Difficulty Level Easy

When I go to the farmers' market in Toronto, I often visit the one vendor who sells fish. He usually has beautiful fresh trout and absolutely fantastic smoked fish which he catches locally and smokes himself. He runs his little business with his wife and his three young sons occasionally help out. When I'm up north I get fish which is local to my cottage. It's still really good, but it's not quite the same.

There is something amazing about buying your fish from a man who says, oh yeah, I caught that fish this morning. The smoked fish has the date it was smoked, which was also the day it was caught. Then he wraps the fish up in old newspaper and hands it over. Up north the smoked fish is shrink wrapped in plastic and has a label on it. You know what I mean, it lacks some immediacy.

Normally when I buy the smoked trout in Toronto, it is gone right away. My husband and daughter always fall upon it when I unpack my vegetables from the market. This week, my husband is away, so there was enough to make a salad with. I had some peas in the pod from the market and some leftover homemade pasta, so I made a quick little salad to have for lunch. You can serve it on a bed of soft greens such as spinach, arugula or baby lettuce.

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