Recipes
Browse delicious, healthy recipes by Carolyn Cohen. Easy to make, delicious to eat.
Beef
Pan Roasted Steak, Smashed Potatoes and Charred Broccoli
with salsa verde This is a one skillet meal that everyone will love! Get organized because the whole meal cooks in 20 minutes (once the potatoes are boiled).
August 27, 2021
Vegetarian
Traditional Vegetarian Pad Thai
This recipe is a very traditional Pad Thai. It is simple in taste and not loaded with a goopy sauce. Tamarind paste is what gives it the authentic flavour. Tamarind paste can be found in most Asian grocery stores and some specialty stores.
August 25, 2021
Sides & Salads
Crunchy Oven Fries
Making crispy potato fries to perfection is all about technique. Parboiling the fries is an extra step but totally worth it!
August 23, 2021
Chicken & Turkey
Oven “Fried” Chicken
This will become your new favourite chicken (and it is passover friendly)! Brining the chicken draws the moisture into the chicken making extraordinarily juicy!
August 21, 2021
Sides & Salads
Orzo Salad with Homemade Pesto, Bocconcini, Tomato and Pine
nuts Serve this on a bed of quinoa and some good hot sauce on the side. It can also be used as a healthy vegetable side dish. If you use it as a side dish, feel free to leave the tofu out.
August 19, 2021
Orecchiette with Broccoli Rabe and Sausage
This hearty, traditional weeknight pasta dish is full of flavour from the bitter greens, sausage and fruity olive oil.
August 17, 2021
Onigiri - 4 Ways
Onigiri - a compact and ready to be taken on the go Japanese lunchbox favourite. Usually onigiri are stuffed sushi rice balls packets that can be shaped into any cute shape you like. These yummy power packages are encased with a strip of nori or roasted seaweed so that your little one can hold on to it.
August 15, 2021
Sides & Salads
Halloumi, Peach and Arugula Salad
August 14, 2021
Fish
One Pan Baked Salmon Fillets with Blistered Tomatoes, Green
beans, olives and basil This is one of those make-over-and-over-again recipes because it is so easy, has next to no clean up and the whole family will love! This recipe can be made with any type of thick fish fillets such as: salmon, grouper, halibut, monkfish, cod, or even a whole fish such as stripped bass or sea bream (orata).
August 13, 2021
Not-Sous-Vide Omelette Bites
This faux sous vide hack makes the omelette super smooth and creamy. The lower and slower you cook these omelette bites, the better.
August 11, 2021
Nutella Tahini Swirl Banana Bread
The combo of tahini, Nutella and bananas is the bomb! This addictive banana bread is all you need! Make sure the Nutella is a little runny; if it’s not, place it in a heatproof bowl and warm it in the microwave for 10 seconds.
August 9, 2021
Dessert
My Grandmother’s Cinnamon Roll Coffee Cake
My grandmother used to make this cake for every occasion—from Mother’s Day brunch to a bridge group with her friends. It is delicious and tastes like a cinnamon roll but with a better crumb!
August 7, 2021