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Answers to Diana’s Quiz, September 5 2026

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Grilled Chicken with Blueberry Sauce

Blueberries are usually for dessert, but this savoury blueberry sauce from Canadian Living is a wonderful complement to grilled chicken. Cook onion in oil for 5 minutes and then...

Potato, Artichoke and Green Bean Salad

This delicious potato salad from Real Simple tosses red potatoes, green beans, onion, artichoke hearts, tomatoes and parsley in a zingy lemon-mustard-caper dressing. Boil the potatoes until tender and...

Classic Pasta Salad

by Susan Hanna Pasta salads are a summer staple for us and this recipe from Chatelaine introduced me to a great tip: if you can, cook the pasta the night...

Pork Chop au Poivre with Red Wine-Shallot Sauce

by Susan Hanna Cooking pork chops can be tricky. You want the chops to be cooked but not grey, tough and overdone. This recipe from...

Plum Torte

by Susan Hanna First published in 1983, this plum torte recipe from Marian Burros is one of the most popular on the New York Times...

Great Veggie Grow Off weigh-in, October 10

What aids local food security, promotes healthy community competition and engenders a feeling of neighbours helping neighbours? The Great Veggie Grow Off does all...

One-Pot Chicken with Dates and Caramelized Lemon

by Susan Hanna This is another delicious chicken recipe from Nothing Fancy by Alison Roman. Brown a whole chicken or chicken pieces in a Dutch...

Black Pepper Beef and Cabbage Stir Fry

by Susan Hanna This dish from the New York Times is quick, easy and a good way to use up that leftover cabbage in the...

Sheet-Pan Honey-Dijon Chicken with Vegetables

by Susan Hanna It doesn’t get much faster or easier than this recipe from Kitchn. Pre-heat the oven with a baking sheet inside. Meanwhile, make...

A harvest of crabby delight

Heather Phaneuf Like most of us in this pandemic year, we look for new pastimes.  With the cooling of the season and yes, the turning...

Corn and Israeli Couscous with Grilled Halloumi Cheese

by Susan Hanna This is a delicious vegetarian salad from Bon Appetit that feeds a crowd. Cook Israeli couscous, which is small pasta about the...

Sheet-Pan Baked Feta with Broccolini, Tomatoes and Lemon

by Susan Hanna This vegetarian dish from the New York Times is bursting with flavor from broccolini, tomatoes, onion, cumin, salty feta and fresh herbs....

Singapore Noodle Bowl

by Susan Hanna I have a major weakness for cookbooks and just added America’s Test Kitchen’s Bowls to my collection. Bowls combine vegetables, protein and...

Greek Salmon and Zucchini with Salty Feta

by Susan Hanna Parchment packets are a great way to cook fish, because they keep the fish moist. This recipe from Half Baked Harvest tops...

Poached Chicken Salad

by Edith Cody-Rice  Bon Appetit calls this salad “healthyish” because it is made with poached chicken, lots of greens and a tahini-lime dressing. Light and...

Summer Shrimp Scampi with Tomatoes and Corn

by Susan Hanna Tomatoes + corn + fresh herbs = summer. And when you add shrimp, garlic, hot pepper, wine and butter, you have a...

North Market comes through the Pandemic

by Edith Cody-Rice  Amanda and Rick Herrera, two Almonte based food entrepreneurs, opened North Market two years ago and since the outset have been doing...

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