Food Photo of the Day ~ Summer Fruit

You know which fruits were on sale with this fruit salad. Buying fruit on sale is a great way to spruce up a classic, add life to a basic, and store fresh fruit in the freezer that will be enjoyed during those wintery months. Strawberries, blueberries and mango graced our dessert bowl and with a little bit of crème fraiche or Devonshire cream or whip cream this fruit salad is light and dreamy. 

With an overabundance of mango, I made a slow cooker vegetable lentil curry adding freshly chopped mangoes to the recipe. Just a hint of sweetness with a lovely spicy savoury flavour this curry was absolutely perfect. 

Notes: I used the slow cooker lentil butternut squash recipe I posted about before except I omitted the butternut squash and added chopped fresh cauliflower, carrots, zucchini, and, of course, freshly chopped mango. All other ingredients remained the same.    

Our Vegan / Vegetarian Dinner Party

The other night we had a dinner party with friends and the dinner menu was mostly vegan and or vegetarian. We started off the night with homemade hummus and crackers. The herbed sesame crackers were made by my daughter and myself.   

My son was in charge of drinks. He decided to create a lovely summery fruit punch which consisted of raspberry juice and tonic water with slices of oranges. It was a delicate flavour with a bit of zing.   

The main was marinated tofu burgers with vegan buns. Flavourful and very, very tasty. I will post the recipe tomorrow. They were dressed with red onion, tomatoes, pickles, and...

pineapple relish. Last week I posted about the cookbook, Haute Dog and shared a recipe from the book which was the pineapple relish. I decided that the relish would be perfect with the tofu burgers. It complimented everything nicely and was a big hit. 

The side was a salad. It is hard to believe that underneath all those veggies there were tender greens and spinach. A homemade mustard vinaigrette was the accompanying   salad dressing.   

Dessert was a light fruit salad. Fresh juicy berries and tart plums lightly tossed in coconut sugar. Something  to refresh the palate.

Hope everyone had a good long weekend. It is Wednesday, the middle of the week, and the to do list keeps growing. - JD