A delicious contrast between the spicy cauliflower and the cooling yogurt makes this a fabulous vegetable side dish to serve with your favourite curry.
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Spicy and Cool Roasted Cauliflower
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Leek-Stuffed Mushroom Caps
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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Quinoa Stuffed Zucchini
The table will be delighted when you serve these zucchini “boats” filled with a savoury stuffing. A mouth-watering change from your regular vegetable side dishes.
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Hearty Vegetarian Quinoa Chili
This healthy vegetarian chili is sure to satisfy thanks to quinoa which is a complete source of protein. Seed the jalapeno first if you like a milder chili; leave the seeds in if you like things hot.
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Weeknight Minestrone
Cooking the macaroni separately keeps the wheat flavour from overwhelming the finished soup.
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Broccoli Ranch Slaw
Here’s an easy side salad to any of our PC single serve entrees, whether you’re packing one for lunch or for a solo dinner.
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Edamame & Corn Salad
Most kids like edamame, even those who wouldn’t touch a canned soybean.
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Maple Toasted Walnut and Pear Salad
Toasting nuts always brings out the flavour, and adding maple syrup adds a hint of sweetness. Substitute pecans, if you prefer.
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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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Wrapped Roasted Salmon and Tomatoes
A perfect jewel of a dinner for two. Serve with whole wheat couscous, if you like.
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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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Chicken Curry with Peas and Coriander
When you’re trying to limit salt intake, using aromatics like ginger, garlic and onions is a great idea. Herbs and dried spices also punch up the flavour while keeping sodium down.
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Coriander Lime Salsa
This zesty salsa has one-quarter the sodium of most bottled salsas.
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Orangey Sweet Potato Mash
This colourful side dish is low in sodium, a source of fibre and an excellent source of Vitamin C. A delicious start to meeting your diet resolutions!
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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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Chicken Pot Pie
Keep your healthy eating resolutions with this savoury single crust pie! It has 40% less fat than our PC Deep Dish Chicken Pie, and 54% less sodium. Brush the rim of the baking pan with beaten egg to ensure the pastry sticks to the pan.
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Strawberry Feta Salad
This fresh-tasting salad has 52% fewer calories and 85% less sodium than our web recipe, Tzatziki Greek Salad, another feta-containing salad.
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Scalloped One Potato, Two Potato
Scalloped potatoes are an all-time favourite. Sweet and white potatoes combine in this update of a dish that’s usually high in fat. We used stock instead of cream to reduce the fat.
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Mango Salsa
Serve with grilled PC Thick & Juicy Yellowfin Tuna Burgers or other grilled fish.
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Maple, Apple & Beer Baked Squash
Hold on to that summer barbecue feeling with Memories of Dad’s Grill! Paired with acorn squash, it adds up to a dish sure to become a family favourite.

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