Bridget's Green Kitchen

Wild Rice Lentil Salad with Spiced Vinaigrette

August 5, 2016

Kara’s wild rice lentil salad is a great salad for summer. It’s tossed with a fragrant vinaigrette that’s seasoned with coriander, cumin, turmeric and cinnamon and sprinkled with currants and toasted almonds. It has become a tradition for us to spend the August long weekend with friends at their cottage […]

Green Living

11 Tips For Healthier Grilling

July 18, 2016

Easy ways to make your barbecue favourites safer and better for you.There’s something liberating about barbecue season. Enjoying a meal outside on a lovely summer evening always feels like the ultimate in relaxed eating. But not everything is rosy when it comes to using a backyard barbecue. Cooking over […]

Appetizers

Homemade Cooked Mayonnaise is Better Than Store Bought

July 17, 2016

Creamy, thick and a little tangy, mom’s cooked mayonnaise is a summer treat. When my twin brother and I were three my eldest brother Geoffrey walked us through the woods to a cousin’s house to choose a kitten. We came home with Charlie and he had the temperament of […]

Cookies

Jumbo Trail Mix Cookies Recipe

July 6, 2016

These jumbo trail mix cookies are just right for summer hikes, picnics and road trips. As soon as school was over the summer I was eight we moved into an old home in Rothesay. The property had an old fashioned garage and suspended from its rafters was an enormous […]

Green Living

How To Choose Safe & Effective Insect Repellent

July 6, 2016

I consider insect repellent a necessary evil. Back in the day when the only grief from mosquitos was itchy bites, more often than not I chose not to bother with the stuff. But today, with disease-carrying mosquitos and now tick concerns, protecting yourself from pests is a serious health […]