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Half Your Plate: Baby Potato Hodge Podge
8 years ago

Half Your Plate: Baby Potato Hodge Podge

Hodge Podge is a maritime tradition made when a cook’s garden is full of fresh vegetables and the first baby potatoes of the year are ready. It’s the simplest possible …
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Half Your Plate: Pan Roast Brussels Sprouts 101
8 years ago

Half Your Plate: Pan Roast Brussels Sprouts 101

This is my favourite way to cook Brussels sprouts. This straightforward two-step method is easy to master and infinitely variable. First, brown for flavour then steam for tenderness. Along the …
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Half Your Plate: Slow Cooker Mushroom and Spinach Stew
8 years ago

Half Your Plate: Slow Cooker Mushroom and Spinach Stew

This recipe easily fills your slow cooker with a deliciously simple mushroom and chicken stew that’s perfect for drenching mashed potatoes. Mushroom fan? No time to forage? This dish is …
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Half Your Plate: The Ultimate Stuffed Potato
8 years ago

Half Your Plate: The Ultimate Stuffed Potato

There are few ways to fill Half Your Plate as satisfying as an old-fashioned twice-baked potato with bacon, cheddar and green onions. You can fill the other half of the …
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Half Your Plate: Cinnamon Roast Butternut Squash and Apples
8 years ago

Half Your Plate: Cinnamon Roast Butternut Squash and Apples

Butternut squash is a tough, hard vegetable that’s packed with easily unlocked flavour. It’s perfect for slow roasting. With patience a deliciously sweet texture and flavour emerge. Add this easy-to-master …
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Coconut Chocolate Chip Lentil Blondies
8 years ago

Coconut Chocolate Chip Lentil Blondies

These moist, chocolaty, homemade treats are from food blogger Trudy Stone of Eat, Live, Play blog. As you mix them together, you’ll find they contain lots of nutritious red lentils. This …
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Vegetarian Lentil Shepherd’s Pie
8 years ago

Vegetarian Lentil Shepherd’s Pie

This hearty, comforting dish will satisfy your carnivorous cravings and as blogger Koko Brill from Koko’s Kitchen Blog says: “it will nourish your guts without an ounce of meat in sight!” Like …
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Lentil Power Bites
8 years ago

Lentil Power Bites

Registered Dietitian Lalitha Taylor of Taylor Nutrition blog knows that every parent craves a no-fuss quick-fix snack that’s both nutritious and delicious. These lentil power bites fit the bill. These no-cook morsels …
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Firecracker Chicken with Rice and Lentils
8 years ago

Firecracker Chicken with Rice and Lentils

Food blogger Adam Heard of Kook Channel blog knows that sometimes dinner can be a bit boring. If at the end of a long day your family wants something with …
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Lentil Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce
8 years ago

Lentil Tacos with Avocado Cilantro Sauce

These lentil tacos from vegan food blogger Sam Turnbull of It Doesn’t Taste Like Chicken, are super quick and easy to make, only 15 minutes! Not only are they speedy, but …
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Half Your Plate with Chef Michael Smith: Your Favourite Pasta with Roast Tomato Sauce
8 years ago

Half Your Plate with Chef Michael Smith: Your Favourite Pasta with Roast Tomato Sauce

You haven’t lived until you’ve slow roasted a tomato. This simple method unlocks the deepest possible flavour from just about any tomato. A long slow roast surrounded by lots of …
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Half Your Plate with Chef Michael Smith: Celery Potato Salad
8 years ago

Half Your Plate with Chef Michael Smith: Celery Potato Salad

Celery gets top billing in this amped-up picnic classic. No back-up role this time. Ubiquitous and surprisingly healthy celery steps up with cool crisp texture and light aromatic flavour to …
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