Side Dishes

Spicy Italian White Beans with Rapini

This Spicy Italian White Beans recipe would be delicious as a side to broiled trout or piled on top of...


Mexican Black Beans

This Mexican Black Beans recipe is great for serving with tortilla chips


French Lentils with Walnuts, Figs, Sage and Goat Cheese

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


Turnip & Parmesan Gratin

Turnip is an underused vegetable with lots of potential. The nutty flavour adds a delicious element to any supper. Gratinated...


Honey-Roasted Ricotta with Figs and Grapes

This is ideal as an antipasto or an alternative to a rich dessert; serve it with flatbread crackers. It's so...


Gluten-Free Cranberry Pecan Stuffing

Serve this favourite as a side, or toss it into a casserole with other post-festivity leftovers. Each bite receives a...


Thai Chicken Salad

This is excellent as a salad or as a filling for a wrap. I like using Thai basil in this...


Kañiwa Salad

Move over quinoa! Kañiwa is the next big thing. Packed with protein, kañiwa is easy to cook and gluten-free. Try...

Citrus Chicken Salad with Cilantro Vinaigrette

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


Broccoli-Pistachio Soup

Broccoli florets are a surefire way to load up on vitamin C, an antioxidant that may cut the risk of...


Roasted Asparagus and Red Peppers with Parmesan

This is a great recipe either on its own or as a side dish. Asparagus is loaded with fibre, folate...


Shrimp Skewers with Mango Dipping Sauce

A spicy mango dipping sauce transforms shrimp skewers into a satisfying hot-weather dinner that's packed with flavour.


Grilled Shrimp & Asparagus Skewers

These shrimp skewers are the perfect grill food. If you're using wooden skewers instead of metal, be sure to soak...


Chicken Salad in Endive Boats

Endive is also labelled Belgian endive by some grocers. The smaller leaves on the inside are best for this recipe....


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Julienne Vegetable Slaw

This fresh, crispy salad will work well with any seasonal vegetables. If you don't like your vegetables too crisp, you...


Shellfish Salad With Herbed Lemon Dressing

Using some of the shellfish cooking liquid to make the salad dressing enriches the flavor.


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...


My Go-To Kale Salad

Kale is a nutritious green vegetable rich in vitamins A, C and K, as well as calcium and iron. Massaging...


Chickpea Pecan Salad

Weight-loss bonus: Scientists in Spain found that a diet rich in legumes such as chickpeas can increase fat oxidation, helping...


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...


Healthier Potato Panache

This is a colourful and zesty way to serve potatoes at holiday dinners (and offers more vegetable variety than traditional...


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“Fries” with a Twist

Sweet potatoes are packed with vitamin A, and phytochemicals in these Purple Viking potatoes can help lower blood pressure. Plus,...

Rice and Cilantro Salad

Perfect as a side, a taco filling or just on its own, this cilantro salad is a great dish for...


Grilled Sesame-Tofu Salad

This is a flavourful way to cook tofu'crusted with sesame seeds, then grilled to perfection.


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!).


Casablanca Chicken Salad

This is light and easy to prepare, plus you can serve it warm or cold.


Kitchen Sink Quinoa Salad

Adapt this recipe to any leftover vegetables in your crisper, the more the merrier! Halved cherry tomatoes are a great...