Recipe Sifter

Chunks of lobster meat sauteed in butter, peppers, garlic and onions served over bowtie pasta.

Shrimp stuffed ravioli with fresh basil cream sauce, made from scratch with hand-rolled pasta, a tomato-shrimp filling, and a Parmesan-cream finish. The Italian masterclass dinner that earns its evening.

Super quick and easy, shrimp in a lemony garlic and butter sauce. What could be better?

Last Wednesday we took this colourful and delicious salad to a pot-luck, everyone loved it and a few of them even asked for the recipe. It was such a refreshing salad that's also packed with goodness.

Something about bacon goes so well with spinach. Using a hot bacon dressing wilts the spinach just the perfect amount, not rubbery and not too mushy and packed with flavor.

Toasting quinoa in pan creates much more flavor than just boiling it directly. Quinoa is tossed with a light yet tasty vinaigrette, sugar snap peas, apples, bell peppers, celery, red onions and toasted walnuts. You can make the salad one day ahead, it tastes even better next day.

Rainbow trout teriyaki broiled in 5 minutes after a quick soy-ginger-garlic marinade. Topped with toasted sesame seeds for fast Asian-inspired weeknight fish.

Dress up that leftover flank steak with herbed goat cheese, and juicy and thick tomato slices that are layered on a thick kaiser or bread then heated under the broiler. A delicious, quick and easy week night meal.

Sweet baby bell peppers stuffed with a slightly spicy and garlicky mix of cream and jack cheese. Fairly easy to prep and only 10 minutes cooking time.

Rich and dense sauce that's perfect for shrimp, scallops or salmon.

New Orleans red beans and rice made easy in the slow cooker. Dried red beans cooked low with a smoky ham hock, garlic, and bay, thickened creamy, then piled over rice with browned smoked sausage.

These mini pizza muffins are quick-easy to make, and very tasty. They won't last long, kids and adults gobble them up in record breaking time. Great for a snack and they freeze very well (that is if you can get them into the freezer before someone eats them all!)

Veal piccata baked with mushrooms, capers, scallions, and a white wine lemon butter sauce. Make-ahead friendly: assemble cold, bake at dinner time.

Beanless Texas-style chili built on 4 pounds of sirloin, both ground and cubed, with bold chili powder, cumin, and a generous pour of hot sauce. All-beef and slow-simmered until thick, fiery, and fork-tender. Feeds ten.

Easy homemade pesto with fresh basil, garlic, pine nuts, Parmesan, and olive oil blended in minutes. Five ingredients for a vibrant sauce that beats anything jarred.

Pickled herring in sour cream with hard-boiled eggs, chopped apple, onion, and fresh dill. A classic Eastern European appetizer served cold on rye bread.