Recipes

Inspire your inner cook with these delicious meal ideas. Find easy recipes for meal preps, dreamy desserts and tips from top chefs.

Craving Crusher

Here is an immune-boosting power punch. It is a great hunger satisfier that’s loaded with flavour and nutrients. If you...


Plain Immune-Power Smoothie

Here is an immune-boosting power punch. It is a great hunger satisfier that’s loaded with flavour and nutrients. If you...


Quiche Lorraine

Originally made just from cream and bacon, Quiche Lorraine now includes cheese-either a good Gruyère or other Swiss cheese. You...


Prawn and Mango Salad

Looking to spice up your lettuce? Bring the ocean into your kitchen with this delicious seafood salad recipe.


Pot-Roasted Partridge With Sage

Naturally low in calories, partridge is perfect for pot roasting. Cooking in hard cider, or apple juice, and stock keeps...


Pesto Sauce

Your sauce can make or break your pasta dish. A little homemade pesto sauce goes a long way. Toss this...


Pea Curry with Indian Paneer

Paneer is a low-fat Indian cheese, similar to ricotta but drier. It's often combined with peas in a curry.


New Potatoes with Nori

Did You Know? Nori is a type of Japanese seaweed, sold dried in thin, dark-green sheets, in natural food stores...

Daffodil Cake

This festive treat is lightly flavoured with orange, and it boasts one mere gram of fat and under 200 calories...


Blueberry Cheesecake

Compared with most cheesecakes, this version isn't particularly high in fat, as it uses low-fat cottage cheese instead of the...


Berry Salad With Mascarpone Cream

Fresh fruit salads, with their sweet flavours and vibrant colours, are a creative and tasty way to enjoy more fruit....


Perfect Pasta in a Hurry

Serve one of these healthy and hearty pasta dishes for a quick, colourful meal. Each dish takes less than 30...


Scalloped Potatoes

Always a big hit with guests, this casserole can be made 1 day ahead and reheated. The small amount of...


Wild Rice, Bacon, and Onion Dressing

Whether you choose to make stuffing (cooked inside the bird) or dressing (baked in a separate pan), here is...


Spiced Walnuts

Quick and easy, these spice-roasted nuts have an irresistible flavor.


Lemon Bars

Delightfully tart and sweet, these bars are like mini lemon meringue pies.


Seafood Mousse

Reduced-fat sour cream and reduced-calorie mayonnaise give this mousse a rich taste without all the fat.

Orange Shortbread Fingers

The tangy flavor of these shortbread fingers makes a pleasant change from traditional Christmas shortbread.


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Deep-Dish Chicken-Fennel Pie With Bacon-Biscuit Top

This hearty dish features an amazing blend of flavors underneath its savory, bacon-studded crust.


Pomegranate Grenades

It's worth tracking down fresh pomegranates to make these exotic drinks.


Candied Citrus Peel

This tangy treat looks pretty piled into a shallow tin onto which strips of ribbon have been glued.


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Creamy Crab and Sweet Pepper Bisque

This creamy soup makes a delicious start to a meal. It can be cooked up to one day in advance....


Chocolate-Almond Bites

Sophisticated and not too sweet, these cookies look inviting piled into a Japanese candy pouch lined with paper.

Sugarplums

This traditional Christmas sweet is low in both calories and fat-and easy to make too.


Chocolate Cake with Sour Cream Frosting

Don't let this cake's secret ingredient -- reduced calorie mayonnaise -- throw you. The results are moist, fudgy, and totally...


Cranberry-Orange Conserve

This Christmasy conserve looks grand in vintage jars found at flea markets, tag sales, and antique stores.


Toffee Bars

These easy-to-make cookies will stay intact, even during a rough road trip to Grandma's house.


Ripe Olive and Goat-Cheese Sandwiches

Cut these adorable finger sandwiches into stars and other fanciful shapes -- or simple triangles if you're pressed for time.


Chocolate-Dipped Clementines

These sweets feature an unbeatable flavor combination-orange and chocolate. You can also dip fresh strawberries with spectacular results.