A friend and I used to provide picnics in our valley. We mowed a small area, set up table and chairs, and laid the table with linens, tableware and flowers. Guests were asked if they wanted cows present or not. Almost all asked for them to be around. We catered for romantic couples, to large…
Category: Vegetable / Fruit Salads
Roasted Yam & Apple Salad
When we were first married, the farm was 50 acres of open grazing land mixed with woodlands. The driveway was built and we had a 40’ trailer to live in. Our property was the larger half of old farmlands that had been divided in two. We shared in a small herd of cattle ranging over…
Potato Salad – “Mom’s”
We spent our summers on the islands surrounding Vancouver and Vancouver Island. One thing that was always available in Howe Sound and parts of Georgia Strait was New Potatoes – cool early summers always gave us these in abundance. Now when I see the first new potatoes of the season at a farmer’s market, it…
Glazed Mushroom Salad
Sometimes a savoury salad is what’s needed to complete a meal. Often prawns, chicken or steak strips are added, but to me that tends to make it a main dish vs. a side dish. So here’s a way to get the deep flavours without using meat.
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