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This Grilled Salmon Niçoise Is Perfect for Summertime Entertaining

While it can be made and served right away, the salmon, potatoes, eggs and green beans can all be cooked ahead and chilled.

These Spanish-Style Eggs Are Just What You Need to Spice Up Breakfast

Sprinkle with shaved Manchego cheese, and serve with rustic bread or flatbread.


This Vibrant Chickpea Salad Is a Summer Favourite

Storing a can of unopened chickpeas in the fridge during the summer months means that you can toss together a...


This High-Fibre Blueberry Salad Makes a Hearty Spring Side Dish

I’m a blueberry girl. I love those 
purple-blue orbs for their fabulous taste of summer and their high content of...


Salade Niçoise With Hot-Smoked Trout  

Cooked and lightly smoked, hot-smoked fish is a delicious way to eat Ontario-raised trout. It flakes beautifully and works well in...

Grilled Halibut & Chard with Gremolata Topping

Halibut is a good source of heart-healthy omega-3s, as is salmon, which also works well in this recipe. The homemade...


Pasta, Veggie & Blue Cheese Salad

This salad can easily be made with gluten-free pasta as well. If fresh peas are available, buy two (or more!)...

Pasta Pan Bagnat with Tuna and Olives

This pasta is fresh and light and packed with superfoods like anchovies and garlic – flavours that marry perfectly with...


Strip Loin Steak with Cilantro-Sunflower Sauce

You've never tasted steak like this before.


Duck Salad with Buckwheat

Chargrilled duck and vegetables are served on a bed of salad leaves, herbs and toasted buckwheat.


Roquefort and Pear Salad

The pears, watercress and blue cheese are perfectly complemented by the subtle walnut oil dressing. Lightly toasted walnut pieces add...

Potato and Lentil Salad

Potatoes and lentils make great partners, with their earthiness and ability to carry other flavours.


Bean and Rice Salad

Brown rice, with its outer bran layer intact, has three time time fibre of white rice and much higher levels...


Beet and Feta Salad

For a more filling meal add your choice of meat and a roll.


Minted Barley and Bean Salad

This filling salad is a great choice for a satisfying lunch. Both barley and beans are low-glycaemic (GI) 'superfoods', creating...


Red Cabbage and Apple Salad

Spruce up any meal with this brightly coloured cabbage salad.

Niçoise-Style Salad in a Jar

You'll be making this niçoise-style salad 
all summer long.


Crab Remoulade Cups

These flavourful crab remoulade cups are made with flaky phyllo pastry. We suggest using crab claw meat for the remoulade,...


Taco Steak Salad Wraps

Give 'Taco Tuesday' an upgrade with the addition of lean top sirloin and homemade guacamole. Our recipe has all the...


Greek Lima Beans with Dill and Spinach

This Greek Lima Beans recipe is inspired by the gigantes that are often part of a Greek meze platter. The...


French Lentils with Walnuts, Figs, Sage and Goat Cheese

This recipe for French Lentils is perfect when served over frisee as a warm salad.



Turkey-Feta Mini Loaves

These tasty loaves are ready to eat in 30 minutes or less


Seared Sea Scallops & Grapefruit Salad with Mustard Vinaigrette

Peppery arugula and tart grapefruit are bright counterpoints to sweet seared sea scallops and salad greens, all in a tangy...


Steak with Grilled Fennel & Tomato Salad

Grilled steaks in the dead of winter? Say no more!

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Chimichurri pork kebabs

Kebabs are always a favourite, particularly for casual entertaining. Here, lean pork is marinated in a punchy Argentinian-style sauce, then...


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Tuna steaks with salsa rossa

Heart-healthy tuna has a unique flavour and a firm texture. Here, it is briefly pan-fried, then gently cooked in a...


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Lamb with feta and mint

This Greek-style dish is simple to cook but wonderfully flavoured. It combines lamb fillets with colourful vegetables, feta and fresh...


Spinach & Lentil Salad with Pomegranates, Walnuts and Blueberry Vinaigrette

Packed with antioxidants, this salad is great as a first course, or main dish. Top with grilled chicken or shrimp...


Wheat Berry Salad with Coronation Grapes

This salad is full of savoury Mediterranean-inspired flavours, which are perfectly complemented by sweet Niagara Coronation grapes. This hearty and...


Warm Sweet Potato and Kale Salad

Delight your palate with this warm sweet potato and kale salad, featuring a tangy red wine vinaigrette to balance the...