Linguine salad/5 recipes

Placentia Women's Round Table friend, Brenda, shared this recipe using sour cherries. Can't wait to try it!!

When you have healthy recipes like this, you look forward to every meal, every bite is a pleasure. You can rest assured that your taste buds will be satisfied and your body will be suitably nourished. The beautifully blended mix of herbs, vegetables and succulent chicken, create a mouth-watering dish that can be enjoyed for lunch or dinner.

Buckwheat, Beet and Manchego Salads

Hard to go wrong with a Muffuletta sandwich. It was easy and simple to assemble, and it was packed with flavour.

Sweet, sour and slightly spicy. Cucumber, sweet bell pepper, carrots, wood ears and smoked tofu are tossed with rice vinegar, maple syrup, sesame oil, soy sauce and Korean chili pepper. A very tasty side dish that goes well with all your favorite Korean dishes or most of the main courses.

This recipe not only looks fantastic, but it is fantastic for you in many ways. Let’s look at your heart, grapes contain phytonutrient resveratrol which is great for heart health, strawberries, heart- shaped for a reason, contain anthocyanins which are associated with heart health as well as being what gives fruit and flowers their colour. Pecans contain monounsaturated fats that help prevent coronary heart disease. All this and more, vitamin C, folate, manganese, potassium, fibre to name just a few.

A light, refreshing and flavoursome salad that’s a well balanced meal nutritionally. The combination of these flavours leaves your taste buds satisfied and your body nourished. You can also prepare it the night before, if you’re struggling for time during the day.

A crowd pleasing appetizer to take to any party or serve it with a Mexican Caesar salad for a meatless meal.

A quick and easy quiche, perfect for breakfast or brunch. It was quite rich and flavourful. We had it with a bowl of fresh and light salad that helped cut through the richness and it worked very well.

Mmmmm... Yumyyy! One more slice please!

Roasted zucchini and almond with whole wheat pasta, topped with creamy basil sauce.

A simple yet tasty and healthy beet salad. thinly sliced onions are tempered in boiling water then marinated with the beets in extra virgin olive oil and vinegar.

Several kinds of cheeses are topped on the dough that has been brushed with garlic olive oil. After baking in the oven, topped with fresh arugula and olive oil. Enjoy this refreshing white pizza with arugula!

Southwestern Rice and Bean Salad recipe

This ginger yogurt with fruit is very fresh and tasty, it always a good option, healthy too!

This easy, tasty and refreshing couscous salad is a perfect side dish served with an oven-roasted or pan-seared tilapia.