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Home > Recipes > Restricted Diets
Whether you're cooking for a vegan, a diabetic, a celiac or keeping Kosher, you'll need recipes that eliminate wheat, salt, sugar or traife.

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Anne's Orange-and-Chocolate dessert cake *****
Orange and chocolate are very compatible flavours. This is definitely a too-easy-to-be-true dessert. Garnish with super-thin slices of orange and curls of chocolate, if you wish. [More]

Anne's raspberry Jello dessert Cake *****
An impressive treat for guests. Surprisingly easy, low-sugar and low-fat, too. What more could you ask of a recipe? [More]

Artificial sweeteners may cause weight gain *
If you're trying to lose weight, you may want to skip the sugar substitutes and go straight for the sugar. [More]

Cachet No-sugar Belgian Chocolate Clusters (Garber review) **** 1/2
It really IS hard to believe there's no sugar added! [More]

Cachet Sugar-free Belgian Chocolate Orange Bar (Garber review) *****
We found this Belgian chocolate-and-orange cream bar satisfying and delicious. [More]

Coke and Pepsi battle for top sugar substitute *
Soft drink giants Coca-Cola and PepsiCo are setting their sights on producing natural sweeteners -- as concern over the calorie content and artificial ingredients in soft drinks grows. [More]

Diet harvesting attempt *
Here's another new scam: Lose weight with god-knows-what in this new diet preparation. [More]

Fudgy Low-Fat Brownies **** 1/2
A decadent and satisfying dessert -- without the extra fat! [More]

Garber Gastronomic: New food choices for healthier lifestyles *
What kinds of food compromises do we need to make to accommodate changing lifestyles and diet regimens? [More]

Lower Sodium Pork & Sauerkraut ****
Cover and cook in slow cooker until meat pulls apart easily. The result has a much milder sauerkraut flavour than some other recipes, but is still excellent. [More]

Orange Chinese Chicken ****
Chinese food doesn't have to be a no-no. Our revised Orange Chicken slashes the fat just about in half. [More]

Pork and Sauerkraut (Miller recipe) *****
This diet-conscious dish is also a good crock pot meal. Just add everything at once and cook for about 6 or 7 hours on low setting. [More]

Roger's gluten-free white and dark bar chocolates (Chung review) *** 1/2
Agnes Chung reviews Rogers's gluten-free chocolate bar collection and find the product satisfying -- and ideal as a gift for souvenir hunters. Three-and-a-half stars. [More]

Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added chocolate truffle selection (Garber review) **** 1/2
My favourite is the dark-chocolate-enrobed orange cream. [More]

Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added dark chocolate bar (Garber review) *** 1/2
I found this delicious dark chocolate bar satisfying and delicious. [More]

Rogers' Chocolates No-sugar added milk chocolate bar (Garber review) *** 1/2
A Rogers no-sugar-added chocolate bar is a guilt-free pleasure. [More]

Super Food Salad (Chicken and Quinoa Salad with Dried Fruit) ****
Of course you know that Quinoa is an ancient grain with all of the eight amino acids! Super Salad for Super Gals like us. [More]

The Art of Living Well ****
ISBN:0670043478
Author:Rose Reisman
Publisher:Viking Canada (Published by the Penguin Group), $29.00 (CAD); 358 pp
[More]

The South Beach Diet *
If one of your resolutions is to lose weight, here's an offer that will make that goal easier than ever to achieve. [More]

U.S. revamps food pyramid *
For the first time ever, the U.S. is recommending a change from this OLD version of "the Food Pyramid." [More]

Warm Dijon Salmon Salad (from Maille) *****
A five-star recipe that is easy -- and good for your diet! [More]

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* Australian Olive leaves put squeeze on antioxidant 'Super Juices' *
An Australian olive leaf juice has been proven to have an antioxidant capacity up to 28 times more powerful than some "super juices." [More]

* Your Personal Trainer's 2007 primer: Your weight -- and your Food Diary *
Here's a "Get Honest with Yourself 25-Point Daily Checklist". . . [More]

* Your Personal Trainer's Rules for Effective Weight Loss *
evalu8.org columnist Deborah Ramsay makes weight-loss -- and staying on track -- easy! [More]

Anne's Peter Pan 'Poison' Green Dessert *****
A (delicious) guilty pleasure made a little less so in my new interpretation -- and one of my very favourite desserts, too. [More]

Avoiding hidden calories (here's where they hide) *
Beware these hidden sources of calories, which can mean diet sabotage despite your best intentions. [More]

Beachbody *
"Decide. Commit. Succeed." [More]

Canada's dieticians take aim at portion sizes and weight issues *
Canada's dieticians take aim at portion sizes and weight issues . . . [More]

Cooking with Stephanie: Coquitlam Farmers’ Market -- Lettuce Wrap ****
This is a vegetarian dish, using fresh produce picked out from the farmers in the market. [More]

Flavourful Food is Key to Success for Healthy Eating, says Maille-commissioned survey *
Low-fat condiments best flavour solution, say dieticians. [More]

Join a Weight-loss program online *
What is your ideal weight? Are you stuggling to maintain your good health and appropriate body-type? This program might offer just the solution you need. . . [More]

Lactose Intolerance *
I am looking for a couple of companies that make ICE MILK. Can you help me? I can not eat a lot of dairy products without getting an upset stomach. I LOVE dairy but it does not love me. Please help? [More]

Nine in 10 dieticians say flavourful food contributes to success in healthier eating *
More than nine in 10 dieticians agree that food flavour is important to the success of their clients' dietary changes, according to a new national poll of Registered Dieticians commissioned by Maille French Condiments. [More]

Obesity implicated in gum, tooth disease *
Everybody knows that excess weight is bad for your heart, but new research shows that packing on those extra pounds can rob you of your smile and give you stinky breath too. [More]

Portion control and high-nutrient foods are the keys if you want to lose weight *
Fad diets are often the culprit in our thwarted efforts to trim down. [More]

Surroundings play key role in diet, says study *
How many M&MS are enough? It depends on how big the candy scoop is. [More]