BAKERIES - DELI - RESTAURANTS - FESTIVALS - EVENTS ethnic Where to buy & eat good Ethnic Food? Issue 34 September 6, 2019 - Print & Online [email protected], www.ethnicfood.ca, Superpower your morning with a delicious chocolate peanut smoothie (NC) There’s no better way er you through your day. • 2 tbsp. agave nectar to kick-start your morning (optional) than with a tasty smoothie • ¼ cup hemp that’s loaded with nutri- Chocolate (increase volume if you ents. Lucky for chocolate Peanut Butter don’t want it as thick) lovers, this easy-to-make smoothie is a great alter- Smoothie Directions: native for busy, on-the-go Prep time: 5 minutes 1.Place frozen banana, pea- professionals who pri- Serves: 1 nut butter, protein blend, oritize a healthy diet, but cocoa powder, hemp bever- don’t always have the time Ingredients: age, and agave nectar in a to accommodate one. • 1 frozen banana blender. • 2 tbsp peanut butter 2.Blend everything togeth- For this recipe, swap out • 4 tbsp Hemp Yeah! Plant er until completely com- regular milk for hemp milk Protein Blend, chocolate bined and smooth. and add in a plant protein flavour (optional) 3.Transfer to a cup and top blend, which contains over • 2 tbsp unsweetened cocoa with cacao nibs, nuts and 20 grams of protein to pow- powder chopped dark chocolate. A great back-to-school snack that your kids will love (NC) It’s time to go back to school • 1 tbsp unsalted butter, melted and many parents are on the hunt for and cooled snack options that are both healthy and something their kids want to eat. Banana bread • ¼ cup Fairlife 2% ultrafiltered, Let us introduce this delicious ba- partly skimmed milk nana bread with streusel topping • ½ cup (1 stick) unsalted butter, recipe. Using Fairlife ultrafiltered softened, plus more for greasing lactose-free milk gives this bread a pan light, moist texture with a perfectly • 1 2/3 cups unbleached all-pur- browned crust. The milk also has 50 pose flour, plus more for pan per cent more protein and 50 per cent • 1 ½ cups mashed very ripe ba- less than regular milk, which nanas (about 3 medium or 2 large) makes this an easy choice for a more • 1 tsp vanilla extract nutritious snack. • 1 tsp baking powder • ½ tsp baking soda This banana bread will stay fresh all • 3/4 tsp kosher or sea week long, so get ahead of the game • 1/3 cup honey and bake it on Sunday. But let’s face • 1 large egg, lightly beaten it, it’s so good it might not last the full week. Directions: 2. Stir together bananas, milk and kle with streusel topping. Banana Bread with For streusel topping (optional) vanilla extract in a medium bowl. In 5. Bake, rotating once halfway 1. Preheat oven to 350°F (175°C) a large bowl, whisk together flour, through, until sides are starting to Streusel Topping with rack in middle. Spread pepi- baking powder, baking soda and salt. pull away from pan and a tester in- tas on a baking sheet and bake un- 3. Using an electric mixer, beat but- serted into centre of bread comes Prep time: 15 minutes til lightly toasted, about 5 minutes. ter and honey on medium speed in out clean; about 1 hour to 1 hour 10 Cook time: 1 hour and 10 minutes Remove from oven and let cool, then another large bowl until light and minutes. Serves: 8 coarsely chop. fluffy; about 5 minutes. Add egg 6. Cool in pan on a wire rack for 15 Ingredients: 2. In a bowl, mix cooled pepitas with and beat until combined. Add ba- minutes. Run a butter knife around sugar, poppy seeds and salt until nana mixture and beat until com- edges of loaf, then carefully invert Streusel topping (optional) sugar is incorporated. Stir in butter. bined. Add dry ingredients in two onto a plate (some streusel will fall • ½ cup raw shelled pumpkin seeds Set aside (leave oven on). additions, beating on low after each off; you can sprinkle it back on). In- (pepitas) addition and scraping down sides of vert back onto wire rack and let cool • 2 tsp packed light or dark brown For banana bread bowl as necessary until fully incor- completely before slicing. sugar 1. Grease a 9×5-inch loaf pan with porated. • 2 tsp poppy seeds butter and dust with flour, tapping 4. Transfer batter to prepared pan • 1/8 tbsp kosher salt out any excess. and smooth top with spatula. Sprin-

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Kipling Ave Islington Ave from? other nut in the Bible? The al- Pistachios are the "colourful" nut, mond. 128 O’Connor Drive Lebanese 416.461.5200 Food plays a vital role in Leba- Lebanese food. It is a paste made Dine- In - Take Out nese culture. Like most Middle from Lamb and bulgur Catering - Delivery Eastern , Lebanese food wheat. This food knows many is based on that of ancient Levant, variations, among which Kibbeh CATERING a region that includes modern day nayee is the best known. Kibbeh www.greekgrill.ca for your event. Lebanon, Jordan, Syria, Palestine bil-saneeya and Kibbeh rass are Our and Israel. One of the main things other two varieties, which con- Mobile kitchen that differentiate Lebanese food tain cooked meat and pine nuts. can serve all from other Middle Eastern cui- Yoghurt sauce is added to these kinds of sines is the influence of those who dishes, when they are served. Here special have occupied this ancient land are some facts about Lebanese events. throughout its history - the Otto- food you might not know. Different mans and the French. Lebanon has 1. Lebanese Food Is often served daily long maintained links with other as many small dishes to share. specials parts of the world, which is why Lebanese food is rarely served you can find elements in Leba- as one large meal. Instead, it is every day! nese food that have come from all served as mezze – many small corners of the globe. Lebanon’s dishes that allow you to share and capital, Beirut, was once known taste each option. Food always as the Paris of the Middle East tastes best when you can share it * Licensed LLBO Кontosouvli and for thousands of years’ no- with family and friends! * Wheelchair Access mads would pass through with all 2. Pita bread is traditionally * Free parking * Kids Menu sorts of exotic , such as served with Lebanese meals. * 2 section enclosed patio dried fruits and from the To a Lebanese host, bread truly is Far East. The cuisine of Lebanon life. This is why you will find pita is based on fruits, vegetables, or flat bread served with almost Chicken Souvlaki Stick starches, seafood and fish, while every meal. Pork Souvlaki Stick the meat is consumed in modera- 3. Lebanese host will encourage tion. People prefer to use poultry, you to eat a little more. Chicken Souvlaki Dinner rather than red meat. The type Anyone with a Lebanese friend of red meat that predominates is will know this one. If you are a Lamb. Garlic and olive oil are guest of a Lebanese host, they widely used and they represent will never believe you if you say quintessential ingredients to most you don’t have room for a little bit of the Lebanese foods. The sauces more! They have prepared deli- do not have an important role and cious dishes with love, and they furthermore, people tend to put a want to share as much as possible stronger accent on spices, herbs with you. In a Lebanese house- and fresh ingredients, in order to hold, food is life. Sharing it with create unique dishes. people they care about is one of Grilled Lamb Chops Lamb rotisserie Kibbeh is probably the best known the essential, joyful parts of life. For advertising call: (416) 821-9915 Subscribe online: www.ethnicfood.ca 3

Batenjan Makdous (Preserved Eggplants in Olive Oil) Baby eggplants, stuffed with a tasty mix of walnuts and garlic by ninabaydoun - a Lebanese woman and a mother of four children. Beirut- Lebanon

After it has been prepared, the eggplants can be eaten as a appetizer, side dish or can even be put in a sandwich alone. You will find many ways to enjoy it by playing on your own. Personally, I like to eat it for dinner with labneh (yoghurt) and on the side; it makes for a Seating area. Aromatic coffee. lovely and easy to prepare dinner. Bar with liquor license. Ingredients: remaining water to come out of 1 kg baby eggplant the eggplants 200 grams whole nut about 15 cloves garlic, crushed Meanwhile, prepare the filling 1 tablespoon rock salt by roughly crushing the nuts and 1 teaspoon chili paste (optional) mixing it with garlic, salt and about 4 cups olive oil chili paste if desired Preparation: With you thumb widen the slit, Wash the eggplants, remove the fill each eggplant with a spoon stem from the nut garlic mixture Place the eggplants in a pot full of water, leave it on fire for about Place the filled eggplants in a 10 minutes (not more); the skin of jar, turn the jar upside down on a the eggplants when tested should plate at a certain angle to release be soft the remaining water, leave it for When the eggplants are cooked 2 days until no more comes place in a strainer and wash with out from it cold water. Make a small slit lengthwise in the eggplant, sprin- Return the jar after 2 days to kle with salt, put them back in the upright position, and fill it with strainer, slit facing down, place a olive oil. After five days the egg- weight over them and leave it for plants are ready to be consumed. about two days. This helps any Lebanese Style Riz B Haleeb Recipe (Rice With Pistachios) By ger , food stylist and Smitha Kalluraya - amateur photogra- the face behind the pher through passion blog "Cook With Smile". An ex Engi- Published in Dessert neer turned to blog- Recipes

Lebanese Style Riz B Haleeb is thick and delicious and made by adding orange blossom water to sweetened rice cooked in milk.

Prep in: 5 Min, Cooks in: 45 Min, Total in: 50 Min, Makes: 4 Servings

Ingredients: ing, add sugar and stir. ding starts thickening. 1/2 cup Rice, soaked Keep stirring till all 8. Keep stirring and for 1-2 hours the sugar dissolves and allow the pudding to 4 cups Milk, and more the milk is boiling, for thicken in about 5 min- to mix cornflour about 5 minutes. utes time and switch 3 tablespoons Sugar, 4. Drain the soaked off heat. (adjust to taste) rice and add the rice 9. Add about a handful 2 tablespoons Corn carefully to the boiling of pistachios, give a flour milk-sugar mixture, stir and allow to cool 2 teaspoons Orange stir once and simmer to room temperature. blossom water for 25-30 minutes until 10. You can serve the 10 Pistachios, and the rice in it is cooked Riz B Haleeb warm, or more to , well. Keep stirring in chilled. crushed occasionally and keep 11. Scoop it out to the lid closed. individual serving How to make it: 5. While the rice is glasses and garnish 1. To begin making cooking, dissolve with more crushed Lebanese Style Riz B cornflour in a little pistachios. Haleeb Recipe, soak milk at room tempera- 12. Serve Lebanese rice in water for 1-2 ture. Style Riz B Haleeb hours. You can also 6. Once the rice is Recipe ( soak the rice in hot cooked in the handi, With Pistachios), as water for 30 minutes. add the corn flour- a party dessert after 2. To a heavy bot- milk paste to the boil- a dinner of Lebanese tomed pan/handi, pour ing pudding on sim- Fattoush Salad Recipe, milk and start heating mering heat and stir. Beetroot Falafel With on medium heat. 7.Immediately add the Pita Bread Recipe and 3. When the milk orange blossom water Pumpkin Hummus comes to near boil- also before the pud- Recipe. 4 Subscribe online: www.ethnicfood.ca For advertising call: (416) 821-9915

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Russell is here to help get us back If you’re feeling adventurous, why cently launched ‘From our Chefs’ on track. not try a sweet potato mash with lo- home meal kits.” (NC) If you have no cal apples sautéed in a touch of Cana- idea what you’re eat- “As a busy father of two boys, I dian maple syrup? This delicious and The kits, which are available in four ing tonight, you’re not know the challenges of meal plan- nutritious side dish pairs well along- varieties including butter chicken alone. And you might ning, but it doesn’t have to be hard or side an herbed chicken breast or pan- and beef and spinach lasagna, are not be shocked to hear stressful. When doing your weekly fried local trout. portioned raw ingredients that just that 80 per cent of Ca- shop, try to buy a variety of fresh require assembly and cooking time. nadians still aren’t sure what they’re local produce, proteins and whole “There is a common misconception If you’re strapped for time, there are feeding their families by 4 p.m. grains that can be easily mixed and that quick and simple also means also varieties that simply need to matched to create quick and delicious boring, and that’s definitely not the be heated before being served. Find Getting back into a routine can be dinner options that the whole family case,” says Russell. “To save time these easy options in the ready-to-go hard once the kids are back in school, will love.” and bring back fast and creative din- meals section at your local store. but fortunately executive chef Mark ner options, Loblaws and Zehrs re- For advertising call: (416) 821-9915 Subscribe online: www.ethnicfood.ca 5 Toronto Operetta Theatre offers sounds that clamour for your attention! VIVA LA ZARZUELA launches the 2019-2020 Season “We are the purveyors of all that is romantic, comic, thrilling and sweetly sentimental on the stages of the lyric theatre” says Guillermo Silva-Marín, taking a break from rehearsals at the Edward Jackman Centre. For more than three decades, Guillermo has infused the music of Zarzuela, Operetta and Light Opera with dazzling theatrical elements that have elicited standing ovations for productions of THE MERRY WIDOW, LUISA FERNANDA, LA BELLE HELENE and CECILIA VALDES at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. Toronto Operetta The- atre is Canada’s leading - and only - company of its kind dedicated to fun musical entertainment. Guillermo’s vision of music theatre also embrac- made it his goal to introduce not only also is General Director of VOICE- poser Michael Rose. His program- es the promotion of emerging sing- many young Latin American singers BOX: Opera in Concert and founded ming for VOICEBOX: Opera in Con- ers, thrusting them centre-stage in a on the TOT stage but also to pres- the first opera company in his home- cert for the coming season is equally successful effort to advance their ca- ent the Canadian Premieres of many town, knowns as PONCE LÍRICO in ambitious and leads to Ponce’s LA reers. Ernesto Ramírez, Diego Cata- zarzuelas such as EL BARBERILLO Puerto Rico. He is indefatigable and TRAVIATA by Giuseppe Verdi in lá, Rómulo Delgado, Margie Bernal, DE LAVAPIES, LA GRAN VIA and shows no sign of slowing down at an May 2020. Between productions, Vania Chan, Holly Chaplin and Lynn LA VERBENA DE LA PALOMA. age when most people are happy to Guillermo is constantly on the look Isnar are just a few of the exciting Recipient of a ‘10 Most Influential retire. There is simply too much to out for new talent, always hoping to talents showcased by TOT and ap- Hispanic Canadians Award’, he con- do and the future has some surprises push emerging artists into the lime- plauded by our patrons. tinues on his quest to keep the Span- in store. Think of DOÑA FRAN- light. “Don’t be shy,” he says, “if you TOT has presented a daring array ish lyric theatre vibrantly alive with CISQUITA, LA LEYENDA DEL want to sing an audition, just call the of operettas, musicals and zarzuelas VIVA LA ZARZUELA as the official BESO and the remount of Gonzalo office!” VIVA LA ZARZUELA is to fully engage the diversity of the opening of TOT’s 2019-2020 Season Roig’s amazing Cuban master work the starting point in 2019-2020 for people of Ontario. From the world on September 28, 2019. Guillermo’s CECILIA VALDES, viewed for the ‘sounds that clamour for your at- capitals of Vienna, Paris, London, extensive performing career has tak- first time in Toronto in 2003 featur- tention’. Toronto Operetta Theatre Madrid to Latin America and North en him to the Metropolitan Opera, ing the extraordinary artistry of Cu- makes certain that your visit will be America, the melodic realm of MY New York City Opera, and the Cana- ban tenor Adolfo Casas. This year memorable. FAIR LADY, KISMET, MARIA LA dian Opera Company as well as being alone, there will be Johann Strauss’ O and LA REVOLTOSA delighted Written by Henry Ingram, featured at performances with lead- THE GYPSY BARON, Gilbert & Director of Marketing Torontonians seeking a great night ing symphony orchestras throughout Sullivan’s HMS PINAFORE and the out among friends and colleagues. A and Promotion Canada, North America, Mexico and World Premiere of A NORTHERN Toronto Operetta Theatre native of Puerto Rico, Guillermo has Puerto Rico. Together with TOT, he LIGHTS DREAM by Canadian com- 6 Subscribe online: www.ethnicfood.ca For advertising call: (416) 821-9915 Grilled The name “New York strip” steak dates back to 1837 when a restau- rant called Delmonico’s opened New York Strip Steak in Manhattan, NYC. 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