Mixed green salad/6 recipes

This is one of my favorites, and is always a hit when I bring it to potlucks.

A quick, easy and tasty dish, and it's a perfect week-day supper.

If your recipe calls for Pumpkin Pie Spice and your pantry is well stocked with spices here's how to make it yourself using discrete spices. This recipe makes 1 teaspoon of pumpkin pie spice.

If you can't find orange cake mix, use white or golden---just use orange juice in place of the water when preparing the mix, and add 1 tsp. of orange extract/flavoring. To the topping I also add 3/4 tsp. each of vanilla and orange extract. Garnish, if desired, with Mandarin orange segments.

This is not your classic bundt cake that's packed with not-so-good-for-you ingredients. The cake is made with 100% whole wheat flour, grapeseed oil, Greek yogurt, low-fat cream cheese, and fresh raspberries. The ganache doesn't have any butter or cream, it contains cocoa powder, honey, grapeseed oil and Greek yogurt. Super chocolaty, fudgy, moist and packed with goodness.

For cooking this risotto, we use slow cooker, so even no stir, the risotto is cooked wonderfully, and you can choose barly or brown rice, add more fibre.

This purple potato salad is a great side dish. we boiled potatoes with garlic and vinegar, which made potatoes super tasty!

When President-elect Barack Obama made tuna salad with his family on “60 Minutes” last year, he used this recipe, specifying troll-caught albacore.

This delicious BLT potato salad has all the right flavour and texture. Nobody could resist this tasty salad.

A quick, easy yet tasty Chinese stir fry, chunks of marinated chickens are cooked with broccoli and carrots, then tossed with yummy sauce. Serve it over a bed of noodles or rice to complete the meal.

Slow-cooked beef patties in a creamy mushroom and onion gravy. Real comfort food.

It is a simple to make corn flatbread, and it can be severed as a side-dish or appetizer with some sauce or dip.

This is a great way to use up some leftover turkey breast. Not to mention after the holidays we all need a little weight watcher help!

This quick and easy recipe is so delicious, make sure do not over cook the green beans, we like the tender-crisp texture; bacon bits add some nice crunchiness and yummy bites. Sauteed mushrooms and shallots give the meaty texture and refreshing taste. You will be satisfied with every single bite.

It's the season of Swiss chard and kale. We got lots of these fresh leafy greens from our CSA farm, and I was trying to come out an idea to use them up, surfing the internet, found a recipe in New York Times, it's a chard and feta phyllo tart. Definitely got the inspiration, I used both chard and kale, instead of feta, I used cheddar; and I sauteed some fresh mushrooms and added some toasted pine nuts, which worked very well. Also, I used a pie plate instead of a tart pan, and it was a great success, absolutely flavorful and delicious. The phyllo crust came out flaky and crispy. Have definitely become one of my signature recipes :)

Old fashioned bacon glazed green beans. It only take 3 ingredients to make this easy side dish.