The Food Corner

By Paul Cormier, Salamanders of Kemptville

Now that our gardens are starting to produce, it’s salad season. Yay! Mind you, salads can be kind of bland and food companies have made a fortune in producing all manner of salad dressings just for that reason. The salad I’m proposing this week is spicy, tangy and delicious. It is, once again, based on seafood, in this case shrimp; however, I have been encouraging you to be creative and change, add, substitute and/or do anything that meets the needs of your or your family’s taste buds. Let’s try for a Cajun Summer Salad.

Cajun Summer Salad

Ingredients

As much Arugula greens as you need to serve your family or guests

Add in as much iceberg lettuce and/or spinach as you might like; Radicchio is also nice

1 pound of large peeled, deveined shrimp

¾ cup cherry tomatoes, sliced in half

¼ cup radishes, finely sliced

¼ cup chives, finely chopped

¾ of your favourite Mayonnaise

2-4 green onions, finely chopped

2 tablespoons (a good squirt) of lemon juice

1 tablespoon (at least) of Cajun spice

A sprinkle of black pepper

The family would like to express their appreciation for the love and support from so many friends - Berta, Eric, Donna, Olga, Peggy and Bruce; just to name a few. They also wish to thank the doctors, nurses and staff of the Misericordia Hospital for making Ken's final moments peaceful. Cremation has taken place and his ashes have been taken home to Kemptville, Ontario. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Alberta Lung Association, www.ablung. ca or donation to any charity of your choice would be appreciated.

Celebration of Life for Ken C Reynolds will be on July 28, 2023 from 12-2pm. Kemptville Legion Branch 212, 100 Reuben Street, Kemptville Ontario.

Photos, memories, and condolences may be shared through www.parkmemorial.com

Preparation

1. Bring a pot of water to a boil and drop in your shrimp

2. Cook very briefly, remove from the heat, place in a colander and cool with cold water

3. In your salad bowl, whisk your liquids and Cajun spice together

4. Drop in your greens, lettuce, spinach, tomatoes and onions and toss

5. Cut your shrimp into chunks and add them to your mixture

6. Toss again, then top with the chives, radishes and black pepper

7. Alternatively, you can keep the dressing separate and have people toss their own salad

Serving is as usual for salads: either place in separate salad bowls or let folks grab their own. Salads work great all the time, either to accompany a BBQ or on their own as a healthy lunch. For vegetarians, either add tofu for a protein or go without. Don’t forget to add some nice fresh baguette that you can dip in olive oil and balsamic vinegar. As usual, a cold white wine goes very nicely with any salad, particularly this Cajun Summer Salad.

As always, please let me know how this turned out for you at pcormier@ranaprocess.com.

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