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A Fruity Christmas Pudding for a Traditional Holiday Treat

Featuring fruits and sherry, this classic holiday dessert makes a decadent sweet treat.

Novice Cook? This Baked Pumpkin Recipe Is Impossible to Mess Up

This easy, delicious and healthy side is a fall-favourite showpiece that always delights.


Roast Turkey with Lemon Couscous

A unique and delicious way to use up your turkey leftovers, this dish doesn't even have a hint of Thanksgiving.


Walnut Trail Mix

The heart-healthy goodness of omega-3s and other nutrients in this walnut trail mix makes it an optimal high-energy snack for...


Orange Chicken on Moroccan Couscous

Whip up this quick dinner featuring mint and cinnamon for a Moroccan flavour

Healthy Homemade Cereal With Walnuts, Oats and Apricots

This healthy dose of fibre and flavour is perfect for getting your day started right.


Moroccan Apricot & Olive Chicken

This quick-to-make chicken dish is lightly spiced and served atop couscous.

Middle Eastern Lentil Salad

This is a healthy and filling salad of lentils, peppers and broccoli mixed with a lemon and coriander dressing, topped...


Bean Sprout Salad

Adding sprouts to a salad greatly increases your vitamin intake. The nutritional content of pulses and grains increases when they...


Wine-Roasted Chicken with Apricots and Olives

The apricots, saffron and cinnamon give this dish a Middle Eastern flavour, and it’s just as delicious hot as it...


Middle Eastern Turkey-Stuffed Apples With Pomegranate Sauce

Swap ground turkey with yummy chopped veggies for an effortless meatless meal.

No-Bake Chocolate Coconut Truffles to Satisfy Your Sweet Tooth

When a craving hits this holiday season, make sure you're fully stocked up on these vegan-approved two-bite energy balls.


Veggie, Fruit & Nut Holiday Salad

Packed full of healthy ingredients and diverse flavours, this salad is a wonderful companion to roast chicken. The ingredients can...


Toasted Buckwheat Pilaf With Dried Fruit

Toasting brings out the flavor of many ingredients, especially nuts and grains. This pilaf calls for whole grains of buckwheat...


Moroccan Vegetable Stew

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


Nutty Pear & Goat Cheese Wraps

Weight-loss bonus: Though nuts are high in calories, recent Harvard studies found women who regularly consumed nut products were at...

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Kashmiri chicken with fruit

Sweet bananas, exotic lychees and creamy Greek yogourt are combined with chicken and spicy seasonings to make a luscious, yet...


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Lamb tagine with dried fruit

An aromatic North African-style casserole, richly flavoured with dried fruits and warmly spiced with ginger and cinnamon. The sweetness of...


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Vegetarian burgers

These protein-packed veggie burgers are made with a delicious high-fibre combo of Brazil nuts and red kidney beans, plus carrots...


Summer fruity cottage cheese salad

This salad tastes as great as it looks. With its colourful mixture of fruit and salad greens, it is packed...


Baked Couscous Tomatoes

Large beefsteak tomatoes make tasty, juicy containers for a spicy dried fruit and nut couscous mixture, served with creamy yogourt.


Dried Fruit and Nut Dressing

This dressing has some crispiness, but if you prefer yours soft, put a cover on it while it's baking. Any...


Nutty and Fruity Quinoa Salad with Maple Vinaigrette

This quinoa salad is very high in magnesium and makes a tasty side to a weeknight meal


Wild Rice Salad

Nutty, fruity and packed with flavour, this make-ahead dish is a wholesome side for all kinds of entrees.


Smoked Turkey and Apricot Bites

Dried apricots soaked in orange juice, then wrapped in turkey bacon, make a tasty snack to pass around at a...

Curry Chicken and Rice Casserole

Easy to prepare for a weekday meal or sophisticated enough for a weekend dinner party, this Curry Chicken and Rice...


Chewy Walnut Trail Bars

Baked ahead of time, these chewy, nutrition-packed walnut trail bars are perfect for long trips, hikes or even work commutes.


Vegan Apricot Creme Brulee

You can make this vegan apricot creme brulee dessert well ahead, but caramelize the sugar topping just before you serve...


Iced Fairy Cakes

Iced fairy cakes are easy to prepare and always popular with children. Using ricotta cheese in the topping makes a...


Apricot and Rum Brioche Pudding

This glamorous version of bread and butter pudding is based on brioche and custard spiked with rum or brandy for...


Spiced Couscous Tomatoes

Choose ripe, well-flavoured tomatoes for this dish. Hollowed out, tomatoes make the perfect container for a spicy eggplant, dried apricot...