Vegetables and cheese turn a meat loaf into a one-dish meal. Make use of the hot oven to bake potatoes, too.
At Milos, the elegant Hilton Hotel restaurant opened just before the 2004 Olympics in Athens, Montreal-based restaurateur and owner Costas Spiliadis cannot take these thins off the menu. To be enjoyed to their fullest, it unfortunately requires that someone fries while everyone else munches. I recommend you take turns at the stove.
Introduce vegetables to the breakfast table with these hearty griddle cakes. Top with syrup or low-fat yogurt. You can even freeze them to pop in the toaster oven.
Almonds add a pleasing crunch to this quick sauté, which features an abundant farmer's market find.
This summery side cooks in the time your meat takes to rest, so have the veggies ready to grill as soon as the main is done. If you like, substitute parsley, chives or tarragon for the basil.