At this time of the year we start thinking about healthier eating, Groundhog Day (a truly great movie, I watch it every year) has passed and thoughts turn to spring and lighter fare. Eating with a focus on nutrition does not mean giving up taste. Food gets flavour from fat and salt so if remove them to make the food better for us we take away taste. This recipe gives us full flavour with no salt (Moroccan spice rub and lemon juice) as well as a way to keep the pork tenderloin moist without fat (lean pork tenderloin marinated in low fat yogurt).

Cedar-Planked Salmon
Serves 4
Prep Time: 15 minutes plus 2-3 hours soaking for cedar plank
Total time: 30 minutes

8 g 2 tsp (10 mL) lemon juice
3 g 1 clove garlic, minced
7 g 1 tbsp (15 mL) gingerroot, minced
32 g 3 tbsp (45 mL) brown sugar
2 g 1 tsp (5 mL) ground cumin
1 g ½ tsp (2 mL) pepper
454 g 1 lb (454 g) salmon fillet

I had a question regarding low fat pork rib recipes the other day and that got me to thinking about pork. I love pork, not the dried, curled up disc that my mother served me as a child; I used to fill it with applesauce just to be able to eat it!

February is Heart Health Month, so I checked in with Cheryl Turnbull-Bruce, our Head Sobeys Dietician here in Atlantic Canada, for some tips on eating smart for your heart. If you aren’t sure what you should be eating and how much of it your body needs each day, take a look at Canada’s Food Guide to Healthy Eating. It is a great place to get started and the site is full of helpful information for healthy eating and living a healthy lifestyle!