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Honey Raspberry Pan Fried Pork Chops. A 30 minute meal that impresses. Juicy seared pork chops pair beautifully with an easy to make, sweet and sour raspberry pan sauce.

These beautiful light and flaky apple turnovers use a shortcut puff pastry with a secret ingredient for pastry success. Apple turnovers have always been a favourite of mine because I’m basically a pastry freak. Surround anything with pastry from a Steak Pie to a Turkey Wellington to Apple Pie and I’ll go mad for it. …

These Carrot Cake Cookie Bars are inspired by a cross between the classic dessert cake and blondies. Soft & satisfying, these little treats freeze well too.

Garlic Thyme Cheese Puffs. These delectable little cheese puffs start with simple choux pastry, which is not nearly as intimidating as some think; learning to make this classic opens up a whole world of possibilities from sweet to savoury.

Apple Crumble Muffins. What better addition to an Autumn brunch than these amazingly delicious apple cinnamon muffins with a crunchy, buttery, oatmeal crumble topping.

Cherry Orange Pork Medallions. An easy sweet and sour cherry sauce with a citrus twist goes deliciously well with pork medallions from simply seasoned and pan roasted pork tenderloin.

Mini crab cakes made ideal, impressive party food or make them larger as a special lunch or as the centrepiece of an incredible version of Eggs Benedict at a weekend brunch.

Apple Cinnamon Scones with Cream Cheese Glaze. Tender, soft, fragrantly spiced apple cinnamon scones with chunks of fresh sweet apples ad a drizzle of vanilla cream cheese glaze. Just the thing to plan for a Fall weekend brunch.

Hummingbird Cake is a close cousin to the carrot cake but with bananas, pineapple and crunchy pecans as the stand out flavours. It still loves to be paired with luscious cream cheese frosting though.

Lemon Ginger Noodles. So fresh tasting and delicious plus they’re easy to make too. A perfect side dish for garlic chicken or grilled fish or pork.