Zucchini Salad This dish literally sums up everything wonderful about summer. The flavours are delicate from the zucchini but bold when you get a bite of the green onion. This salad reminds me of a favourite coleslaw with the wonderful crunch; enjoy :) Serves 4 1 medium tomato, sliced in 4 even slices width-wise 2 medium yellow zucchini, ...
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Roasted Chicken with Fresh Herb Compound Butter
Roasted Chicken with Fresh Herb Compound Butter I'd mentioned earlier that I've been charged with coming up with a new way to use up a whole chicken (not sure if you remember that story!?!). Anyway, this recipe in inspired by simplicity. I find myself looking to get back to basics, I want the natural goodness of each ingredient to shine ...
Buttermilk Ranch Potatoes with Peas
Buttermilk Ranch Potatoes with Peas So we’re starting to think about our daughter’s birthday barbeque next month. Please-oh-please higher powers that be, please let it be hot barbeque weather and not craaaaaaaaaaaapy cold November rain weather… please. I recently made this potato salad and I think it’ll be on the menu; it’s easy and works ...
Tangy Coleslaw
Tangy Coleslaw I’ve mentioned before that I love coleslaw; I love coleslaw! This is the recipe I referenced in my Summer Sliders recipe; it’s amazing what a good coleslaw can do for a burger. In case you need a little incentive to try a healthy coleslaw, red cabbage is high in vitamin C and K, it helps maintain eye health and is linked to ...
Summer Sliders
Summer Sliders ‘I think I can, I think I can’; this is what I say to myself everyday the weather is cold. I think I can, I think I can make it to the summer. I have a confession to make; I hate the cold weather so to get through it I plan a summer menu in the middle of a snow storm and it makes me feel better. Please, don’t get me started on tax ...
French Green Bean and Potato Salad
French Green Bean and Potato Salad This potato salad is easy and healthy and guaranteed to be a hit at this long weekend’s BBQ. I know this weekend marks the end of summer but this is such an amazing time for farm-fresh produce, especially in Southern Ontario where our farms produce the most amazing veggies all year! Serves 6 680 g (1½ lb) ...
Pesto Pasta Salad
Pesto Pasta Salad When is pasta salad not a good idea!?! This has been an amazing summer for BBQ’s so I’ve been loving lightening up traditional BBQ accompaniments using Ontario’s farm fresh produce. Seriously. I LOVE this time of year :) Serves 8 ½ Cup fat free sour cream ¼ Cup light mayonnaise ¼ Cup low fat (1%) buttermilk ¼ Cup ...
Shrimp Boil
Shrimp Boil My parents went to the farm market and bought a basket of new potatoes and corn was on sale. I had a craving for seafood and my mother didn’t want to use the oven or use the bbq for dinner because we are in the middle of a heat wave. Those were the parametres that lead to this yummy, yummy dinner. Serves 6 16 Cups of cold ...
Creamy Buttermilk Potato Salad
Creamy Buttermilk Potato Salad The summer is threatening to leave us, at least in Southern Ontario where we live but really it’s still only mid-august and we can all use another low fat potato salad recipe. All I have to say (along with my parents and Mike) is yum! Serves 4 680 g (1½ lb) mini red potatoes (rinsed, skin on) ½ Cup fat ...
Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad
Broccoli and Cauliflower Salad This is another variation of Mike’s mother’s delicious broccoli salad. I must sound like a crazy person but I actually do get this excited about yummy food! Here I replaced the raisins with fibre-filled peas: yummy and healthy! Serves 6 ¼ Cup light mayonnaise ¼ Cup fat free sour cream (or Greek yogurt) 1 ...
Herbed Mayonnaise
Herbed Mayonnaise I’m so not a gardener but I’d love to be! Every Mother’s Day (well, 3 so far) Mike buys me a ton of fresh herbs from the Garden Centre and then he plants the herbs for me... and he keeps them alive all summer long! So thanks to Mike, I have a ton of fresh herbs that inspired this Recipe Redux theme of “Fresh From the Garden”. ...
Caprese Pan Pizza
Caprese Pan Pizza This pizza is so yummy and so easy! I must warn you, I’ve been re-bitten by the pan-pizza-bug and you will be seeing many, many more recipes; I love this method. I love the summer fresh basil and tomatoes here. I made this for a few friends for lunch and they gave this recipe a big thumbs up. Serves 4 1 tbsp extra virgin ...