low-fat plain yogurt

4-Ingredient Berry Yogurt Popsicles

Take advantage of seasonal fresh fruit like raspberries and strawberries.

Knife and Fork Mushroom Burger

Eating this burger with a knife and fork means you'll take more time to enjoy it. Button mushrooms promote immune...


Creamsicle Smoothie

Craving your favourite childhood popsicle? Make this creamsicle smoothie instead.


Mushroom & Beef Burgers with Curried Yogurt Sauce

Swapping out half of the beef in these burgers for the 'meaty' consistency and taste of mushrooms results in a...


Citrus Chicken Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

Fruity and fresh, this dish is the perfect way to get loads of good fat into your diet.

Fusilli Salad with Ham and Lima Beans

This hearty salad features pesto made of walnuts and peppery watercress leaves'a savory twist on the classic basil-pine nut version'with...


Moroccan Vegetable Stew

This is an easy dish to prepare in a slow cooker ahead of time, or you can have it simmer...

Healthy Broccoli, Cranberry & Almond Salad

I like to blanch the broccoli for this recipe to remove a bit of the crunch 'just plunge the florets...


Blueberry-Avocado Layered Smoothie

Look after your mind and your heart with this blueberry-avocado layered smoothie recipe that we adapted from the Wild Blueberry...


Tangy Radish and Beet Coleslaw

Many people don't realize that you can eat beets raw. The first ones of summer are perfect in this coleslaw....


Yogurty Potato Salad

A creamy potato salad that isn't packed full of fat, this also provides some extra greens (and tastes delicious!).

Poached Salmon Salad Sandwiches

For extra flavour, add white wine and herbs to the water before poaching the salmon. Leave the skin on for...


Marinated Salmon with Cucumber Salad

This grilled salmon is light, refreshing and very simple to prepare.


Iced Melon and Berry Soup

Honeydew melon is perfect for this dazzling display, but it is essential that the melon be very ripe and sweet....


Bird on a Wire

Janet and Greta Podleski share their delicious recipe for Greek chicken skewers with cucumber-dill sauce. Don't be a slowpoke! The...


Lightened-Up Creamy Caesar Salad

Caesar salad is often made with a mayonnaise-based dressing. My version uses low-fat yogurt and fat-free sour cream, which limits...

Hearty Lentil Orange Soup

The orange juice in this soup lightens up the robust taste of lentils


Arugula & Strawberry Salad

While simple in design, this salad is complex in flavour. The spicy arugula, sweet fresh strawberries, crunchy toasted almonds and...


Smart Smoothie

This 270-calorie smart smoothie breakfast is packed with vitamin D.


Tuscan Bean Crostini

Here's an appetizing snack to be enjoyed hot or cold'toasted slices of baguette topped with a creamy white-bean puree flavored...