Creamy Garlic Lobster Pasta. An easy but indulgent seafood dinner using simple, delicious ingredients. Perfect for dinner partiers or date night!

Curry Chicken Salad with apricots and walnuts. A bright, intensely flavourful twist on good old chicken salad! Delicious on sandwiches or as the star of a dinner salad.

Cranberry Scones or Partridgeberry Scones. Light, buttery scones with delicious pops of tart flavour baked inside. A tasty teatime treat!

Summer Corn Soup with Grilled Shrimp Sriracha Salsa. A perfect starter course for summer dinner parties or as a tasty light lunch with a side salad.

Five Spice Nectarine Plum Pan Dowdy. The five spice mix adds a wonderfully fragrant, exotic flavour to enhance the fruit but if you prefer, cinnamon alone also works very well.

Strawberry Custard Angel Food Shortcake. A light summer shortcake dessert with a creamy indulgent vanilla custard to give it just a little added decadence. My daughter just finished junior high and partly because our kids have done all their schooling in French since kindergarten, she is off to Quebec for an educational and cultural exchange …

Bumbleberry Port Jam. An easy mixed fruit jam that’s elegant enough to serve at an afternoon tea with scones and cream, or to fill a classic Victoria Sponge Cake.

Chicken with Black Bean Chipotle Chili and Rice. A versatile, economical and delicious meal that can easily be made to accommodate Vegetarians at the table too.

Orzo Salad with Low Fat Chipotle Ranch Dressing. Bursting with great fresh flavour, this tasty pasta salad can even be made fat free by using non-fat yogurt in the dressing!

Souvlaki Steak with Lemon Chive Tzatziki. A great way to stretch a steak dinner into a budget friendly and flavourful family meal especially when served on homemade grilled flatbread.