Go beyond burgers and steaks and grill fresh fruit to serve as a side dish, salad, or dessert. Grilling fresh fruit brings out even more of its natural sweetness and creates a mouthwatering dish. Grilled peaches is a light, flavorful dish. It’s a very simple dish and takes less than 15 minutes of total prep/cooking [...]
Baby Bok Choy is one of my favorite greens. The Asian vegetable has a mild, sweet flavor that lends itself to stir-fries, soups. salads and pasta dishes. Baby bok choy are more tender and incomparably milder than big bok choy. They’ve also got it all over their adult counterparts when it comes to [...]
There are a lot of things I love to do with fresh tomatoes and one of my favorite thing to do is to roast them. They make a wonderful sauce. Slow-roasting tomatoes really intensifies their flavor. They end up sweet and concentrated. This is the perfect technique for both concentrating flavor and preserving tomatoes. [...]
This asian salad is fresh and delicious. Bok Choy comes in varying sizes and it’s commonly used in Chinese cooking. Looking to add more green. Bok Choy is very healthy for you. In raw recipes like this slaw, I prefer the use of baby bok choy for his milder taste. Enjoy this Bok Choy Slaw [...]
This Colorful and flavorful Orange-Quinoa Salad is delectable. Winter offers a small window of opportunity to use pomegranates. I try to use the flamboyant red seeds as much as possible when available at the store. This Quinoa Salad will add texture and color to your table. Quinoa is so delicious.Its mildly nutty flavor and fluffy [...]
Eggplant with his lovely purple skin add some color and texture to healthy recipes. The lovely vegetable is versatile, eggplant slices are sturdy enough to stand up to the fire of a grill to serve as the basis for a hearty vegetarian sandwich, and chunks of eggplant can be roasted and pureed into a silky, [...]
These Baked Greek Potatoes are a favorite at our house. Potatoes roasted with herbs, salt, lemon juice and olive oil. They make a perfect accompaniment to almost any dish. These baked Greek Potatoes are easy to make and taste incredibly good. They are crisp and packed with wonderful flavor. They only take few minutes to [...]
Farro is a variety of hard, non-hybridized wheat kernel that has been grown and used in Italy for centuries. In North America, this grain is now becoming more popular, especially to the health conscious. Farro is pearl shaped and has a firm, chewy texture. Often used as a substitute for pasta or rice, farro is [...]
Seasonal acorn squash stuffed with quinoa. pecans and cranberries is my idea of a healthy vegetarian meal. This recipe for orange quinoa stuffed acorn squash is easy to prepare and a real feast. I love the sweetness of the squash and the nuttiness of the quinoa. Quinoa is addictively delicious. Quinoa is usually treated like [...]
This crunchy vegetable salad is an easy and fast way to eat fresh vegetables. It’s a snap to prepare. The dressing is light and healthy. This broccoli slaw is versatile. Add your favorite vegetables and dressing. This Broccoli Slaw is like coleslaw without all the fattening part of the creamy dressing Save Print 5.0 [...]
For a quick, satisfying and comforting last-minute dinner, it’s hard to beat a sweet potato baked in the microwave. The fragrant filling of beans, corn and salsa adds protein, making it a nutritionally complete entree. I love all the ingredients. These sweet potatoes are packed full of my favorite ingredients – black beans, corn, salsa, spices, [...]
Potato Anna are thinly sliced of potatoes cooked with herbs and spices. This recipe for Herbed Potatoes Anna or the French Classic Pommes Anna is so good. I grew-up in a family that loved potatoes in every way possible. Mashed potatoes was probably the most popular dish on our table, but Potatoes Anna was for [...]
Pan Fried Potatoes is an incredibly simple and delicious recipe. This is a fast yet elegant way to prepare potatoes. The potatoes can be cooked using any type of oil. Personally, I prefer olive oil for his taste. Pommes rissolées are a French classic. They are crisp, cube-shaped, pan-fried potatoes flavored with herbs. These pan fried potatoes [...]
This Maple Roasted Butternut Squash, Leek & Apple dish just might steal the show on your next Thanksgiving dinner. It’s that good! I roasted some butternut squash, leek and apple chunks in the oven to bring out their flavors. I added some maple syrup, curry, paprika, salt and pepper and Voila! Thanksgiving dinner is [...]
Bye Bye boring Brussels Sprouts! This salad has a new flair for the Holidays! Thinly sliced Brussels Sprouts toss with olive oil, lemon juice, cranberries and walnut. This shaved brussels sprouts salad is something you an created very fast. It is simple and it is a great dish to complement your meal. It can even [...]
I woke up this morning with a cold. All I could think about was a steamy bowl of lentils and vegetables. This thick and hearty curry is packed with spicy flavor. This curry dish is filled with protein from the small lentils and the beautiful orange color of the sweet potatoes bring some brightness to [...]
I'm Marie Poulin, thank you for stopping by my kitchen. I favor fresh, seasonal and local ingredients. I am passionate about Healthy Food!
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