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Cooking with Canola Oil

The name “Canola” is a contraction of “Canadian” and “ola”, which means oil. Canola oil is clear, with little colour. It is lower in saturated fat than any other oil and contains cholesterol lowering Omega-3 fatty acids. I like to use it for baking and stir frying. Here are recipes I’ve developed for the Canola […]

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Penne with Chickpeas, Spinach & Roasted Asparagus

Terrific hot, this penne with chickpeas, spinach & roasted asparagus dish is also delicious served cold in a pita lined with salad greens. Unlike the ordinary supermarket variety, organic chickpeas (sometimes labeled garbanzo beans) are canned with no salt allowing the cook more freedom to season to taste. Rotini, gemelli or other similarly shaped pasta […]

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