A nice change from the traditional spaghetti and meat sauce, this pasta bakes into a pie shell, making the outside layer crispy. Canada's Food Guide to Healthy Eating recommends two to three servings of meat and alternatives each day. One serving of cooked meat is about 3 ounces (90 grams), on which we are basing the sauce, then we're bulking it up with vegetables. Canned tomato products have the highest amounts of lycopene, which can reduce the risk of certain cancers. Serve with Light Caesar Salad.
Sit back and enjoy the game with this better-than-bar-food snack from the "Hockey Food in Canada" story in the April, 2004 issue of Canadian Living. Hockey fans swarm shrimp, so you'll need enough for a crowd. This recipe works for up to 12 guests. Make the shrimp ahead and pop them into the oven between periods so you don't miss a bit of the action.
A peppery cream sauce speckled with fragrant thyme makes these individual pot pies the ultimate weeknight comfort food. Look for a packaged whole grain blend that cooks in 15 minutes or less to ensure the grains become tender while you're baking the pies.
This popular noodle dish mixes shrimp with fresh veggies to make a quick dinner that's almost as easy as takeout. The terms for frozen shrimp sizes, such as jumbo or large, aren't standardized, so focus on the number of shrimp in each bag (here, 21 to 24 per 450 g bag) to ensure that they're the right size.
This simple, tasty marinade is made with pantry and fridge-door staples. Lean pork tenderloin is a healthier alternative to pork chops, and is easier to prepare and serve. For a perfectly cooked tenderloin, grill to an internal temperature of no more than 150ºF (65ºC), leaving the meat slightly pink and juicy.
These tasty, steaming hot pies, with their golden potato topping, are the ultimate comfort food.
You can make this hearty soup vegetarian by omitting the bacon, sautéing the veggies in olive oil instead of the bacon fat and substituting vegetable broth for the chicken broth. Use the bottom of a heavy saucepan to crush the fennel seeds, which will release their licorice-like flavour. If you don't have fresh spinach, you can use half of a 300-gram package of frozen spinach; just be sure to thaw and drain it well before stirring it into the soup.
Piadina, an Italian flatbread, hails from Emilia-Romagna, a region famous for Parma ham and Parmigiano-Reggiano. Essentially a street food snack, it easily becomes a meal paired with Lambrusco, their regional sparkling wine.
