Recipes

• Oats-Plus Porridge

  This fibre-filled breakfast is a blank canvas. make it a treat by adding your favourite nuts, seeds and fruit. This recipe...

• Buttermilk Or Kefir Pear Smoothie

  This pear smoothie is delicious. Buttermilk is low-fat (generally 1%) and nutritious, and so is kefir, a Russian-style...

• Healthy Birchermüesli

  The raw oat-and-fruit porridge known as Birchermüesli was invented by Dr. Bircher-Benner, a Swiss doctor who was a pioneer...

• Honey-Nut Spelt Muffins

  These muffins make delicious use of whole spelt flour, a grain whose flavour goes especially well with walnuts.

• Whole Wheat Carrot and Pumpkinseed Muffins

  Muffins should be a healthy choice, but also a treat. These fit the bill: They have far less sweetening and oil compared...

• Green Salad with Toasted Mustard Seed Dressing

  The Canadian Prairies are home to huge fields of mustard, blooming dazzlingly in the summer and producing the world's second...

• Sweet-and-Sour Swiss Chard Stems

  If you're making the Swiss Chard Tart, it's a shame to waste the delicious chard stems. Try them in this tasty recipe or...

• Cider-Raisin Glazed Pork Loin Roast

  Because this roast is boneless, it's easy to carve. Thinly slice any leftover roast and use it to make sandwiches, slathered...

• Lemon-Honey Roast Duck

  As in duck à l’orange, citrus and a little sweetness temper the rich flavour of the roast duck.

• Poached Pears with Honey Cider Sauce and Quark

  Use ripe but firm pears in this delectable, low-fat dessert. Quark is a tangy, low-fat, fresh cheese, but you can use...
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  Purple Haze Frozen Yogurt

  Luscious dark berries make a super frozen yogurt without much added sweetener.

• Graham Cookies

  These thin cinnamon- and sugar-laced graham cookies are natural partners for ice cream sundaes.

• Sweet and Savoury Puffed Brown Rice Energy Bars

  If you can’t find roasted nori, use tongs to hold regular nori a few inches over a hot burner and toast it on both sides...

• Pomegranate Roast Chicken

  Serve this chicken on a bed of rice pilaf, such as Rice Pilaf with Pine Nuts and Pomegranate. Grate the lemon rind before...

• Bella's Honey Cake

  By the Jewish Women International of Canada "This cake has been passed down through the generations - I used to watch my...

• Honey-Walnut Sticky Buns

  Fragrant and sticky, these sweet, nutty rolls make a decadent treat for a cottage brunch or a picnic. Buckwheat honey is a...

• Strawberries with Lemon-Honey Syrup

  This simple honey syrup makes beautiful seasonal strawberries even more special. Use a light-coloured, fragrant honey such...

• Berry Yogurt Fool

  Use any ripe berries that are in season, such as raspberries, black raspberries, strawberries, red currants, blackberries or...