This is a rich, tasty dish that we usually serve with creamy mashed potatoes and a green vegetable. It can also be used as a delicious pot-pie filling.
All this rustic pie needs to accompany it is a crisp green salad and your favourite chili sauce, relish or pickle. It offers a delicious change from tourtiere.
This vibrant all-purpose chutney is full of zingy flavour. Choose bright green cilantro with sturdy stems and fresh (not wilted) leaves. Serve with samosas, chicken, fish or tacos.
Tender, juicy pork chops with a sweet orange glaze are on the table in 10 minutes flat. Serve them with noodles or whole grain rice and any green vegetable.
One pillar of Cuban cuisine is sofrito — onion, green pepper and garlic sauteed in olive oil. Here it lays the flavour base for a dish appreciated everywhere in Cuba.
Mixed salad greens and a few ingredients from the deli make fast work of dinner. Substitute whatever deli meat or cheese you have in your fridge for the turkey and Havarti.
A little goat cheese is all you need to transform a couple handfuls of frozen peas into a creamy purée. Serve with greens dressed in a simple lemony vinaigrette.
There are lots of fancy exotic dips nowadays, but this classic remains a favourite. Garnish with sliced green onion and serve with Toasted Spiced Baguette Crisps (recipe here) or crudités.
The mixture of soy sauce and green onions gives lamb chops an earthy boost of umami, or savoury taste. Ask your butcher for frenched lamb chops (chops with the bones exposed).
