Tasty Recipes for Busy People
This fresh salad feels decadent with salt-roasted beets, flavourful orange, thyme, and pears, and incorporates your favourite greens with homemade ricotta. What are Salt-Roasted Beets? Small beets are brushed with olive oil and rolled in kosher salt. When you wrap the beets individually in aluminum → Get the recipe
Fresh, homemade ricotta is incredibly easy to make! It’s rich, flavourful, and incredibly versatile for a wide variety of dishes. I was never a fan of ricotta. I did not like that dry, crumbly ricotta texture that tasted like nothing. You know the one I → Get the recipe
Celebrate the bounty of summer at the farmer’s market with this light and refreshing watermelon, feta, and basil salad. Loaded with fresh summer berries and drizzled with balsamic vinaigrette, this fast and easy salad will become your new summer supper staple. I love to go → Get the recipe
Spring is the season for peas and asparagus! Combine these fresh, green jewels with rich, homemade ricotta and salty prosciutto for an easy, elegant spring pea pasta dinner. How long does Spring Pea Pasta take to make? This pasta dish takes as long as it → Get the recipe
Roasted Beet Pesto transforms mundane pizza into the most creative appetizer. Make this even easier by using pre-made pizza shells!
When you roast a beet, the flavour comes alive! This pesto features roasted beets and crunchy walnuts — a twist on a classic. Use this pesto on pasta, spread on toasted baguettes for a really delicious bruschetta, or spread on pizza. How long does Roasted → Get the recipe
These little gems of cheesiness are so flavourful and packed with deliciousness that you’ll never go back to the garbage-in-a-box. While they are not as crunchy as commercial crackers, they make up for it in freshness, wholesome ingredients and yup — they are as addictive → Get the recipe
January is almost over, and if you’re like me, your New Year’s resolutions have already flown out the window! For me, the holiday food party continued well into January, and I was feeling tired and sluggish from the after-effects of too many treats and cocktails. → Get the recipe
This is my version of a French 75 cocktail. I enjoyed many of these on New Year’s Eve; I hope you will try it! The fun pink colour comes from the gin and the simple syrup. The gin is Empress 1908 gin, which is a gorgeous → Get the recipe
A simple syrup made with a frozen red berry blend – strawberries, pomegranate, cherries, and raspberries. This berry-infused syrup is perfect for fancy holiday cocktails, like this Pink 75 Cocktail. How long does the Syrup take to make? This is quick to make, only about → Get the recipe