Articles tagged “One Pot Meals”

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           

28 Recipes to Get You Through February By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 1 2011 February is the hardest month for me in terms of cooking and eating. I live in Toronto, so the possibility of local fresh vegetables is pretty limited. At this time of the year, my husband and I eat a lot of cabbage, JerusalemIn other words, lots of root vegetables with the occasional green. artichokes, carrots, potatoes and celeriac. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Poached Chicken with Lardons and Lentils By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 23 2010 After my big dinner party last week testing Thanksgiving recipes for TreeHugger I had a bunch of evening meals out and I felt like it had been a long time since I'd had a simple homey dinner. This recipe appealed to me, not just because I had everything on hand needed to make it, but that I could put the whole thing in one pot and then just relax and sit down and have a drink before dinner while reading. + READ MORE

A Make Ahead Meal: Homemade Baked Ziti By Sara Novak IN Food & Health Sep 2 2010 Cooking at home is better for you and it's better for the planet. There's less wasteful takeout containers and you can control your ingredients. But the key to becoming a regular at-home cook, is having a few go-to make ahead meals when times get busy because realistically, we don't always have time to cook. This is the perfect recipe to make a few days before, maybe on the weekend when you have more time. I made one for my friend and another for when my dad comes to visit on Friday. + READ MORE

A Fabulous Recipe For Those Preserved Lemons By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Apr 19 2010 I have been dutifully checking my preserved lemons and giving them a bit of a turn once or twice a week since I first pickled them. It's been roughly six weeks since I did it, and I thought I had been patient enough. I was having my family to dinner, so I wanted to try out a tagine on them. I made a chicken tagine for my mother-in-law, who expects meat wiith her meals, and a vegetable tagine for my son and his girlfriend who are vegetarian + READ MORE

Celebrate National Pie Day and Bake a Tortiere By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 22 2010 Well, it's National Pie Day in the U.S and we here at the Planet Green test kitchen never pass up an opportunity to celebrate pie. In fact, we love Pie Day so much we also eat pie on Pi Day on March 14. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Moroccan Vegetarian Tagine By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 11 2010 My son's girlfriend Becca gave me a tagine for Christmas which pleased me no end. A tagine is a traditional North African clay cooker with a wide, flattish base and a conical top, which keeps the moisture trapped inside the vessel. My tagine is a thing of great beauty and it now has pride of place on my kitchen shelf where I can enjoy looking at it, even when I'm not using it. + READ MORE

Meatless Meatballs Recipe: Surprisingly Realistic Mock Meat By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Dec 31 2009 These meatless meatballs may have an oxymoronic name. But they have fooled many a carnivore in their time. And they are super easy to make too. + READ MORE

Kelly's 12 Most Delicious Cheap Meals of 2009 By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Dec 28 2009 It's that time of the year when people start compiling "best of the year" lists. We decided to do it last year and I published the 10 Best Economical Dinner Recipes of 2008. It was quite popular, so I'm doing it again this year. Here is the list of my favourite economical recipes of 2009. + READ MORE

Split Pea Soup: The Perfect End to Leftover Pork By Sami Grover IN Food & Health Dec 18 2009 Serving ham for the holidays? This split pea soup is the perfect way to use up those leftovers. And it'll work just as well for vegetarians too... + READ MORE

Time to Think About Your Thanksgiving Menu: Wild and Brown Rice Pilaf with Butternut Squash and Dried Cranberries By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 10 2009 Thanksgiving will soon be upon us, (well, I'm Canadian, so I've already had mine) and it's time to start thinking about what will be on the dinner menu. All this week I will be giving you some ideas for what you could make. Today I'm going to start with a side dish. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Romanesco Cauliflower By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 6 2009 My husband, who is getting to be quite the connoisseur of vegetables at the farmers' market, was quite pleased with himself when he brought home a Romanesco cauliflower the other day. He was a bit crestfallen when I wasn't as excited about his find as he was, but I've not only cooked them, I've written about it as well. + READ MORE

Turn Lasagna Into Infection-Protection with Oregano By Laurel House IN Food & Health Oct 30 2009 More than a dash to spruce up a boring dish, all spices come with a list of health benefits (like bad breath-banishing, infection protection, and blood sugar-balancing) that are often totally missed when simply mixed into a crock pot. It's time to view your spice rack in a whole new purpose-driven way. + READ MORE

Soup of the Week: Spiced and Sour Mushroom Soup By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 23 2009 A tasty and healthy soup that hits the spot on a cold afternoon + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Red-Wine-Braised Lentils with Bacon and Kale By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Oct 15 2009 This is a quick recipe that takes very little effort and yields a really big flavour. + READ MORE

Crock Pot Beef Stew Perfect for a Rainy 'Summer' Day By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jul 8 2009 All year long I look forward to going to our cottage, which is strictly a summer place and we have to use a boat to get there. There's no insulation and we use an efficient fire place for heat. Every morning in July and August, I take my cup of tea out to my deck and sit under my umbrella and read. From my vantage point right at the edge of the lake I get a pretty good view of the wildlife around me. Chipmunks, red squirrels, snapping turtles, mink, ducks, loons, hummingbirds, and this year a beaver are pretty frequent visitors. Usually. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Maple Baked Beans By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health May 4 2009 When I was a kid we always had cans of baked beans in the cupboard. It was a quick meal and better for us than spaghetti-o's. We always ate them on their own, rather than having them as part of a meal, and that's the way I've always thought of them. I don't buy processed food, but I still love baked beans, so I decided to try making them myself. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Mushroom and Barley Ragout By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Feb 4 2009 This dish isn't going to win any culinary beauty contests, and as it was cooking, I thought it was a good thing my husband was on vacation. It seemed like it might be one of those recipes that he might put on his "long suffering Planet Green guinea pig" side of the slate. As it turned out, it was quite tasty and I really enjoyed it. + READ MORE

Five Tips for a Healthy, Delicious Lunch at Work By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 14 2009 Remember as a kid when you took your lunch with you to school? There was always somebody whose mom packed enticing looking meals and made you jealous. Well, you can be the cool kid in the lunchroom now, and save money doing it. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Make a Healthy Bean Stew By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Jan 12 2009 We are all coming off of the holidays and looking for dinners that are a bit lighter than we've been eating. This meal gives you the sense of fullness without all of the calories of heavy meat stews. I've used swiss chard here, but you could use kale or spinach as well. This is a fantastic easy recipe for students who want to make a nutritious, low cost meal. + READ MORE

One Pot Meals: Tomato Lentil Curry By Kelly Rossiter IN Food & Health Nov 24 2008 My husband is out of town for a few days, so I thought I would make myself something that I like more than he does: lentils. I also wanted to make something easy and make enough of it that I could eat it for a few lunches without any more effort than re-heating it. + READ MORE