Curried Chicken Vol-au-Vents
This striking curry offers a fresh taste and look with the flavour of sweet potatoes and the colour of curry.
This striking curry offers a fresh taste and look with the flavour of sweet potatoes and the colour of curry.
Stir-fries are great summer meals - quick, healthy and popular with kids. Try this one from the "20-minute Suppers" story in our August 2004 issue.
Pita chips are easy to make ahead — and they make tasty scoops for this dip. Cut four pita breads into 10 wedges each. Brush both sides lightly with olive oil. Bake on rimmed baking sheet in 350°F (180°C) oven until golden, about 12 minutes. Let cool; then store in airtight container for up to one week.
This speedy dish isn't your typical salad. Made with crunchy green beans, creamy avocado and zingy radishes tossed in an Asian-inspired dressing, it's the kind of side that steals the show.
Serve this for dinner with Confetti Pepper Rice, but save two drumsticks for your child's lunch the next day. Black beans and garlic sauce is a Chinese convenience item available at most grocery stores. Made of seasoned fermented black beans, its sharp and salty flavour seems universally appreciated by children.
In the long, dark evenings of winter, what would be more welcome than a fragrant whiff of sunny apple-orchard autumn preserved in schnapps? Tell the lucky recipient to serve this schnapps chilled from the refrigerator in small shot glasses with hors d'oeuvres. Or perhaps guests would enjoy it at room temperature as a digestif with dessert or after dinner.
Tomatillo, a small, sour, green fruit with a paperlike husk, is a key ingredient in many Latin American green sauces. In Canada, buy them fresh in late summer or canned all year round. No tomatillos? Substitute red or green tomatoes and use lime juice instead of the orange. Enjoy this salsa with grilled fish.
You can grill these full-flavoured burgers on the barbecue or indoors in a grill pan, on an indoor grill, or in a nonstick skillet lightly brushed with oil.
