Steak Bacon Walnut Blue Cheese Caesar Salad – a bold collision of flavours and textures in an outstanding dinner salad that’s a complete meal in itself.

Grilled Balsamic Peach Pork Tenderloin – A cinnamon and spice rubbed pork tenderloin served with simply marinated and grilled balsamic peaches.

Strawberries & Cream Bread Pudding. An old fashioned, comfort food classic with a delicious summer twist, during strawberry season and beyond. Originally published Feb 2011. Regular readers of this blog will know that Spouse has a great fondness for bread pudding. With Valentine’s Day falling this week, I couldn’t think of a better dessert than …

Frittata Primavera. This recipe uses leftover pasta to create an entirely new brunch or lunch dish. So colourful, tempting and delicious! Originally published Feb 2008 Sunday brunch this week begins with leftover pasta prima vera and leftover baked ham that we had earlier this week. Spouses favorite brunch is a frittata and this one is …

Mango Orange Dressing on Prosciutto Apple Salad. Using pureed fruit as the base makes for an incredibly delicious, no fat added salad dressing.

Steak Tomato and Smoked Paprika Soup. A terrifically tasty way to use leftover grilled steak but well worth cooking steak especially for this hearty soup.

Sweet Mustard Sauce. A quick and easy salad dressing type sauce that can be used to drizzle over your favourite potato salad or as a dip for veggies.

Brandied Peach Shortcake starts with a rich cream cheese cake batter, then topped with boozy brandy soaked peaches and plenty of vanilla whipped cream.

Easy Summer Fruit Cookie Tarts. Baked in individual tart pans with a cookie dough pastry crust and a filling of any summer fruit you like, this recipe will be a picnic and cookout favourite throughout the season but they work pretty well with frozen berries too at other times of the year.

Tomato Parmesan Tart. Perfect for a celebration lunch with a gluten free option for the pastry too. It would also make a simple light appetizer course for your next dinner party.