When you’re trying to eat healthy, hors d’oeuvre- often high fat, salty affairs- are a challenge. You can enjoy our leek-stuffed mushrooms without blowing your healthy eating goals. Serve this elegant bite-sized nibble at your next party.
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Leek-Stuffed Mushroom Caps
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Weeknight Minestrone
Cooking the macaroni separately keeps the wheat flavour from overwhelming the finished soup.
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Low Fat Tzatziki
Versatile tzatziki can be used as a dip, a spread for flatbread or sandwiches such as gyro, or a sauce on fried foods especially fish.
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Wrap it Up! Chicken Lettuce Wrap
Here’s a high-protein snack the kids can help you make. Perfect for after school munchies.
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Coriander Lime Salsa
This zesty salsa has one-quarter the sodium of most bottled salsas.
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Garlic-Braised Kale and Corn
If the kale leaves are particularly large or seem tougher than usual, remove the centre rib of the kale leaves, as well as the stems.
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Chicken with Vegetable Ragout
A ragout is a saucy French stew that can be made with meat or, as here, vegetables. It is much lighter than an Italian ragu, which is a thicker tomato-based meat sauce normally served over pasta.
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Sweet Green Pea Soup
Perfect if you or someone in your family has been placed on a salt-restricted diet. Using the liquid in the can- no salt added!- ensures you capture all of the sweet pea flavour.
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Butternut Squash Couscous
Whole wheat couscous has a lovely nutty flavour, accentuated in this fast, healthy side dish by slivered almonds. Dark orange vegetables such as butternut squash are full of beta-carotene.
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Tofu Vegetable Lasagna
Lasagna makes a hearty main course. The fussy part is always the layering- the preparation for this meatless version is easy, and once it’s in the oven, you can put your feet up!
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