Salads

A crunchy cucumber salad is a perfect pairing for noodles and dumplings. This creamy cilantro-jalapeno dressing is a great way to make use of that wilting half bunch of cilantro in your crisper—even if it’s just the stems.

Whole food cooking is at the heart of Kirsten Buck's site, Buck Naked Kitchen. She loves hemp hearts (a big Manitoba crop!) for nut milks and salads.

For this colourful starter plate, mix and match your beets (we’ve added golden beets here for contrast). Serve overtop creamy Greek yogurt with parsley, and slices of crisp crostini.

This insanely colourful roasted beet salad with tahini dressing is a breeze to make, but if you want to save time, you can always buy pre-roasted beets.

Falafel, pepitas, bulgur, beets, squash, arugula, tahini, garlic and honey! What doesn't this bowl have?