Seafood Recipes

Whole Wheat Pasta Salad Recipe with Salmon, Tomatoes & Herb Dressing for a Half-Marathon

Apr 17, 2012

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This is it. For me, this weekend marks a culmination of my health and weight loss journey. On Saturday morning, I’ll be rolling out of bed at some godforsaken hour, dragging my tired and sorry self…I mean, my perky and energetic self (think positive, think positive)…onto public transportation and heading to the start line of [...]

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Baked Tilapia Recipe with Arugula Walnut Pesto & Breadcrumb Crust

Mar 26, 2012

Okay, this story doesn’t actually have anything to do with baked tilapia or arugula walnut pesto, but it was a story that needed to be told. “Aaahh-ooooo, aaahh-ooooo…” This sound drifted from our backyard nearly every day last week. On the first day, I cautiously peeked out the back door, prepared to see a coyote [...]

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Salad Cups with Quinoa, Shrimp, Avocado & Lemon Dressing Recipe {Giveaway}

Mar 5, 2012

When most people think of diet food, the word “salad” tends to spring to mind. Then come the references to rabbit food, and thoughts of deprivation and large padlocks across the refrigerator lead most people to dive into the leftover helping of pepperoni pizza. Yeah, been there. But healthy eating doesn’t need to be boring. [...]

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Roasted Shrimp with Rosemary, Garlic & Lemon Recipe

Jan 26, 2012

My love of shrimp started innocently enough. At some point when I was a little girl, someone set a shrimp cocktail in front of me. Not the kind with the large shrimp (or prawns, as we call them in Canada), but the tiny bay shrimp, the ones that were the perfect size for a little [...]

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Seared Salmon with Pesto, Sauteed Peppers & Toasted Almonds Recipe

Jan 23, 2012

When I was a kid, my dad and I were fishing buddies. We were experts (well, by our own standards) at catching rainbow trout in the lakes of British Columbia. However, once it came to the big fish in the sea…well, let’s just say that our hooks were sadly rejected by the coveted salmon in [...]

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Rice Noodle Salad with Endive, Shrimp & Soy-Ginger Dressing Recipe

Jan 9, 2012

Belgian endive, as the name suggests, was first a product of Belgium (though there are now many growers in North America). So, why the heck am I pairing it with Asian ingredients, such as rice noodles, ginger and soy sauce? Why should the Belgians get to have all the fun, I say? Endive, with its [...]

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Recipes for Good Health & Weight Loss in 2012

Jan 2, 2012

Typically at this time of year I am lamenting my jeans’ unwillingness to cooperate with my waistline. This year things are a little different. The kind of different that makes clothes shopping fun again, the kind of different that makes me crave exercise and fresh air, the kind of different that makes me feel better [...]

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Healthy Shrimp Sandwich Wrap with Curry Yogurt & Spinach Recipe

Oct 26, 2011

Do you ever find yourself chatting away during a meal…when you’re by yourself? Come on, I’m not alone in this, right? Especially when there’s good food involved. Yesterday was one of those days. The boys were at school, my husband was at a meeting and I was left to my own devices in the kitchen. [...]

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Baked Trout (or Salmon) with Honey-Thyme Glaze Recipe

Sep 30, 2011

It took awhile to rebound from my first cooking mishap when my husband and I were dating. Having run through my recipe repertoire, which consisted of anything stir-fried, pita bread pizzas and spaghetti with tomato sauce, I decided to pull out the big guns. Yep, it was time to roast a chicken. Of course, I [...]

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