LCBO Food & Drink Early Summer 2022

INSIDE SCOOP

DINNER’S READY Using Your Noodle

While everyone loves classic pasta salad (fusilli, veggies and Italian dressing), it’s easy to get stuck in a rut. To shake up your repertoire, we’ve created a handy chart with different noodles, fresh ingredients and big flavours. Bonus: All of them can double as a hearty vegetarian main course.

PANTRY RESCUE Open Sesame

NOODLE

PROTEIN

VEG

EXTRAS

DRESSING

You bought a big tub of tahini to make hummus, and the rest has been languishing

Basil pesto, white wine vinegar

Mini bocconcini

Cherry tomatoes

Parmesan, pine nuts

Farfalle

CAPRESE

in the fridge for months. Have no fear: the sesame

paste is an extremely versatile ingredient. One of the best uses is in tahini sauce. Simply thin it out with water, season with salt, and add a generous squeeze of lemon. The sauce is excellent on fish, grilled eggplant and sliced tomatoes. For breakfast, try spreading tahini onto toast with honey, cinnamon and coarse sea salt. And if you want to get rid of it all in one fell swoop, try making halvah, the beloved fudge of the Middle East.

Grilled eggplant & zucchini

Red onion, parsley, mint

Olive oil, lemon juice, cumin

Pearl couscous

MIDDLE EASTERN

Feta

Tofu or tempeh

Carrots, cucumber

Green onions, pea sprouts

Soba

Miso

SOBA

Canola oil, lime juice, chipotle

Black beans, pecans

Corn, peppers, avocado

Cilantro, shallot

VEGAN/ GLUTEN-FREE

Gluten-free

FAUX BETTER YOLK OF THE DAY

The plant-based revolution has entered the chicken coop. Eat Just, a San Francisco–based company, offers two excellent egg replacements for vegans or people with egg allergies. Made mainly of mung beans, Just Egg comes in liquid form, which can be used for frittatas, French toast or a quick scramble, and works well in simple baking recipes such

as muffins and cakes. There’s also a frozen folded omelette, which heats up in minutes—it’s terrific in a breakfast sandwich or chopped up for fried rice.

‹ Just Plant Based Egg, 355 g, $6.99, Just Frozen Plant Egg, 227 g, $6.99, metro.ca

(YOLK) COURTESY OF JUST EGG; (CHART) ISTOCK

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