Balance out your grilled meat and protein dishes with a healthy side. From fresh salads and veggies to flavourful pastas, we’ve got you covered.
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Cobb Salad With Blue Cheese Dressing
A classic salad that won’t disappoint! Set aside the dressing and it will play double-duty as dinner as well as tomorrow’s lunch.
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Spicy Pasta Salad with Smoked Gouda, Tomatoes and Basil
Hearty enough to eat as a meal, this spicy pasta salad is filled with juicy tomatoes, fresh basil and delicious smoked gouda.
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Napa Cabbage Slaw with Lime Honey Dressing
If you’re short on time, store-bought carrot and cabbage slaw mix will work just fine. With the sweet and refreshing dressing, no one will even suspect a thing.
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Grilled Zucchini Salad with Lemon-Herb Vinaigrette and Shaved Romano and Toasted Pine Nuts
More hearty-side-bordering-on-main-dish than your typical salad, this recipe is a tasty way to adopt a meatless day into your life.
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Grilled Nectarine Salad
If we had to guess, we’d imagine summer tasting a bit like this sweet and fresh salad.
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Mediterranean Pasta Salad
Both kids and adults love pasta salad. This one takes notes from Greek salad, with olives, feta, red pepper and artichoke.
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Roasted Green Beans
One of our favourite summer veggies are fresh, crisp green beans. But this recipe takes it one step further by incorporating another favourite — bacon!
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Grilled Corn and Bean Salad
Smoky barbecued corn gives depth to this colourful summertime salad packed with chickpeas, black beans, green and red pepper and a finely chopped jalapeño for a touch of summer heat.
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Guacamole Bean Salad
All the delicious components of guacamole are packed into this nutritious and delicious salad that brings hearty canned black beans to the mix.
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Bloody Caesar Tomato Salad
Tomatoes are a low-carbohydrate salad option rich in heart-healthy lycopene. They’re employed in this zippy, fresh recipe that takes the classic Canadian Caesar drink beyond the glass.
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Cole Slaw with Mustard and Horseradish
This easy coleslaw mixes cabbage, carrots and apple with a unique ingredient — jicama, also known as a Mexican turnip.
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Quinoa, Roasted Eggplant and Apple Salad with Cumin Vinaigrette
Bring some texture to your table with this delicious quinoa salad packed with walnuts, delicate roasted eggplant, fresh apple and dried cranberries.
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Carrot Slaw
This colourful carrot ribbon side is tossed in a mayo-based sauce consisting of crushed pineapple, raisins, and both sweet and savoury spices.
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Quick and Easy Mini Biscuits
These biscuits come together in 20 minutes and couldn’t be easier. They’re the perfect crumbly, buttery side to serve with any meal.
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Couscous and Fresh Herb Stuffed Peppers
Vegetarian stuffed peppers are filled to the brim with tender couscous, sundried tomatoes and tangy Feta cheese for a colourful and delicious summer starter that can double as a main.
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Cucumber Seaweed Salad
Superfood du jour seaweed is more than just a rice wrapper for sushi. With iron, protein, antioxidants and iodine, you’ll want to enjoy this deep-green sea vegetable more often. Sprinkle seaweed on avocado toast, use as a sushi wrapper, stir into soups or use in place of lettuce in a refreshing cucumber salad.
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Broccoli Stalk, Kimchi & Zucchini Tangle with Honey Tamari Almonds
This food waste-reducing recipe uses often neglected broccoli stalks. Even when heated, they retain their sturdy noodle texture. Topped with roasted sweet-salty almonds for crunch and a bit of protein, this healthy meal is begging to be twirled.
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Baked Sweet Potato with Sour Cream and Mint
These simple baked sweet potatoes – topped with a dollop of sour cream and chopped mint – are the perfect hearty, comforting side to go with your favourite Easter main.
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Pasta Salad with Lemon-Pesto Dressing
Cold pasta salad is mixed with grape tomatoes, scallions, ricotta and a zesty lemon-pesto dressing.