Danielle's
cooking will keep you fuelled and gastronomically satisfied. After a satisfying
day of sea kayaking, meals served on our trips are the kind of food that hits
that spot that everyone mentions when their meal has hit 'the spot'. Danielle does
the grocery shopping, prepares the menu and does all the baking ahead, leaving
the guides with just enough preparation so that the food is fresh without sacrificing
kayaking time.
Danielle was born and raised in Campbell River, BC and
is the oldest child of four. She has that 'taking care of you' kind of way about
her in the kitchen and she does much running around shopping from grocery stores
to specialty shops to get the best organic produce, and tailoring the menu to
fit our kayakers' food needs. The menu does change and there is always room for
altering and creative infusion.
"Over
the top. Better food than in most restaurants. Jolie's table decorations were
great. Even a baked cake on the last night. Wow!"
John
and Nancy Nixon
Our
menu has, what all our bellies crave on the ocean, local wild sockeye salmon.
Our salmon is caught by our friends who live just around the corner, a long time
Quadra Island, BC fishing family. The appropriate term for this dinner is not
so much a meal but a culinary experience. The fish is done up just right with
lemon and dill or orange and ginger.
Our
meals always contain much produce, a treat when eating an outdoor menu. Breakfasts
are warm and hearty, always with dairy for dairy eaters and soy or rice milk for
those who are not. Shortcuts are not a part of a complete diet, and when we make
pancakes, the ingredients are organic as much as possible and maple syrup is nothing
but the real stuff. Danielle includes scrumptious baking, including her famous
carrot cake, or chocolate zuchinni cake and a multitude of muffins.
Lunches
are simple and delectable, particularly a pasta salad that really is the Mona
Lisa of pasta salads with steamed broccoli, zuchinni, olives, feta cheese and
a tasty homemade dressing.
Our
coffee, some people would be unconscious without it and we wouldn't want you
to miss a thing. We use only Aroma coffee, roasted right here on Quadra by Peter
and Helene making it truly hot magic. We use only organic, fair trade, shade grown
beans.
Quadra's bakery, Lovin' Oven II,
keeps us spoiled with creative breads, like the Orange Cranberry Loaf or the Multigrain
Fruit and Nut.
Please let us know what you cannot have, and what you can
have, and we'll do our best to find the appropriate sweeteners, grains, proteins
or dairy alternatives so you don't have to lose your well-earned sleep being bothered
with food-fright, or sore bellies.