Just a Smidgen » Salads https://justasmidgen.com ..a lifestyle blog filled with recipes, photography, poems, and DIY Thu, 04 Sep 2014 02:42:27 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.9.2 Grilled Peach Salad with Honeyed Rhubarb https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/26/grilled-peach-salad-honeyed-rhubarb/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/26/grilled-peach-salad-honeyed-rhubarb/#comments Thu, 26 Jun 2014 15:03:38 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=21878 With a long weekend ahead, there will be lots of camping and hiking going on! We’re fortunate to live a short drive away from the Rocky Mountains.. be careful on those roads and watch out for wildlife! Aside from hiking, here’s someone who loves the off-leash park.. so we’ll be doing lots of that as […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/06/26/grilled-peach-salad-honeyed-rhubarb/feed/ 17 Deconstructed Vegan Tofu Chả Gio Bowls { Spring Roll Bowls } https://justasmidgen.com/2014/03/17/deconstructed-vegan-tofu-cha-gio-bowls-spring-roll-bowls/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/03/17/deconstructed-vegan-tofu-cha-gio-bowls-spring-roll-bowls/#comments Tue, 18 Mar 2014 05:29:47 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=20860 Don’t you sometimes just crave those yummy Vietnamese Spring Rolls? I sure do, but I’ve only made them a handful of times because it’s such a process! Fiddling with those flat white rice paper wrappers, prepping all the veggies, then soaking each rice wrap one at a time, arranging the veggies, rolling each one up, […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/03/17/deconstructed-vegan-tofu-cha-gio-bowls-spring-roll-bowls/feed/ 15 High Octane Spicy Cumin Vegan Bowl https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/24/high-octane-spicy-cumin-vegan-bowl/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/02/24/high-octane-spicy-cumin-vegan-bowl/#comments Tue, 25 Feb 2014 06:09:33 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=20101 Mom and Dad, if you’re reading this, it wasn’t me. Kids, if you’re reading this, it was me. I was no angel growing up. In University we had Submarine races (the Engineering Department were often the instigators) where we’d line up in two rows and one by one we had to down the glass of […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/23/sunshine-salad/feed/ 21 Indonesian Slaw with Spicy Peanut Dressing https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/12/indonesian-slaw-spicy-peanut-dressing/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/12/indonesian-slaw-spicy-peanut-dressing/#comments Mon, 13 Jan 2014 00:48:14 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=19014 Temperance is a virtue commonly practiced in the New Year. Restraint, self-control, austerity can sometime feel like self-denial { or heaven forbid } self-deprivation. Fortunately, there exists many recipes which quench both the thirst for “healthy” and satiate the hunger for “yum”. This Indonesian Slaw with its Spicy Peanut Dressing does it for me. You […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/12/indonesian-slaw-spicy-peanut-dressing/feed/ 27 Just a Smidgen ~ Smidge’s Favorites from Last Year! https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/ https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/#comments Thu, 02 Jan 2014 16:33:13 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=18883 In addition to the Top 10 viewed Crafts, DIY and Recipes, here are Smidge’s favorite much-loved posts from Just a Smidgen 2013! January Red Velvet Chambord Surprise ♡ Cake with Ruffled Frosting Sweetheart Rose Petal Soaps DIY Blushing Marshmallow Hearts February Spring Pastel Layer Cake SweetAmbs Brush Embroidery Cookies March Spring Festivus Spring Anenome Cupcakes […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2014/01/02/just-a-smidgen-2013/feed/ 3 East Meets West Stacked Strawberry Ramen Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/12/east-meets-west-stacked-strawberry-ramen-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/12/east-meets-west-stacked-strawberry-ramen-salad/#comments Thu, 12 Sep 2013 15:15:07 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16568 I have a guilty addiction to ramen.. not just ramen simmered in broth but the crunched up uncooked, ramen that comes straight out of a bright red cello package. { Sapporo Ichi Ban } When I read the ingredients for the Atco Blue Flame Kitchen Strawberry Salad in the morning paper, I recognized some ingredients […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/09/12/east-meets-west-stacked-strawberry-ramen-salad/feed/ 24 Green Goddess Dressing ~ “It’s All Good” https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/06/green-goddess-dressing/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/06/green-goddess-dressing/#comments Tue, 06 Aug 2013 21:19:05 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=16016 ♥    I’ve been away for such a long time, caught up in a flurry of unexpected change..  ♥   Stability is so important to me and predictability is sometimes a scarce commodity.   The constant reassurance of just knowing, just being in the moment from day to day is sometimes forgotten in a world […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/08/06/green-goddess-dressing/feed/ 34 Wild Black Walnut and Honeyed Rhubarb Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/09/wild-black-walnut-and-honeyed-rhubarb-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/09/wild-black-walnut-and-honeyed-rhubarb-salad/#comments Sun, 09 Jun 2013 14:57:23 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=14894 spring is such a sweet but busy time spent plundering garden centers with overflowing trays of brilliant color and their earthen scented ride in the backseat home.  winter coats and moods are shrugged off and all is airy and new.. { here is my view from the Back Door, c ♥ ! } { Please […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/06/09/wild-black-walnut-and-honeyed-rhubarb-salad/feed/ 34 Jane’s Crunchy Pecan Salmon, Salsa Verde and a Kale Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2013/03/14/janes-crunchy-pecan-salmon-salsa-verde-and-a-kale-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/03/14/janes-crunchy-pecan-salmon-salsa-verde-and-a-kale-salad/#comments Thu, 14 Mar 2013 23:59:12 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=12541 The Spring Festivus worked! { Even my blog seems to have imported without a hitch! } Warm temperatures have begun melting snow, streets are becoming a slushy mess.. and everyone is basking in the welcome sunshine! Not that I have anything against the color white. White is a calm, clean, warm color, one that reminds […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/03/14/janes-crunchy-pecan-salmon-salsa-verde-and-a-kale-salad/feed/ 32 Edamame, Mango ‘n Sugar Snap Pea Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2013/02/04/edamame-mango-sugar-snap-pea-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2013/02/04/edamame-mango-sugar-snap-pea-salad/#comments Mon, 04 Feb 2013 14:28:15 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11948 ♥ This little button popped up on my birthday the other day and it was the icing on the cake. { Photos of my real little cakelet to follow on a later post. } The timing was perfect, after all, what kind of world is this, if a girl can’t win on her birthday? Unlike […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2013/02/04/edamame-mango-sugar-snap-pea-salad/feed/ 90 What Swimming, Eminem, Biscoff and Broccoli All Have In Common https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/27/what-swimming-eminem-biscoff-and-broccoli-all-have-in-common/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/27/what-swimming-eminem-biscoff-and-broccoli-all-have-in-common/#comments Tue, 27 Nov 2012 15:59:51 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=11158 I’ve always wanted to do one of those “In my kitchen” posts. But who am I kidding? I’m so “all over the place” that “In my kitchen” is virtually impossible. So, instead, how about “what’s new and notable”? 1. Well, I can swim in a straight line almost a straight line now, as long as […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/27/what-swimming-eminem-biscoff-and-broccoli-all-have-in-common/feed/ 58 The Field of Crosses { Calgary, Alberta } https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/11/the-field-of-crosses-calgary-alberta/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/11/the-field-of-crosses-calgary-alberta/#comments Sun, 11 Nov 2012 23:44:39 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=10941 The following is an excerpt from a post I made one year ago… The Field of Crosses “As my daughter quietly steered our vehicle home along Memorial Drive and the banks of the Bow River, we saw floodlights shining in the distance and the figures of people, photographers took shape and appeared out of the darkness. […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/11/11/the-field-of-crosses-calgary-alberta/feed/ 66 Fall Nesting and Earl’s Kopycat Santa Fe Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/17/fall-nesting/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/17/fall-nesting/#comments Tue, 18 Sep 2012 00:14:07 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=9614 There was a cool timbre to the morning air last Saturday as Katie and I hefted our bikes onto the car rack. We were heady with plans to strike out for an autumn coast along the city’s park pathways, longing to be enveloped in the scented Bow River’s embrace then stopping for a latte along the […]

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]]> https://justasmidgen.com/2012/09/17/fall-nesting/feed/ 104 Earl’s KopyKat Westcoast Salad https://justasmidgen.com/2012/07/04/earls-kopykat-westcoast-salad/ https://justasmidgen.com/2012/07/04/earls-kopykat-westcoast-salad/#comments Wed, 04 Jul 2012 22:05:14 +0000 https://justasmidgen.com/?p=8617 my parents had the family over for dinner last night { before they headed out to the lake.. thankfully flooding has subsided } i was asked to bring “a salad” i’ve been making salads for my mom since i was old enough to stand on a chair and whack out a few carrots on her […]

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