Okay, not exactly gardening! However, Lazy Gnome has had a fantastic day by her own standards: shopping at the Old Strathcona Farmer's Market buying veggies and meats[*] from local producers (her latest thing); more shopping at another, new grocery store in hopes it would be a breath of fresh air and would, just maybe, focus on local producers--no such luck but at least they sell bus passes; more shopping yet at one of the humongous chains (okay; managed to buy the rest of what was needed); clothes shopping at a local consignment store and managed to buy something like 6 or more pieces for less than $100 including a suit for work(!?); and then visits with neighbours new and those who have moved on; and then naps! Two naps!!
Lastly, and what brings us to the name of this post, LG tried a recipe from a magazine purchased at a liquor store: Santorini Salad. Hmm...yummy! The salad included the requisite feta cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes, and so on, with a simple olive oil and lemon juice dressing. Although Lg is not a big fan of raw red onion, she included it, and to her amazement, the acidy yuckiness of the red onion seemed neutralized when she had at least one caper in her mouth. She tried this magic combination again, and again, and in fact had to eat half the salad--to prove her theory and therefore make it publishable in this fine medium--but it worked, every time! Wow!
The angle of the article was about the lowly caper, and LG must recommend it to you. The magazine is called "Tidings" and was provided as a promotion when LG made a purchase some weeks ago at Vinomania on Jasper[**]. (The magazine is free there because the store's owner, Mr Gurvinder Bhatia is a contributing editor to the magazine.)
Of course, the magazine recommended a particular Greek wine to go with the salad...perhaps still scarred by that nation's various alcohols during her soujourn to Greece 20+ years ago, LG is unable to string the words "Greek wine" and "good" together in a positive sentence...Instead, LG opened a Spanish red (of course) and found it to be quite pleasant...but, then, she also used Spanish capers where the recipe called for Greek...
Needless to say, LG is hardly a foodie, but she highly recommends this salad--plus, it is easy!! No doubt real foodies have known this secreat all along...but, hey--it is worth sharing.
* "Meats" including chicken sausage, pork sausage, ground beef and pork cutlets. Yes, for those aware that LG had been off things with legs, feathers or fins, that phase is, well, phasing out...
** http://www.vinomaniawines.com/
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"Expect nothing. Live frugally on surprise." ~~Alice Walker
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Eewwwww. Capers. Greek or Spanish, I just can't do it. The salad though sounds delightful despite those nasty little things. Have you been to the downtown farmers' market yet this season?
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