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MISSION COMPLETED: SIDE DISH, CENTRE STAGE Our challenge to you this week was to shift the spotlight away from your main proteins, showing your fellow Gastroposters some delicious side dishes. From savoury soups to vivid vegetables and solid starches, here’s what you shared. On these pages, Twitter handles are in blue and Instagram in brown. YOUR FOOD COULD BE IN THE PAPER, TOO OTHER GASTROPOSTERS WHO COMPLETED THIS MISSION Potato wedges tossed in avocado oil and paprika, with creamy homemade mayo Laura Greenaway @earlgrey_hot26.2 Oven-roasted carrots in pepper medley. Wiktoria Makuchowska @wiktoria82 Melissa Staniewski @seasaltandthyme Caprese, a.k.a. my obsession Sara Verk @thekitchensinkblog Steamed globe artichoke with grainy mustard aioli Ashley Dela Cruz @mistressmacchiato Garlic and herb sweet potato fries = a labour of love Suzie Durigon @suziedurigon Making garlic-and-rosemary-flavoured shoestring fries with my garden potatoes Louisa Tam @elletee888 Side dish, centre stage! May Cheung @blumanegal Beet salad at the Drake 150 Daphne Olivera @d_oli Potato-leek soup with bacon. BUT MOSTLY BACON! Lisa Ritz @cheflisaritz Dish of roasted carrots Janice Choi @bluntfoodreview The addictive mushroom French fry “salad” from Harvest Kitchen Steve Bonney @stevebonney Bacon leek potato soup Aldona Nowak @roxypearly Bean salad with lemon and olive oil homemade dressing Ashley Noelle Lesiak @anlesiak Salmon salad Olivia Wu @livwu Baked sweet potato fries with spicy mayo Karley Derosia @cleaneatsbykarl Brussels sprouts, broccoli, chicory and kale with a fake chicken burger Lori Yep @karmichopeful Edamame, a perfect side to sushi Kimberly Dominguez @kdcuisine Salad of black mission figs, tart apples, spiced toasted pecans Michael Bugeja @mikejbug Five Guys definitely makes fries good enough to put a spotlight on Stephanie Forrest @neemoeitalo Homemade macaroni and cheese, the side dish ready to take centre stage Nadine McDermott @cassandcamera A sweet side of sweet potato fries with truffle aioli Ashley Ratcliffe @ashratcliffe Spicy eggs with mozzarella and marinated carrot salad Tony Lancia @tonylancia Baked chicken with parmesan Brussels sprouts and truffle honey glazed carrots Nokyoung Xayasane @nokxayasane Mmmmm, sticky rice. The Lao word for rice is the same word for food Farah Pirani @daily.dish Love me some avocado salad! Roshanthan Kanagarajah @roshan_kana Portobello stems with truffle cream Vincent Wu @vincewu87 The unsung side dish hero: sweet potato fries! Joan Gatchalian @jo_an327 Italian caprese salad Linda Matarasso @integrityfilms Cheese corn grits Helen D’Souza @girliegirl168 Vegetarian stuffed pepper with side broccoli salad Darren Kemp @dirwoodmcdarkleson Tomato confit and buffalo mozzarella salad with a Greek burger Surashni Hambre-Tillo @surashni Acorn squash stuffed with walnut, cranberry and freekeh Donna Johnson @thespicycook Leaf lettuce salad with tomatoes, pars- ley, boiled egg and avocado Elana Aptowitzer @elanaapt Perfectly marinated and grilled nest of asparagus Rocco Signorile @imthedarkknight A simple side dish of roasted parmesan potato wedges Ruth Tam @rushyama Roasted carrot ginger soup Sandra Gharbi @l_nutritionary Tuscan bean salad, first recipe completed at George Brown culinary school! Jessica Meddows @jessicameddows Carrot, quinoa, kale, and beet salad with maple, lime and soy dressing Krystal D’lima-Gulab @queeniegulab Brussels sprouts, pancetta and black sesame seeds Alexandra Logozzo @zandralogo Rosemary garlic potatoes Rio Cha @avionrio Baked potato with feta cheese Kate Staszczak @katfuz My simple and delicious side salad with tomatoes and pickles Ivana Mandic @ivana_m84 My hubby made pasulj (Serbian-style beans) Melissa Baker @upbeetrd This side dish takes center stage: citrus-roasted root veggies Kayla Jeanveau @kayla_j 29 Roasted broccoli with garlic and olive oil Janice Chan @jcdays Hasselback potatoes with kosher salt and ground black pepper Anthony Saracino @myrock82 Roasted Brussels sprouts with honey dates, pancetta and parmesan cheese Renata Patterson @r_dpatterson Maple roasted fall vegetable soup with spicy cauliflower and almonds Alyssa Balistreri @thenamesalyssa Salad with arugula, pears, cucumber, walnuts and parmesan cheese Magdalena Plesa @maggieplesa French salad with organic potatoes, carrots, peas and pickles Sarahlyn Manzano @sarahlynmanzano Ginger carrot cauliflower soup with my super healthy salmon kale salad Tim Johnston @cheftj80 Sweet corn bisque with shaved fennel Alex Bielak @alexbielak Rosemary and sea salt scones Lorrie Thornhill @wimzcicle Big green salad with tomatoes, mushrooms, chicken and crispy onions Aidan Ferreira @theurbancarnivore Homemade mac and cheese with crispy fried rosemary and Brussels sprouts Jason Rizzuti @jrizzuti A Greek salad from Sweet Escapes Marlene Cornelis @musingmar In this tasty salad, Brussels sprouts play the lead role GASTROPOST IT Whatever you eat in order to complete the mission, the important part is sharing it with the Gastropost community. There are several ways to do that: Visit gastropost.com to see what your fellow Gastroposters have been eating. Post a photo on Instagram and tag it with #gastropost Post a photo through Twitter and tag it with #gastropost Upload a post to Facebook and tag it with @Gastropost Post directly to our website DON’T HESITATE TO GET IN TOUCH WITH US. WE’D LOVE TO HEAR FROM YOU. Email us at [email protected] Or: twitter.com/gastropost Like us at facebook.com/gastropost YOUR NEXT MISSION: FALL FORWARD Just because the leaves are changing colour doesn’t mean you have to be sad. This week, embrace the fall by eating some fresh produce of the season. Your mission is to show your fellow Gastroposters the foods that return to your plates when the weather starts to turn — for example, you could complete the mission with apples and cranberries, Brussels sprouts and leeks, and of course pumpkin. Get your food pics & ideas published in the National Post Be the first to find out about new missions Get your very own Gastrosketch JOIN US! MISSION PARTNER: BECEL® MISSION INSPIRATION: CINNAMON ROASTED SWEET POTATOES AND APPLES When you’re preparing a meal with multiple courses, margarine can help by keeping things running smoothly in the kitchen. “There’s a convenience factor. It’s frustrating waiting for butter to melt. With Becel®, it’s already soft. It’s ready to go,” says Chef Corbin Tomaszeski. If you make these tasty cinnamon-roasted sweet potatoes and apples, you’ll see right away why that’s such a big help. Margarine also works well in this recipe because, as Chef Corbin says, “It’s a versatile ingredient in recipes ranging from sweet to savoury” — and this delicious side dish is both. For this recipe and many more, visit becel.ca/en/becel/heart-healthy-recipes. If you use margarine with your recipe this week, or have another secret to helping make your preparation go smoothly , let us know by adding the hashtag #smooth to your #gastropost. We’ll feature some of your ideas in next week’s paper! Jess Dawe @veganeatstoronto Steamed beans with roasted butter- nut squash seeds and a sweet potato butter drizzle Jess Susanna Lyagusha @susl23 Tomato, avocado and onion salad, the simplest side dish Elena Posada Brussels sprouts with prosciutto Christine Cappuccitti @chriscskitchen Grilled radicchio and Belgian endive with a light vinaigrette Lina Liwag @freshncrunchy Enoki mush- rooms, wakame, tomato, black rice noodles Miguel Cizeron @mcizeron Rainbow salad with onion, cherry tomatoes, arugula, avocado, cucumber and red cabbage Jenny Roger @jenny_roger Cauliflower slaw: replace the cabbage with finely sliced cauliflower Heidi Fan @heidifanfan Avocado salad with poppyseed dressing Faye Gong @foodie519 Papaya avocado salad with lime juice and mint Vanessa Bower @vbower Kelp noodles with RawFoodz Girlz Japanese joy dressing 10 EASY SIDE DISH IDEAS Cylas Contreras • Eric Cardoso • Kari Marie Svenneby • Gaian Valdegamo • Jessica Coon • Georgia Mock • Cassie Brown • Ksenia Prints • Jessica Blaine Smith • Carmen Mok • Megan Moorhouse • Harpreet Dhaliwal • Amanda Holbrook • Angel De Vera • Veronica Bretton • Aija Thompson • Katherine Bytzek • Renata Monteiro • Pamela Wilson • Amal Elrass • Sherri Onyszkiewicz • Joannie Co • Quynh Tran • Alexandria Giamos • Nataliya Kornienko • Marisa Porrazzo • Robin Arroz • Dara Leigh • Hafeeza Jaffer • Brit Bulbrook • Michelle Gallant • Eunhye Kim • Sonia Parisi • Chandra Severin • Eva Tere • Ilanit Adut • Mario Gimigliano • Olivia Sant • Paula Simon Koutsomichos • Akshata Karanth • Anastasia PapaeiouSumtmeYpolos • Sharon Mendelaoui • Margaret Lu • Vincent Choi • Amanda Arosh • Jumbo Lau • Sáfár Norbert • Victoria Mendonca • Sally Suk • Dorothy Filoteo • Ashlin Jakubowski • Ivana Hua • Samantha Nikahwal • Koriko Lo • Stephanie Bailey • Angie Fong • Lisa Koo • Melissa Franceschetti • Michelle Cabral • Margaret Lee • Rina Hait • Andrea Hunter • Robyn Huang • Eric Compton • Darryl Yu • Tara Maini • Bonnie Mo • Shilpi Dave • Karla Schaus • Angie Fong • Rachel Loo • Madushi Weerasekera • Sarah Borrett • Dilini Kurukulaarachchi • Wendy Chau • Jordan Griner • Mike Wong • Brigitte Hermanns • Emily Fallavollita • Jessica Lam • Bibi Ramzan • Michael Pugh • Emily Javier • Katarina Thorne • Chris Mazza • Rudy Diric • Kathy Jean Balenovic • Nimu Ganguli • Scott Jansen • Dana Topping • Oriana Rivadeneira • Asmahan Garrib • Berkley Miller • Thai Uong • Lisa Wakelam • Angelie Sood • Joanne Chiaramonte • Harvey Milgrom • Irene Matys • Maria Aquino-Giannini • Sam Kanner • Yawen Chern • Debi Traub • Francesca Bucci • Anthony Ramundi • Louis Milo • Attia Khan • Mariam Assaf • Enoch Chan • Hira Ahmad • Stephanie Lau • Matthew Robinson • Ben Ekuban • Theresa Altomare • Sara Shay • Luciano Schipano • Nancy Verches • Ngee Kap • Ryan Hamilton • Greg Kudrewatych • Kristi Doan • Jessica Bronstein • Ghinelle Ponticilla • Lora Gallucci • Tracy Ashton • Stephanie Okola • Joanna Kong • Dave Mottershall • Karin Hsu • Rebecca Katindig • Alexandra Tang • Nick Aimola • Apostolos Papana- stasiou • Alexandra Fernando • Jyun Oki • Madelaine Calanza • Kyle Fernandes • Angelo Panganiban • Selina Tavares • Shawn Brown • Catherine Kong • Ben Cunningham • Carolyn Farmer • Lauren Giroux • Krystle Wilt- shire • Michelle Vogrinec • Stacey McCool • Brooke Higa • Melanya Liwanag Aguila • Jess Comishen • Lauren Hunter • Bonnie Masina • Izobelle Ong • Rhea Talarde-Villafana • Shuang Shan • Michaell Jaramillo • Alexandra Sundarsingh • Joey dela Cruz • Agnes Ver • Kristina Chau • Diana Chan • Carmen Chan • Tanya Lynch • Claudia Rosas • Brianna Stein • Matthew Gallagher • Rose Hortillo • Jill Lauza • Gillian Anderson • Kisha Hosin • Laila Peterson-Tannis • Leizel Albano • Mauriece Dalupang • Lauren Toyota • Amanda Scriver • Alex Tsang • Maya Nathwani • Lee-Anne Kirk • Nimu Ganguli • Claudia Yuen • Domenica Ganguli • Lauren Souch • Shegufta Islam • Chanjayaa Kovinthan • Maria Zychowicz • Jude Mackay
