Set aside the marshmallows and serve this light sweet potato casserole recipe, topped with golden brown sage breadcrumbs, at your Thanksgiving feast. I realize that I may be stepping into dangerous territory with this statement, but I just can’t get behind sweet potato dishes that involve marshmallows. I know, I know…I shouldn’t be allowed to…
Raspberry Swirl Frozen Yogurt Pie Recipe
This raspberry frozen yogurt pie is packed with all of the flavors of summer, with a fraction of the guilt. It’s a great make-ahead dessert! When my 11-year old sidles up, wraps his arms around me and asks if we can make cookies together, there’s no way I’m going to refuse. The last days of…
Best Low-Fat Turkey Lasagna
This low-fat turkey lasagna recipe is great for feeding a crowd! Pair it with a salad for a meal that everyone will love. Whenever I tell people our Christmas gathering tradition, I get a double-take and “Really?!” For the past 15 years, every since Steve and I got married, we’ve gathered at either our house…
Whole Wheat Apple Spice Muffins Recipe
Whip up a batch of these healthy whole wheat apple spice muffins for snacks. Stash the leftovers in the freezer for an on-the-go breakfast option. My destiny as a domestic goddess came to a screeching halt when I was 11 years old. Every week, my mum drove my friend and me to a fabric arts…
Light Chicken, Quinoa & Vegetable Soup Recipe
Fuel your body and warm it right down to your toes with this healthy soup recipe, chockfull of chicken, quinoa and vegetables. As many of you are freezing off your behinds in these crazy temperatures, I thought it was time for some soup. And since many of your have expressed that you’re joining me on…
Recipes for Health & Weight Loss in 2014
Dive into these healthy recipes for a year of healthy living and weight loss. There’s something for everyone, from snacks and soups to vegetarian dishes and desserts. Add six weeks to January 1st and you hit the time that knocks the resolve out of most New Year’s resolutions. If promises to yourself involve losing weight…
Vegan Butternut Squash Soup Recipe with Spiced Pepitas
This vegan butternut squash soup is irresistibly creamy and flavorful. The spiced pepitas are downright addictive. “Crazy runners. What are they thinking?!” It’s clearly written on the drivers’ faces as they pass by my running partner and I when we venture out on mornings when the thermometer reads 9 degrees F. We layer up well,…
Light Turkey (or Chicken) & Corn Chowder Recipe
This light corn chowder recipe uses leftover turkey or chicken. It’s hearty, satisfying and a fraction of the calories of most chowders. Whether you have leftover turkey from your Thanksgiving feast or an extra rotisserie chicken lying around, this light corn chowder is a hearty meal without all of the extra calories. It’s creamy and…
Kale, Mushroom & Sun-Dried Tomato Lasagna Rolls Recipe {Vegetarian}
Try this vegetarian dinner recipe of Kale, Mushroom & Sun-Dried Tomato Lasagna Rolls for your next Meatless Monday meal. After consuming my fair share of Chopped Kale Salad with Grapes & Feta Cheese last week, I put my thinking cap. With a garden bed full of kale (that makes me smile just to type those…
Triple Berry Gingersnap & Granola Yogurt Parfait Recipe
A healthy yogurt parfait with berries and a sprinkling of gingersnaps. July always brings on a personal identity crisis. Today is Canada Day and as a hockey jersey-wearing and maple leaf-flying Canadian, my national pride is shining brightly. But this week also brings the 4th of July, the Independence Day celebration of my adopted country…
Low-Fat Chicken Salad Recipe with Curry & Apricots
Before we move onto the chicken salad recipe, I want to thank all of you for your kind words and support on my personal account of our time at the Boston Marathon. Your comments were so touching, and they truly help to make this time easier. And now, onto the recipe. It’s time for another…
10-Minute Thai Shrimp, Cucumber & Avocado Salad Recipe
“Quick lunch” does not have to mean “boring lunch”. Believe me, I’ve had my fair share of lackluster sandwiches or past-their-prime leftovers, but leaving the table dissatisfied leads to trouble. Snacking kind of trouble. And I don’t mean the good kind of snacking. A couple of cheese and crackers here, a handful of chips there….
Asparagus Hummus Recipe for Healthy Snacking
The baskets of Easter candy are trying to lure me into the pantry. But I won’t go. They can’t make me. To resist their persistent beckoning, I am turning my mind to healthy snacks, such as my newly found loves, No-Bake Carrot Cake Granola Bites and this hummus, spiked with one of springtime’s wonders…asparagus. And…
Healthy(er) Scones Recipe with Chocolate & Crystallized Ginger
Long family road trips are typically peppered with stops at Starbucks. And Subway. Hey, don’t judge. When the choices are day-old gas station burritos and sub sandwiches, the sandwiches will always win out. The Starbucks pit stops happen first thing in the morning – jet fuel for the first part of the drive – and…
Low-Fat Salmon Salad Sandwich Recipe with Capers
This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. This low-fat salmon salad sandwich recipe with capers is a quick and easy lunch option that will help you stick to your healthy eating goals. When I wrote about My…
Recipes for Health & Weight Loss in 2013, & A New Feature
Healthy and satisfying recipes from Cookin’ Canuck and some of my favorite blogs. There’s nothing like the turn of the new year to inspire us to revamp our menus, our closets and our crazy schedules. Whether or not you are one to write a formal list of New Year’s resolutions, you may still be inspired…
Leftover Turkey (or Chicken) Lasagna Roll Recipe with Sun-Dried Tomatoes & Spinach {Low Fat}
When you have leftover turkey (or chicken), try these lasagna rolls, filled with sun-dried tomatoes and spinach. The low-fat mix is tucked inside whole wheat pasta and baked until bubbling and golden brown. What happens when one little family of four cooks a 20 pound turkey at Thanksgiving? Well, either we eat until we balloon…
Fisherman’s Soup Recipe with Tilapia, Shrimp, Tomatoes & Capers
This richly flavored, but simple, fisherman’s soup recipe is filled with tilapia (or other white fish), shrimp and a spicy tomato broth. Considering the depth of flavor, it is surprisingly healthy and low-fat. This fisherman’s soup recipe brings back some very good memories. When I was about 11 years old, my dad and I loaded…
Low Fat Granola Bars with Mango, Hazelnut & Ginger Recipe
My mum learned early on to carry crackers with her wherever she went. Really, it was an act of self-preservation. My dad and I suffered from a condition called non-glucose-grumpus. Yeah, no food…low blood sugar…GRUMPY! Out came the crackers – preferably the cellophane-wrapped double packs of saltines. It was enough to calm Sir Grump-a-lot and…
Pink Grapefruit & Orange Compote with Ginger Yogurt Recipe
There is a very good reason why grapefruit, in compotes or otherwise, evokes strong memories of peanuts and blue jays. Well, Stellar’s jays, to be exact. Summertime weekends were often spent at my grandparents’ cottage in the cozy enclave of Lion’s Bay, just 45 minutes north of Vancouver. My bedroom, sometimes shared with my two…