.com/recipe of hers from her blog. Take a look at her site at:
This salsa salad pairs up nicely with both Mexican & some Seafood dishes. It’s so healthy, amazingly easy to prepare & if you have more than 2 people to serve… just double, triple or quadruple the recipe & you can serve the whole gang!
Serves: 2
Ingredients
1 mango, halved, seeded, peeled & cut into short strips
1/3 cup thinly sliced red onion
2″ length of cucumber, peeled, cut in half lengthwise & thinly sliced (about 1/3 cup)
1/4 cup loosely packed fresh cilantro, coarsely chopped
1 small jalapeño, seeded & finely chopped or 2 tsp La Victoria Green Salsa Jalapeña extra hot
2 tsp freshly squeezed lime juice
1/8 tsp kosher or sea salt
Fresh ground black pepper, 3 pepper mill turns
Directions
1. Prepped ingredients.
2. Add all the ingredients to a 1.5 quart bowl & toss gently till well combined. Cover & refrigerate 2 to 4 hours to allow ingredients to marry & attain maximum flavor. Serve.
What is better than a great fresh spinach salad with bacon? Not much! I made this simple dish for my community TV show on ShawTV Kootenays. Continue reading Bacon Spinach Salad
Thanks to ShawTV Kootenays for letting me star in another episode of “You Can Make It”. This show includes Bacon Spinach Salad, Scallops Wrapped in Bacon and Barbecue Chicken on the Grill.
The Old Fat Guy
Here is another great recipe from Foodie Home Chef. She is the master of making elegant original meals from fresh ingredients. I encourage you to visit her site! Continue reading Refreshing Mango Salsa Salad From Foodie Home Chef
I made a video of my post, Kittencals Coleslaw. Check it out!
A friend brought me some imitation crab pieces. I was leery but can’t bear the thought of wasting food. I like to consider myself thrifty. She Who Must Be Obeyed calls it cheap. Regardless, I made a nice Seafood Caesar. Continue reading Seafood Caesar Salad