Do you hurry for a curry? Adore the tandoor? O M Ghee — Indian food! So comforting and so delicious. So why don’t we make it more often? Well partly because I’ve got a fussy eight-year-old who’d sooner go hungry than try something new. So imagine my surprise last night about an hour after supper and halfway into Nanny McPhee when she piped up out of the blue, “That Indian food was so good!” Continue reading “Slow Cooker Butter Chicken and Cauliflower + A giveaway!”
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PROTINIS Prosciutto and Provolone Quiche Cups + A Giveaway
I don’t know about you, but I’ve eaten so many Halloween treats that I don’t even want to look at another mini Twix or Twizzler. I’m ready to turn over a new leaf (yet another new leaf! I’m forever turning over a new leaf) and snack on something much healthier, something that’s going to keep my energy up throughout the day. Maple Leaf Foods sent me some of their new PROTINIS meat, cheese and cracker snacks to try and after sampling them for a few days, I’m having fewer cravings for sugar and the spikes and dips that come with it. I’m also much more satisfied. Prosciutto and provolone and wholewheat crackers with chia seeds? This is next-level snacking, mes amis. Continue reading “PROTINIS Prosciutto and Provolone Quiche Cups + A Giveaway”
Apple raspberry pie + A giveaway! #BakeWithStyle
What makes a good dinner guest? Someone who shows up on time, brings a bottle of wine and offers to help with the dishes? Yes those are all nice, but what I really appreciate is someone who tries a bit of everything and finds something to like. And for that, my father-in-law is the best guest. He’s coming up this weekend for Thanksgiving and my heart is already happy knowing that whatever we make, he’ll probably enjoy. Especially if it’s in the form of a pie. And if he tells me it tastes just like something his mother used to make? Well that’s just the biggest compliment right there. Something tells me he’s going to like this apple raspberry pie, and I hope you will too. Serve it for Thanksgiving as an alternative (or in addition to) pumpkin. It’s easy as, well, pie! Continue reading “Apple raspberry pie + A giveaway! #BakeWithStyle”
Three-Star Greek-Style Tuna Sandwich + A Giveaway! #GuidingStarsCA #PCStars
A rose by any other name would smell as sweet. Really, Shakespeare? I beg to differ. Especially when it comes to recipes. Tell me, would you be tempted to try Creamed Tuna on Toast? Yeah, I didn’t think so. What about Tuna with Pain Grillé or even Chicken of the Sea on Toast avec Champignons? I polled a few friends to come up with a name for this dish that would sound as good as it tastes and while the Vice Admiral Sandwich (approved by the Sturgeon General!) was right up there, Cathy’s Three-Star Greek-Style Tuna Sandwich won out. Why three-star? Because all of the ingredients are rated three stars by Loblaw’s Guiding Stars program, which assigns foods 0 to 3 stars for their nutritious goodness. This is some fine comfort food, friends. (All the more comforting ’cause it’s good for you!)
So let’s get to the recipe! You can make this in 10 minutes, easy. (While your mushrooms are cooking, enter to win a $150 President’s Choice gift card. But hurry! The contest closes in two days.)
Three-Star Greek-Style Tuna Sandwich
Serves 2
Ingredients
1 227 g pkg mushrooms, white or brown
1 cup frozen or fresh peas
1 can water-packed tuna
3/4 to 1 cup President’s Choice Plain 0% M.F. Greek Yogurt
2 pieces Country Harvest Ancient Grains bread
fresh or dried thyme, to taste
salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Slice mushrooms and sauté in a pan with just enough water to keep the pan from burning. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes.
Toss in frozen or fresh peas and heat through, about 2 minutes.
Drain tuna and add to the peas and mushrooms. Season with salt, pepper and thyme (I like four or five sprigs of fresh thyme). Stir til combined.
Make toast.
When your toast has popped and it’s on your plate, pour the mushrooms, peas and tuna into a medium-sized bowl and stir in Greek yogurt. (Don’t do this in the pan over heat or the yogurt will separate.)
Pour over toast and garnish with fresh thyme.
For more three-star recipes, check out Katrina’s Turkey and Red Pepper Meatballs, Linda’s Red Lentil Pâté, Kathryn’s Three-Star Breakfast Berry Parfait, Theresa’s Three-Star Spaghetti, Brandi’s Pasta and Bean Soup, and Tyna’s Healthy Nutella Style Spread and Avocado Chocolate Mousse (these two are in French).
I partnered with Loblaw on this post, however all views are mine. And thanks Aaron, Aneta, Cathy and Jonathan for brainstorming with me.