Pasta Dishes

Low Fat Smoky Barbecue Turkey Spaghetti and Meatballs. A reminder of summer barbecue flavour at any time of year.

Seafood Lasagna with Roasted Fennel Tomato Sauce. A deconstructed version that can be easily plated just before serving for a very impressive presentation. The subtle flavour of the roasted fennel tomato sauce pairs perfectly with the succulent seafood. I’ve tried quite a few seafood lasagnas in restaurants over the years but it is difficult to …

Four Cheese Bacon Mac and Cheese. Comfort food heaven! Maybe the best mac and cheese ever, with a creamy blend of four cheeses and the added flavour of smoky bacon.  Here’s a great fall comfort food meal to warm your insides on a cold November day. This is a bit of a different version of …

Garden Pasta Salad with Lemon Dijon Dressing – a delicious fresh garden salad meets a pasta salad in this ideal BBQ side dish idea for the summer months.  Summer is definitely pasta salad season at our house and this garden pasta saad is terrific for the season. This one uses fresh garden vegetables and herbs …

Easy Blue Cheese Sauce. A simple to prepare creamy, delicious blue cheese sauce to serve with grilled steak or roast beef or use it as a dip! Here’s a very simple recipe for a versatile and easy blue cheese sauce that can be used on steaks or as a dip for vegetables or crusty bread. …

Pineapple Pizza with Grilled Chicken & Asparagus – Inspired by the “Primary Colors” pizza at a local restaurant, this pizza version is a delicious collision of bright flavours.

Bacon and Swiss Frittata We are up and having a little brunch this morning before trimming the Christmas tree. I hadn’t planned a frittata for this morning and certainly was not in the mood for an early morning supermarket run, so as usual, I set out to make do with what was on hand. Luckily, there …

Easy Italian Sausage Baked Penne with 3 Cheeses. Mixing Italian sausage into the ground beef, really boosts the flavour of this comfort food, baked penne pasta.

Almond & Italian Parsley Pesto is great served with crusty bread as a party finger food or tossed with pasta for a delicious, bright, fresh, lunch or dinner. Here’s the recipe for this tasty pesto that many readers asked for when they saw it combined with penne pasta in the pork chop recipe earlier this …

This meal really hit the spot a couple of nights ago when we had it for dinner at our house. I make it with good cut of steak and sometimes even use it as a “leftover rescue recipe” when leftovers are availabe from a steak dinner, especially if that steak is still on the rare …