If you've never cooked with couscous before, don't get turned off by it. Couscous is just small beads of pasta made from semolina. It's very popular in countries like Turkey, Greece, Spain, France, and lots of Arabic countries. Traditionally, it is served with meat and vegetable stew. It cooks very quickly, so it's perfect for a hectic night when you want a quick and healthy dinner. If you cook couscous pro ...

Here's yet another salad! This salad, however, is my husband's idea and his recipe and the best part is that he made it. I can't complain when he cooks, because I love it, especially after a long day at work! This salad to me is the picture of health. Spinach, strawberries, tomatoes and red peppers. Super healthy recipe. One of my favorite salads ever. I promise my next post won't be about salads and I'll d ...

Have I got a treat for you! I mentioned before, I'm not crazy about eggplants, but this dish is one of my favorites, honestly.  I would say it's more of a spread than truly a salad, but you serve this salad on some nice crusty bread with some sliced tomatoes on the side, oh man, it doesn't get better than this.  It is the simplest recipe in the world, only 4 ingredients and it's just to die for.  I have gro ...

I'm continuing on with my salad recipes that I got from a friend of ours and I think I hit the jackpot with this cabbage and sesame seed salad. I am putting this on my favorites list because I just loved it. Normally I'm not a big fan of cabbage, and I will avoid it at any cost, unless I'm making cabbage rolls. This salad was so delicious I could not stop eating it. The sesame seeds give it a nice crunchine ...

How about another refreshing salad for the summer, that will surely help us stay trim and looking good in those shorts. That's right, you heard it, an apple and orange salad with raisins and pecans! Don't knock it till you try it, it's delicious, the sweetness from the raisins and the crunchiness from the pecans is what I think makes it special. My husband's friend gave my husband a list of salad recipes an ...

Today was my first day back to work after one week vacation. I thought that after one long week, I go back to work and all my problems would be over. Not so. My work and problems are still there. Needless to say I came home exhausted and was not in the mood to cook any big dinners, so my husband and I decided on doing some grilling and making a nice salad to go with it. I took it one step further and turned ...

Happy Canada Day my fellow Canadians! What better way to celebrate this wonderful day, than with a nice and delicious steak salad. It was a gorgeous day for a little barbecue and we decided to take advantage of it. Of course my dear beagle is always the first in line for a little barbecue. But don't worry, we always make plenty for her. This was a super simple salad, with a few basic ingredients, but it was ...

I love this cucumber salad, it is very refreshing and super easy to make. If you're not a fan of dill, you can skip it, but personally I love fresh dill, and I love cooking with it, I just love the smell of it and the flavor. Recently I've been using dill in pretty much everything I've been cooking and especially in this refreshing and wonderful Greek cucumber salad. The combination of cucumber, dill, yogur ...

Ok, I'll be the first one to admit I'm not a broccoli fan. Having said that, I loved this broccoli salad, it was true love at first bite. I don't know what makes it so good, whether it's the garlic, or the rice vinegar, whatever it is, it's a winner. And to top it all off, it's good for you, so they say, and of course, super easy to make, it only took me around 20 minutes to make. Start by cutting the brocc ...

A few years ago, I used to work at a bank in Troy, MI and there used to be a Lebanese restaurant there, not sure if it's still around, but it was called La Shish. That's where I had my first Fattoush Salad. It was amazing, delicious, probably the best salad I ever had in my life. Well since then we moved to Calgary, and I haven't been to a Lebanese restaurant since. Not sure how or what happened, but I got ...

How about we continue with some great salads here, to get us ready for the summer. This salad is so delicious and so refreshing. It has no olive oil or fatty dressings, the only dressing is lime juice, making this salad super healthy. I have to say, this salad was a great surprise, I didn't think it would turn out so delicious, but it did. I found the recipe in a book I've had for a long time called Make It ...

Summer is coming, and needless to say, we'd all like to fit into those shorts or look good in that bikini, so it's time for some healthy salads. This salad is an excellent source of protein, so if you're a vegetarian, you're in luck. This salad makes a great choice for lunch and it's extremely healthy. I took this to lunch and my co-workers wanted to try some because it looks so good and, yes, they loved it ...

I love potato salad in general, but anytime you add bacon to anything, it makes it a thousand times better, so this potato salad is awesome. This potato salad is quick and easy to make, basically all you need to wait for is boiling the potatoes and frying the bacon, the rest is just assembling everything together. So without further a due start up by peeling, cleaning and cutting about 5 potatoes into small ...

How about something healthy for a change? This salad is awesome and it's very very filling. You can have this as a main meal for lunch or dinner. My husband almost had a fit when he saw salad for dinner, but as he started eating it, he loved it and he was actually full after. Start by making the salad dressing by mixing in a small bowl 1/2 cup of mayonnaise, 1 tbsp of vinegar, 1/4 tsp pepper, 1/2 tsp of pap ...

What's for dinner tonight? Well I came home from work and I was extremely tired, so my husband suggested a BBQ because for the first time in a very long and cold winter, it was beautiful outside, maybe about 7 degrees C and sunny.  I love when he suggests a BBQ because it means very little cooking for me. He had picked up these beautiful lean pork steaks from the grocery store and I made a wonderful Boston  ...