Slow Eats, Fast - The Dinner Edition

Food fuels our bodies and brains. What we eat, where it comes from and how it’s grown are the most important components to our good health. In this age of convenience, food producers would like us to believe that their growing selection of packaged, ready-to-eat, foods are just as tasty and good for us as homemade. They couldn’t be misleading us down a more dangerous path. Processed foods that have been stripped of vitamins and nutrients to stretch shelf life are inferior in flavour and nutrition to whole foods, no matter how many chemical supplements food scientists add, or how many “low-this, low-that, great-taste” claims they make. Cooking from scratch doesn’t have to be as labour intensive as it sounds! Within these pages, you’ll find recipes for twenty-four dinners, including vegetarian, fish, chicken, pork and beef selections. Many are gluten-free, or easily adapted. All are designed to be on your table in 60 minutes or less. Lighter than the meat, starch and two vegetable plates many of us grew up with, these meals feed a smallish family of four, or, alternatively, a couple who want leftovers for lunch the next day. Recipes •Veggie Burger and Cold-Oil Fries •Shrimp and Corn Chowder with Cheddar Biscuits •Cinnamon Chicken and Garlic Kale on Lemon Couscous •Spaghetti Carbonara with Arugula, Pear and Walnut Salad •Warm Eggplant and Chorizo Salad on Cheesy Grits •Beef Satay with Peanut Sauce, Steamed Rice and Greens •Peruvian Chickpea Salad with Queso Blanco •Buttermilk Chicken Sandwich with Beet Salad •Steamed Salmon and Rösti with Jade Sauce