You’d be hard pressed to find a food better than homemade pizza. It covers all the food groups, is loved by the masses, can be as diverse as the foods from all corners of the earth, is inexpensive, and is absolutely as balanced as you want it to be! It is, in our mind, the
No one does bruschetta like the Italians but if you have some day old bread, a few tomatoes, some onion, and dried basil hanging around, you can pull this off anytime! The trick to great bruschetta is salting only the bottom side of the toasts and NOT salting the bruschetta! Print Recipe Bruschetta Votes: 0
Need a side dish that you can serve warm or chilled any time of the year? This pasta salad has 6 ingredients, can be made ahead of time and has a Balance Factor of 1. It’s the perfect side dish for any occasion. Print Recipe Tomato & Brie Pasta Salad Votes: 1 Rating: 5 Rate
This 4-ingredient recipe gets its depth of flavour from the already seasoned sausages that you quickly broil while cutting up the vegetables. Print Recipe Sausage and Peppers Votes: 0 Rating: 0 Rate this recipe! Course 5-Ingredient Meal, Main Dish, One Dish Meals Cuisine Canadian, Italian Keyword Lower Carbohydrate Dish Balance Factor -41 Prep Time 30
This recipe is a family favourite as the flavours come together in a way that will you will want to make this recipe over and over! Print Recipe Falafels (in tortillas) Votes: 0 Rating: 0 Rate this recipe! Course Main Dish Cuisine Middle Eastern Balance Factor 1 Prep Time 30 mins Cook Time 20 mins
This is a side dish to any summer meal. It’s fresh, clean flavours almost cleanse the palate as it adds great balance to the main protein in your meal. Print Recipe Mexican Bean Salad Votes: 0 Rating: 0 Rate this recipe! Course Side Dish Cuisine Mexican Balance Factor 5 Prep Time 20 mins Serving Size
This recipe is as versatile as can be when you use it as a spread, a sauce, or a garnish and it works equally well with fresh and dried basil. It takes the Chicken Pesto Sandwich to a new level that will make you a superstar in the kitchen. Print Recipe Pesto, Please! Votes: 0
This is a staple dish at 4 the Luv of Food Café! Add a side of shrimp and seafood sauce with a fresh baguette to drag through the vegetable juice and you would think you had died and gone to Greece! Print Recipe Greek Salad Votes: 0 Rating: 0 Rate this recipe! Course 5-Ingredient Meal,
This recipe is a family favourite that always means Cuban Sandwiches are coming in the next couple of days. Grilling, roasting, or broiling a couple of extra pork tenderloins on the side is the key to making Cuban Sandwich Cheftovers! Print Recipe Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin Votes: 0 Rating: 0 Rate this recipe! Course 5-Ingredient
This recipe from a Barefoot Contessa cookbook has saved me more times than not on a ‘fright night’ when the family is running from one practise to another. It is chock full of healthy foods and tastes sinfully good. One serving of frittata has a Balance Factor of -45 so make sure you add a warm piece of baguette or a whole grain side dish to balance into the perfect meal!
There are 5 voluntary tasks that we as humans must do to keep the body alive. These are 1) drink fluids, 2) eat food, 3) sleep, 4) go to the bathroom, and 5) dress to maintain body temperature. The body has internal alarms set for all of them – 4 of which are loud and
You know that feeling that is so hard to resist. You think “just one more” then you’ll stop and use some restraint next time. But it happens again – not on a regular basis but in moments when no one is looking, or when you think you’ve earned it. Wait! What are we talking about
Comfort foods are calorie dense and nutrient specific. When our bodies encourage us to eat comfort foods, it is looking for calories and more specifically, a certain type of them. We crave those comfort food calories because there is something…increased stress, lack of sleep, cold temperatures, fighting off infection, or simply skipping a meal… that
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