Lunch

Sides

Cobb Salad

What’s the best part of summer entertaining? I love that meals can be simple – some grilled meat, a bit of salad, a bowl of berries – and everyone is

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Grilled Shrimp Salad

Esme used to say that she wanted to be a chef or a doc­tor. And Ben and I would always tell her that those were skill sets we’d be happy to inte­grate into

Picnics & BBQs

Mint and Chickpea Salad

We’re about to move our homes. I’m leaving my airy, bright downtown loft for a house. When I first moved from New York City, the fact that you can live in a

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Picnic Chicken Salad

The lovely and talented Trish Magwood was one of the first people we featured in our Quick Bite series where we talk to our favourite foodies. You can understand why

Picnics & BBQs

Picnic Week: Easy, portable lunches and snacks

I remember when Scarlett was really little. I used to pack a blanket, toys, a bottle and a snack for me and head to a park. I actually used to

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Tuna Nicoise Sandwiches

You know how when you talk about something for too long it starts to take on a life of its own? We live in an open concept condo that was

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Salmon Dinner Salad

Do you find your­self say­ing things to your kids that you’d choke on if some­one said to you? I mean, I know kids are kids and it’s not always a par­al­lel, but still…

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Classroom Fruit Salad

I couldn’t believe my good fortune when I read the parents’ bulletin board at Scarlett’s school and saw that one of the upcoming classroom activities was the kid’s making fruit salad.

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Lemon Linguini

Esme’s at an inter­est­ing stage where she as engaged in make believe (“Mum, pre­tend you’re an Eater Witch who wants to steal the mermaid’s money but you don’t know it’s

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Chicken and Asparagus Salad

The other night as Scarlett and I walked to one of our favorite restaurants for dinner I asked her what she wanted to eat. She said, “I’m not sure. You’re getting the salad,