Salads
I don’t think I could ever get tired of eating scallops. Just writing this makes me want to make this easy salad again and again and again. Light plump bites, sprinkled with just a touch of salt flakes and a grind of pepper served over a fresh salad. The beauty of this dish is the […]
This salad was a progression to perfection. I’m really liking the French way of first whisking the vinegrette directly in the salad bowl, then layering beginning with the least fragile ingredients and topping with the greens. When it comes time to serve, just toss. The greens will have stayed separate from the vinegrette and not […]
Not your typical cabbage slaw, this salad with a delicious Asian kick also packs in some extra protein, making it even more perfect as a meal in itself. QUINOA CABBAGE SALAD what you willl need 2 -2/1/2 cups cooked quinoa (1 cup of uncooked) 1 package cabbage slaw 1 or 2 green onions, chopped 1 […]
Ready for some summer grilling? Want an easy salad to go with? By the time the hot dogs were grilled, this yummy salad was ready to toss and serve. CHOPPED SALAD what you will need for 4 servings 1 cup corn 1 cup chopped sweet peppers 1 cup black beans 1 cup chopped tomatoes 1/2 […]
Want a super easy and SO tasty salad to go with your next grilled supper? The cool thing is that it can be made with all fresh ingredients: peppers, parsley, garlic. Or for us folks on boats who don’t always have access to the fresh things, you can use bottled roasted peppers and Gourmet Garden […]
I lied. Sorry. Yesterday I said you had seen the last of my French Onion Mushroom recipes but I lied. Here I am back again with another meal for my week-long fix of French onions and mushrooms. Love it so much I made another smaller batch to complete the week (recipe here). Surprising just how […]
I’m in love with versatile recipes ….ones that are simple to make …ones where ingredients can be swapped to produce a result just as delicious as the original …ones that can be transformed into something entirely different using the same ingredients. This is one of those recipes. I took a basic corn chowder recipe (for […]
If you, as with us, are at the over-consumption, all gobbled out and your bellies feeling like they may never be empty again stage of the holiday season, here’s an easy light salad packed with flavour and protein. A couple of years ago I stumbled onto an article about Teff, a tiny Ethiopian grain with […]
Captain was cooking up one of his delicious creations the other night so I needed to prepare a side dish that would keep me out of his work space. I found one lonely sweet potato and three green onions. Galley Kat really really needs to do some serious provisioning very soon. Normally on the boat […]
Captain François and I have a challenge going on in our land galley. He actually asked to create another of his marvelous meals for a Captain Cooks blog post (his recipe here) and my task was to come up with an equally delicious accompanying side dish. Since his choice has a definite Asian (ginger and […]