No need to stem or core the peppers for this easy vegetable side dish. Deliciously sweet balsamic glaze adds some pizzazz.
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Balsamic Glazed Grilled Vegetables
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Broccoli and 5 Grain Salad
Arugula is the base for the dressing as well as the leafy green in this healthy grain salad. Substitute lime juice if you prefer for a different citrus kick.
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Chorizo Corn Bread Stuffing
Do not crumble corn bread too finely for this stuffing; 1-inch (2.5 cm) chunks work best. If using to stuff a turkey, stuff loosely and roast until a thermometer inserted in centre of stuffing reads 165°F (74°C). You can bake any remaining stuffing in a separate dish.
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Easy Roasted Green Beans with Balsamic Vinegar and Goat Cheese
Roasting beans brings out more flavour than boiling them. Making a roast for a crowd? Throw these beans in the oven after the roast comes out and is resting before carving; the roast and the veg will be ready to eat at the same time.
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Edamame & Corn Salad
Most kids like edamame, even those who wouldn’t touch a canned soybean.
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Fried Quinoa
Cooked quinoa replaces rice in this twist on Chinese fried rice. The quinoa can be cooked well in advance and added at the last minute. This is a great way to use up left over vegetables. Don’t be afraid to add your favourites and make it your own!
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Garlicky Fingerling Potatoes & Rapini
Rapini is a green often used in Italian cooking. When choosing a bunch, look for a deep green colour with no yellowed bits, and tight buds. To prepare, cut off bottom inch or so of stalks. Bitter in taste, rapini can stand up to lots of garlic and hot pepper flakes as in this recipe.
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Golden Scallops with Lime Aioli
Succulent, tender scallops are quickly pan-fried and served with a scrumptious lime aioli. Garnish platter with thinly sliced lime.
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Grilled New Potatoes with Creamy Roasted Garlic Pesto
An attractive side dish for grilled poultry or meat.
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Grilled Zucchini and Bean Medley
Grilling brings out the best flavour in zucchini. Tossed with beans and feta cheese, it makes a lovely side dish at a backyard barbecue. If you like a little spice, leave the seeds in the jalapenos before finely chopping.
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Italian-Inspired Vegetable Medley
Jazz up everyday mixed vegetables with Italian flavours of Parmesan and tomato.
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Jasmine Rice Balls
Slightly sticky jasmine rice has a light flowery taste. Shaping it into balls is a novel way to serve it.
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Jasmine Rice Stir Fry with Bok Choy and Shiitake Mushrooms
This is the perfect side dish for our PC General Tao Chicken Bites, or most any other Asian flavoured main course.
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Leek and Gruyere Bread and Butter Pudding
Make aheads are always welcome when you are serving a crowd. This savoury bread pudding is a wonderful side dish to serve with roast beef.
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Lightened Up Creamy Coleslaw
We’ve made a low fat creamy coleslaw by substituting plain yogurt for the usual full fat mayonnaise. Prepackaged coleslaw mix is a great time-saver; look for it in the produce section.
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Loaded Baked Potato
Fat free Greek yogurt replaces the sour cream typically found in a loaded baked potato. Packed with cheese and turkey bacon, this side dish will complement any entree; or serve it as a hearty lunch all on its own.
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Mediterranean Mixed Pepper Salad
A refreshing salad that you can eat right away, or pack up to take to a picnic later.
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Mushrooms, Broccoli and Snow Peas with Sesame Dressing
This Asian-inspired vegetable dish makes a great side to a chicken or beef stir-fry, or serve with rice for a vegetarian meal.
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Ohitashi
Serve this small salad as part of a Japanese meal, perhaps to accompany a bento box.
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Perfect Picnic Green Bean and Potato Salad
Adding the vinegar-based dressing to just-boiled potatoes lets the potatoes soak up all the flavour. Eat warm right after making, or chill and pack for a picnic- no spoiled mayo to worry about!
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Sesame Fruit Salad
This Asian fusion salad is delicious with shrimp or a barbecue meal.
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Tuna and White Bean Salad
Make this super-easy salad ahead of time and pack it in the cooler for a picnic.
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Tzatziki Greek Salad
As far as tossed salads go, this one couldn’t be simpler. Just vegetables, olives and feta tossed together with tzatziki as the “dressing.” Great with souvlaki.
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Whipped Sweet Potatoes with Orange and Spice
Sweet potatoes are a traditional holiday side dish, but are great at any time of year. This big-batch, orangey sweet potato mash is perfect to make if the main course is in the oven so you need to make your side dish on the stove-top.
