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Continuing with the theme of serving sizes from both the Green and Red recipes, here is a good side dish recipe involving shiitake mushrooms and garlic.

Ingredients:

Shiitake mushrooms, quartered

Garlic, minced

Salt & Pepper

Parsley, minced

Olive oil

Putting it Together:

1. Stem and quarter the shiitake mushrooms.

2. Combine the mushrooms, minced garlic, salt and pepper and minced parsley together, mixing together.

3. Saute the combination above in olive oil, until just beginning to get crisp on the outside.

Enjoy!

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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year!


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In many places stretched across the country where I live, Canada, there is a lot of snow from coast to coast! So yes there will be a white Christmas around here!  The white colour is like that of a storybook setting, making the holidays a splendid thing.

Yet the white foods of fruits and vegetables may not be the flashiest as the coloured fruits and vegetables (greens, reds, yellow, orange, or blues and purples) they do not they lack in nutrient value. One of the most important foods in white foods is the Allium family of food: onions, garlic, shallots, and leeks. The health benefits of these foods, make these foods a leading role in many recipes. White foods contain antioxidants for healing and protection, help maintain a health cholesterol level, boost the immune system, and promote good heart health!

Some white foods include:

cauliflower, shallots, mushrooms, turnips, bananas, pears, parsnips, white corn, potatoes, ginger, garlic, white nectarines, and jicama

Next: White food recipe.

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Here is a double red recipe involving a red vegetable with the pleasant radicchio salad and red fruit of cranberries, which stretches out the use of cranberries for this holiday season!

As like the Green Recipe for this Christmas holiday, theme, in this recipe there are no specific numbers, just keep in mind what 1 serving size is. A quick ‘rule of thumb’ for a serving size is what fits into the palm of your hand. That equals 1 serving size.

In an equation:

1 palm + add food until palm filled = 1 serving size

or visual reference:

Food & Hands

Ingredients: Amounts will vary according to number of people (number of servings)

Handful of dried cranberries

Head of radicchio torn into bite-size pieces

Walnuts

Walnut Oil or can use Olive Oil

Lemon juice

Putting it together:

1. Make the vinaigrette of oil and lemon juice in a salad bowl.

2. Add handful of dried cranberries and let plump out.

3. Add head of radicchio, torn bite-sized pieces and toss.

4. Sprinkle with walnut halves and serve.

Enjoy!

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Red …Santa`s Colours!

Red fruits and vegetables have a great benefit to us, as they provide protection and healing through their antioxidants. They are also known to be of value in heart health, reduce the risk of certain cancers, and assist to improve memory function.

What are winter red fruits and vegetables? Here is a few of them:

red apples, beets, cranberries, pink or red grapefruit, blood oranges, pomegranates, red potatoes, quinces, radicchio, and radishes

Tomatoes are a very beneficial red food. However did you know it is a hybrid: botanically fruit, yet commonly considered a vegetable. The draw of the tomatoe is its richness in lycopene, which is a major antioxidant!

Coming up next: A Red Recipe.

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The first recipe of the 3 primary Christmas colours, green, is a side dish. For this recipe, keep in mind what 1 serving size is. Depending on how many you want this side dish to serve, just mulitply the number of people to the single serving size. For example if there are 6 people total at your dinner, # of total people x 1 serving size. Therefore in this example 6 x 1 = 6. Make sure you have enough for 6 people.

Ingredients: *amounts will vary to number of people side dish is for. Adjust accordingly.

Olive oil

Broccoli florets

Green olives, chopped

Capers (optional)

Lemon zest

Dried red pepper flakes

Garlic

Putting it Together:

1. Warm olive oil over medium heat and add broccoli florets and saute them until soften – let them sizzle and brown a bit.

2. Add chopped green olives, capers (if using), lemon zest, dried red pepper flakes and garlic. Saute until broccoli is golden and flavours have melded together.

Enjoy this green side dish!

Happy kitchening, cooking & cuisine!