Main Dishes

Cook a perfect sirloin tip roast with this recipe each and every time. Juicy, full of flavour and cooked to perfection, you can’t go wrong!

Learn how to make Jerk Chicken with Sweet & Spicy Pineapple Salsa, the combination of flavors in this recipe will leave you wanting more! When I threw Keira her big first birthday bash my MIL came carrying trays of Jerk chicken and rice and peas. Those trays emptied quickly, with plenty of praise from my …

Marinated and grilled in a scotch bonnet and orange glaze, these chicken drumsticks are perfectly sweet and spicy. This is one grilled chicken recipe you’ll be craving all summer long! So somehow May is here. Not sure when that happened, but April definitely breezed right by. Of course that means summer will be here before …

This pan fried lemon pepper chicken recipe results in chicken that is moist, flavourful and full of amazing bright citrus flavour. If you are looking for a dinner full of spring freshness your family will love, this Lemon Pepper Chicken is an incredibly flavourful recipe. Try serving it with a side of haricots verts with …

  This Cilantro Lime Chicken with Fresh Avocado Salsa is delicious served with rice for a fresh tasting family dinner.  It’s also a heart healthy recipe!     We eat a lot of chicken in our house, everyone loves it, it’s comparatively inexpensive and it just works with so many different flavours.  We recently moved …

  This recipe for Baked Crispy Chicken with Provolone is an amazing twist on a classic recipe that kids will love! Perfect for serving at dinner parties.  This is a great dish to serve at the kids table on Thanksgiving and Christmas in case the kids do not like turkey.       Baked Crispy Chicken …

This Coconut Crusted Cod with Mango Sauce can be made in 20 minutes and is full of Caribbean Flavours! The Oceans are one of Earth’s most valuable natural resources.  Just think about it, we harvest plenty of food from it, we use it for travel, we use it for recreation, we mine it for important …

   This French Lentil Stew with Sausage is a quick, easy and filling family dinner recipe.     Ingredients: 1 small shallot, diced 1 garlic clove, minced 2 large carrots, peeled and diced 1/2 cup of broccoli, finely chopped (I used a food processor) 1/2 cup of mushrooms (your choice) I used baby portobello 1 cup …

Use leftover salmon to create an entire meal with this Salmon Quiche Recipe! It’s perfect for dinner or lunch and it is a fab addition to family brunch!   Use leftover salmon to create an entire meal with this Salmon Quiche Recipe! You can also make this a pantry meal and use canned sockeye salmon …

This Skillet Pizza Pasta Casserole is a one pot dish perfect for family dinner, this is food for kids that adults will love too. Easy!  I think we can all agree that sitting down to family dinner is an important part of family life.   Unfortunately, it’s just too easy to let busy schedules get in …

Did you know that March is Nutrition Month?  What a great time to incorporate some cheese into your family diet!  Cheese is a nutritious source of calcium, protein, vitamin B12 and more with the added bonus of being irresistibly good.  This incredible recipe for Buffalo Chicken Mac ‘n Cheese is a gourmet macaroni and cheese …

These savory beef & stout hand pies are perfect for St. Patrick’s day. Filled with a rich beef & Guinness filling, they’re sure to satisfy!

This Caprese Frittata with Prosciutto is perfect for breakfast or even a family dinner served with salad. It’s full of bursts of tomato & creamy cheese. I am so excited to share with you that I am a brand ambassador for Egg Farmers of Canada this year!  It’s such a great fit for me because …

     This coconut poached cod is heavily inspired by a Jamaican cooking technique known as “Rundown” which involves cooking protein and/or starches in reduced coconut milk. The Scotch Bonnet Pepper is extremely hot so beware. If you want to avoid heat, cook the whole pepper without cutting into it in order to extract just …

This Pepper-Crusted Maple-Glazed Salmon is so full of complex flavour its the perfect recipe for family dinner or to serve guests.    I had the pleasure of meeting Bob Blumer last year at a conference and it was so exciting!  I’ve had his cookbook Glutton for Pleasure for a year now and have enjoyed trying …

These classic Grilled Lemon Thyme Chicken Breasts are tender, juicy, and flavourful – the best bbq chicken every time. Grilling Season might be almost coming to an end, but there are recipes meant for the grill that get made throughout the year in our home.  We have an indoor grill now but sometimes I “grill” …

Did you know that there are currently over 300 million hens in Canada and the US suffering through lives of intense pain and inhumane confinement.  All with the goal of putting eggs on your table.  Hens often spend their entire lives in small cages shared with 5 or 6 other birds, working out to a …

These quick & easy Peri Peri Chicken Breasts are juicy and bursting with incredible flavour – perfect for a busy midweek meal! Nando’s Restaurants first opened in South Africa in 1987 and soon became famous for its Portuguese style flame-grilled chicken flavoured with their PERi-PERi (African Birds Eye Chilli) sauce.  The distinctive flavour of Nando’s sauces …

This Caribbean Okra and Shrimp recipe is a simple, spicy, and flavourful stew featuring plump shrimp, crisp okra and scotch bonnet peppers.

This Slow-Cooker Chicken Curry Recipe is super easy to throw together and full of great flavour. This is a super easy family dinner recipe! My sister actually came across this recipe for Slow-Cooker Chicken Curry a few years ago and it has been a favourite ever since. We do eat a lot of Jamaican style …