Dansk Varm Kartoffelsalat (Warm Potato Salad)

I recently made The Baker’s Wife’s Potatoes, a recipe dressed in Roger Stowell’s beautiful photos at  Food, Photography and France . The potatoes are as splendid as his photography. I served them up with lamb chops brushed with thyme and garlic olive oil. But those potatoes reminded us of Denmark. Well sort of, because the…

Pineapple and Prawn Salad

When I was on holiday in Hawaii, we went to the Dole Plantation. We packed up the kids, popped them into strollers with snacks and bottles of water, and off we went with the promise of a train trip. Emma was dressed in coordinated shades of pink; she was ready. Ethan was watching Micky Mouse…

He Says It Is The Best Salad Dressing Ever

That’s what my husband said when he tasted April Bloomfield’s Lemon Caper Salad Dressing. This salad dressing is nothing short of gasp-inducing pleasure. Really. No, I mean really. It’s dead easy to prepare, and even though the recipe suggests it be used within an hour of preparation (refrigerated), I found that it keeps well for…

Creamy Ranch Salad Dressing

I love the flavour of Ranch-style salad dressing, and now I can make it whenever I want thanks to Monica Shaw’s recipe … that I tweaked only a tiny bit.

What’s My Name Salad

This is a variation on my “Sweet Corn Confetti Salad”  – a result of several failures: my memory and the contents of the fridge. I discovered that most of the ingredients that I needed for the salad weren’t in the fridge. They actually weren’t even in the house. So what’s a girl to do — I…

Lemon Vinaigrette

Here’s one of my favourite salad dressings for a hot summer day. I mix it with a good shake in an old mustard jar, and if it’s one with just a scant bit left in the bottom, so much the better — just omit the teaspoon of mustard from the recipe and use what’s left…

Carrot Salad Totally Unlike My Mother’s

A new recipe and a wonderful flavour. “Carrot Salad Totally Unlike My Mother’s”. Supposedly French-style by origin, my husband’s comment was “This tastes just like the carrot salad that my mother makes!” … and my husband is Danish.

Agurkesalat – Danish Cucumber Salad

Danish Cucumber Salad – Agurkesalat Ingredients: 1 cucumber (English Telegraph/Greenhouse variety) 1 teaspoon flaked salt (I use Cornish flaked salt) 30-35ml rice wine vinegar 1/8-1/4 teaspoon granulated Sweetener (Splenda, etc.) or 1 tablespoon granulated/caster sugar (to taste) 1/4 teaspoon white pepper (add more or less to taste) 1 teaspoon dried dill or 1 tablespoon chopped…