Adrian

I have learned that shakshuka is commonly found in North Africa, Middle East, Palestine, Israel and Egypt. This version uses the foundation of a traditional shakshuka, with a few little twists. A combo of spices, sautéed veggies, tomato umami, and fresh herbs that’ll leave your taste buds crying for more after the first bite! Recipe credit: Nelson Cardoso - Photos And Food.

Appetizers

Middle Eastern

Shakshuka

Great for Father's Day, other occasions, or just for the pure eating pleasure of it!

Chef Michael Smith Collection

American

Weekend Pancakes with Maple Syrup

A comforting, creamy twist on classic beef chili.

Dinner

White Chicken Chili

This special occasion treat features a classic trio of flavours: potatoes, bacon and cheddar. It’s my favourite way to show off the earthy potatoes that PEI is so famous is for. It’s not hard to make but it does take some time to assemble and will need several hours in the oven. The spectacular results are more than worth the wait!

Potato Bacon Cheddar Tart

Are you looking for a signature party trick? Having a dinner party? Trying to impress your kids? Leaping flames! Dangerous heat! Cooking on the edge! This is how to fill Half Your Plate with delicious bananas and a showstopper dessert that no one will ever forget!

Dessert

Flaming Bananas

There are few things as good as a warm bowl of homemade macaroni and cheese especially when it doesn’t come out of a box! I don’t normally put lobster in mine - and this version is great without my favourite crustacean - but it’s a great way to make the ordinary extraordinary.

Lobster Macaroni And Cheese

Pear And Cranberry Crisp

You can easily fit the kid-friendly flavours of a pizza into a soup bowl. This easy-to-make soup is always a hit at our table.

lunch

brunch

Pizza Soup

A recipe is merely words on paper; a guideline, a starting point from which to improvise. It cannot pretend to replace the practiced hand and telling glance of a watchful cook. For that reason feel free to stir your own ideas into this dish. When you cook it once, it becomes yours, so personalize it a bit. Add more of an ingredient you like or less of something you don't like. Try substituting one ingredient for another. Remember words have no flavour; you have to add your own!

Main Course

Italian

Speedy Tomato Sauce

Meyer Canada

All over the world, one of the simplest ways to turn a pile of ripe fruit into a warm comfortable dessert is to slowly bake them with aromatic spices under an easy-to-make crumbly crust.

FRUIT CRISP

Looking for a special breakfast? Delicious French toast is an easy and impressive way to start your day, especially when it’s topped with a fresh fruit compote. This recipe features an added crunchy bonus: a whole-grain crust on every slice. All you have to do is dip the works in rolled oats before you toast them in the pan. Whole-grain goodness in every bite.

Oatmeal Crusted French Toast with Honey-Glazed Peaches

This is the pasta sauce I crave more than any other. It’s easy to make and perfect when there’s a finicky eater at the table because the bacon is irresistible. You can combine the simple flavours of a great tomato sauce with crowd-pleasing bacon, and you’re guaranteed a winner.

Penne with Tomato Bacon Sauce

This is my family’s all-time favourite dinner party pasta dish. Our friends request it all the time. I’m happy to oblige because it tastes great, and the sauce makes itself! It’s easy. Steaming wet, just-cooked pasta and melting cream cheese form an incredibly smooth luxurious sauce. The smoked salmon adds flavour extravagance that’s balanced by the familiar flavours of capers, dill, lemon, onion and mustard. A five-star dish for sharing!

Penne With Smoked Salmon & Cream Cheese Sauce

Every kid deserves to grow up experiencing the sheer thrill, the absolute joy and delight of watching popcorn leaping out of the pot and into the air. Around here it's a regular spectacle, and you don't need microwave to put on this show. Popcorn is fun for the whole family, and if you want to really impress the kids, go for the caramel.

Caramel Popcorn Balls

A pulled pork sandwich is a thing of beauty. Tender meat glistening with spicy, smoky flavour piled high on a soft bun with no adornment save for some tangy, crunchy 'slaw. The time-honoured method for making succulent pulled pork requires a smoke pit, a whole hog, and pulling an all nighter.

Luckily there's a much easier way that's just as tasty. This recipe harnesses the power of slow cooker braising to duplicate the BBQ flavours. This much simpler process skips the time and labour intensive process of grilling and smoking, which leaves more time for pulling and sandwiching. There won't be any smoke of course, but with these flavours no one will even notice.

Pulled Pork Sandwiches

Searing sweet briny scallops to give them a golden brown crispy crust is an essential cooking method for any cook’s seafood repertoire. The secret is a hot pan, a high-heat, rapid cooking trick mastered by busy restaurant line cooks. A hot pan not only browns the scallops but allows you to whip up a tasty wine sauce too.

Pan-Seared Scallops With House Wine Sauce

This is the tastiest and easiest bread I’ve ever made. Here’s why. The secret is science and understanding why the best bread takes time. The key to an addictive loaf of rich, hearty goodness is not long laborious kneading; instead it’s an overnight rest for the living dough. With time, water and flour will naturally form a strong elastic dough that can then capture the breath of the living yeast and rise into tender, chewy bread.

Real Bread

This vegetarian soup is full of hearty lentils and fragrant spices. It simmers together easily in your favourite Meyer Saucepan or Dutch Oven. You’ll love its big, bright flavours!

Curried Red Lentil & Spinach Soup

The year 2016 has been declared the International Year of Pulses by the United Nations to celebrate one of the world’s most important foods: the edible seeds of the legume family.

Beans, peas, chickpeas, and lentils are packed with fibre, protein, nutrients, and flavour. Their nutritional intensity, inexpensive accessibility, and ease of cooking have made them indispensible staples to cooks all over the globe.

Wherever we live, we all do our best to make healthy choices at home but it’s a lot easier when those choices are delicious. These meatless tacos are stuffed with so much sunny southwestern flavour that no one will notice anything missing. What a great way for your family to join families around the world in a global celebration of flavour and nutrition!

Pulse Tacos

Running out of time to cook vegetables? You can make this delicious dish in the time it takes you to boil water and cook pasta. You just need a few delicious timesavers. Tricks like a simple pesto built on the snappy flavour of arugula or the convenience of a store-bought rotisserie chicken. And it doesn’t take long to melt bell peppers. Save time and fill Half Your Plate with vegetables!

Arugula Pesto Pasta with Rotisserie Chicken & Melted Bell Peppers

By Marge Perry & David Bonom

Whether you’re in San Francisco, Manhattan, or even London, Chinatown means lively streets crammed with friendly crowds and splendid aromas, and shops filled with exotic ingredients and hardworking merchants. From Shanghai to Chicago, the pleasing flavors of sesame and hoisin belong with pork.

Asian

Manhattan Sesame-Hoisin Pulled Pork Sliders

By Brandy O’Neill

Delicious Bolognese sauce gets a makeover with the addition of ground lamb. Served with fresh pasta and topped with just a sprinkling of grated Parmesan cheese.

Lamb Bolognese

Succulent Sweet and Sour Chicken

Fresh herbs and spices perk up this simple classic breaded chicken recipe.

Simple Herbed Breaded Chicken

By Rita Held

Dill, lemon and capers make a refreshing combination for pasta salad.

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