Quick & Easy Meals

Leftover chicken spaghetti with bacon may be the perfect early week meal, which uses leftovers from Sunday dinner.

Lime Salsa Quinoa Salad. This delicious quinoa salad is bursting with fresh healthy flavour & can be served warm as a side dish or cold as lunch salad. Makes a great picnic item too.   Originally published April, 2018. This terrific, colourful, healthy lime salsa quinoa salad side dish was a bit of a leftover …

Prime Rib Beer and Bacon Chili Dogs.  An ultimately decadent gourmet celebration of the humble hot dog inspired by a Washington restaurant landmark. Originally published March 2013. Here’s a lesson in how to use your frozen leftovers to make a quick, guilty pleasure meal on the go. We had a busy evening of kid activities …

Mini Meatballs. Make them in large batches for the freezer then use in spaghetti sauce, Italian Wedding Soup, Baked Ziti, or even as party hors d’oeuvres!.

Mexican Spiced Chicken and Lime Salsa Salad.  The low fat, super flavourful salsa complements the seasoned chicken strips and also acts as a nutritious, delicious dressing for the salad.

Almond Sun Dried Tomato Pesto Linguine. A super quick and easy workday meal with added shrimp or grilled chicken or all on its own as a great vegetarian meal.

Garlic Butter Steak, Family Style. Learn the pan-rushing method of cooking a large steak that can be sliced and shared with the whole family, complete with melting garlic butter as a tasty finishing touch.

White Bean Chicken Chili. Somewhere between a soup and a stew, this healthy eating white bean chicken chili is a flavourful meal that totally satisfies.

Cajun Scallops Puttanesca. These are a few of my favourite things. A spicy fusion of Italian and Louisiana cuisines.

Pineapple Salsa on Lemon Paprika Grilled Chicken. A summer-fresh, quick, healthy and delicious meal you’ll want to make all season long.