A spoonful of flavourful salsa adds zip to this sweet potato soup from the Make-Ahead Fall Feast menu in the November 2004 issue of Canadian Living Magazine.
Huevos rancheros, or ranch eggs, is a Tex-Mex breakfast favourite. It is traditionally made with fried eggs, but we like this creamy scrambled version. If time is tight, use bottled salsa instead of the ranchero sauce.
The combo of warm, rich Brie and mildly tangy fresh strawberry salsa is a marriage made in heaven. For the most flavourful cheese, remove the top rind so that the sweet honey can permeate the creamy interior.
A simple fresh salsa brings grilled pork chops to life. This dish pairs nicely with Herbed Israeli Couscous, but feel free to serve it with your favourite grain or potato, or a mess of grilled vegetables.
Crisp radishes and a sweet corn salsa give this pork taco a fresh note. Frozen corn needs to be cooked (not just thawed) to kill any harmful bacteria; just follow our handy blanching tip to prep it.
Panko bread crumbs (which are coarser than regular bread crumbs) give this fish an extra-crunchy crust. Allspice lends the tacos a decidedly Caribbean flavour. For an authentic kick to the salsa, add a dash or two of hot pepper sauce made from Scotch bonnet peppers. Serve with lime wedges.
Nothing says comfort food more than a piping hot slice of meat loaf served with mashed potatoes and gravy. Of course, the fat in a slice of meat loaf alone amounts to about 17 grams, even when you use lean ground beef. To lighten it, this uses extra-lean ground beef, rolled oats and vegetables for increased fibre plus a salsa topping instead of the usual high-sugar ketchup or chili sauce. Cooking the loaf free form on a baking sheet drains away the fat, which results in only 206 calories and 7 grams of fat per serving.
Canadian lamb is in season! Make the most of local chops with this cinnamon-infused marinade cooked on the grill. Don't skimp on the salsa - it's a 3-minute recipe that will bring out the most in your meat.
In Mexico, a favourite taco is bistek, or steak, made with fried steak and toppings that usually include fresh cheese. Canadian cow's milk feta is quite similar to some of the fresh cheeses from Mexico and makes a delicious part of this salsa.
I really like fish of any kind. Since white fish is plentiful in Alberta, I decided to dress it up using colorful ingredients. Our farmer markets in Edmonton give us fresh supplies of vegetables at this time of the year. Spring is here and color is happening, therefore, I thought that a salsa of different peppers would be ideal at this time of the year.
