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Asian-style Pasta Salad

Recipe by: Cathy P.

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Here is a versatile pasta salad with a twist, using red pepper and broccoli. Perfect for lunch or a picnic. You can easily increase the recipe to feed a larger crowd.

Chinese-Inspired Chicken Noodle Soup

Recipe by: Beverly

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This warm and comforting soup is perfect for a rainy evening after work when you need a quick supper fix.

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Chinese-style hot noodle salad with vegetables

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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Fragrant ginger and lemongrass flavour this hearty vegetable and noodle salad.

Crab and Linguine Cakes with Coriander-Lime Mayonnaise

Recipe by: JUNEBUFF

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Divine crab cakes that are so easy to prepare! Perfect recipe if you are looking for something simple that is just a little different.

Homemade Spinach Pasta

Recipe by: McKenzie Delling

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Make your own fresh, spinach-flavoured pasta. Try serving with a simple, creamy sauce.

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Linguine with Clams and Porcini Mushrooms

Recipe by: JRZMOM

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A delicious and elegant meal. Make sure you buy fresh clams. Serve with crusty bread, green salad a good bottle of wine!

Mixed shellfish and pasta salad

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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A cool pasta salad tasting of the sea makes a luxurious starter or a lovely dish to take on a grand picnic.

Pork pot-stickers with crisp and spicy peanut salad

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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These fragrant Chinese-style pasta purses are made with wonton wrappers, available from Oriental supermarkets. They are part fried, then simmered in stock and served on a bed of green leaves with a salad of crunchy vegetables, peanuts and coriander. Serve as an unusual first course for a Chinese feast.

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Rotolo of ricotta and spinach

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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This is an attractive recipe to serve as a main dish, and it is equally good served as a first course, when it will provide 8 portions. Serve a fresh, crisp green salad as an accompaniment, taking advantage of the wide range of leaves and green vegetables that can be eaten raw.

Soba noodles with toasted sesame seed sauce

Recipe by: jessica

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You can add any vegetables to this dish that you enjoy or have on hand.

Spinach and salmon timbales

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Ideal for a dinner party first course, these attractive timbales are surprisingly easy to make. Layers of spinach and lasagne enclose a creamy filling of ricotta cheese and fresh salmon, and the timbales are served with a fresh herb sauce. Crisp Melba toast will complement the tender texture.

Spinach tagliatelle in a red wine tomato sauce

Recipe by: Norma MacMillan

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Less is definitely more with this robustly flavoured, low-fat pasta sauce that just lightly coats the pasta in traditional Italian style. This makes a satisfying carbohydrate-packed starter that will serve 6 before a light main course, or a simple meal for 4 with a crunchy salad and fruit to follow.

Stellette and Portobello Mushroom Soup

Recipe by: William Doubleknife

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Stellette pasta is a diminutive soup pasta. Use it in this light soup made with veal stock, earthy portobello mushrooms and red wine. Serve with freshly grated Parmesan cheese on top and some crusty bread.

Vietnamese chicken noodles

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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This chicken noodle soup is given an unusual twist with raw vegetables and exotic flavours.

Warm Asian Noodle Salad

Recipe by: Christine L.

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This simple dish is a good accompaniment for leftover roast chicken or tofu.

Wild mushrooms and blueberries on rice noodles

Recipe by: Brenda Houghton

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This stylish first course offers a rich and unusual contrast of tender mushrooms and refreshingly tart juicy fruit, tossed on a bed of mild rice noodles.