Dinner Party Ideas

Corned Beef & Cabbage Egg Rolls. A delightfully playful and delicious party food idea for St. Patrick’s Day and well beyond. A sure crowd pleaser!

Irish Coffee Cake. Inspired by an Irish Coffee, this is a chocolate stout cake with a an easy Bailey’s Irish Cream frosting. The ideal cake for St. Patrick’s Day or an Irish themed birthday cake!

Condensed Milk Cake. If pound cake and sponge cake had a baby, this would be it! Only 6 ingredients! Soft, yet firm with a springy texture and a beautifully rich vanilla flavour. Perfect as a snack cake or as the base for strawberry shortcake, Victoria sponge cake and especially trifles.

Pan Roasted Beef Tenderloin Fillet with Red Wine Mushroom Sauce and Boursin Mashed Potatoes! A simple but utterly indulgent romantic meal to share with someone special on Valentines Day or any celebration throughout the year.

Valentines Day Menus for Two. 30 outstanding mix and match appetizers, main dishes and romantic desserts to celebrate with your sweetheart.

Seared Rib Steak with Crispy Onion Petals and Brown Butter Hollandaise. Chef Mark McCrowe shows us a perfect sharing dish for two this Valentines Day, or any day of the year you want to celebrate your sweetheart.

No Churn Vanilla Ice Cream with Roasted Strawberry Jam. A creamy shortcut vanilla ice cream with ribbons of intensely flavoured strawberry jam. No stovetop cooking or ice cream maker required! A perfectly easy Valentine’s Day dessert.

Creamy Parmesan Chicken Linguine with bacon. A delightfully easy and flavourful pasta dish that’s as much at home at a weekday family dinner as it is at a dinner party. Simple but impressive.

Creamy Lemon Pepper Scallops Linguine. So simple, quick, easy and delicious but elegant enough to serve at a dinner party.

Steak Frites with Cabernet Thyme Gravy. A French bistro comfort food classic, elevated by an incredibly flavourful gravy. Tips for perfect frites, too.