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Barley and Mushrooms with Cannellini Beans

Recipe by: Niki Plourde

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A simple, hearty and tasty vegetarian dish. Good as a light main, side, or wrapped in a flour tortilla with cheese. I always make a double batch and freeze some.

Barley Mushroom Risotto

Recipe by: MOLSON7

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This barley risotto is delicious, healthy and filling. It makes a nice side dish for steak or roasted meats, and also works as a starter or light main - especially when you want to serve something a little different.

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Barley, black bean and avocado salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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We think of barley as a soup ingredient, but it's also a delicious main-dish grain, served hot or cold. When combined with black beans, tomato and avocado, it adds up to a salad that could hardly be more healthy or delicious.

Bulghur wheat salad with lamb

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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For this tasty dish, tender lamb fillet is quickly cooked under the grill, then cut up and mixed into a salad of bulghur wheat, red pepper, green olives and fresh mint. No oil is used to dress the salad, just fresh lemon and orange juices, so the fat content is kept healthily low.

Bulgur wheat and fish salad in a lemon dressing

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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A gutsy fish salad using orange roughy, a New Zealand import with a hint of shellfish flavour.

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Herbed polenta with Gorgonzola

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Grilled slices of polenta topped with a creamy, melting mixture of Gorgonzola and ricotta cheeses is a delicious dish, ideal for a tempting starter. It is served hot with a garnish of mixed salad leaves.

Mushroom Topped Polenta Fingers

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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Cooked and cooled polenta can be cut into shapes and grilled to make an excellent base for a tempting topping. Here the polenta is flavoured with Gruyère cheese, and the topping is a savoury mixture of mushrooms, walnuts and herbs. Serve as a sophisticated starter, with a few mixed salad leaves if you like.

Quinoa salad with dried fruit

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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High in protein and low in fat, quinoa grains absorb flavours to make a substantial salad.

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Spiced couscous tomatoes

Recipe by: Azmina Govindji

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Choose ripe, well-flavoured tomatoes for this dish. Hollowed out, they make the perfect container for a spicy aubergine, dried apricot and nut couscous. The vitamin C-rich juices are squeezed out of the scooped-out tomato flesh and seeds, and whisked with a little harissa paste to make a tangy dressing. Serve with sesame breadsticks.