Recipe Sifter

This easy yet tasty recipe is a great way to maintain the texture of asparagus. Tender but still crispy. The Chinese seasoning including soy sauce, sichuan oil, garlic, ginger and rice vinegar really brings tons of flavour into the dish. Serve it with cooked brown rice to make a wholesome meal.

Prince of Wales Cake is a classic Canadian two-layer cake with a spiced dark layer made with molasses, raisins, and sour milk paired with a light white cake. Finish with caramel or almond icing.

Dress up your chicken for dinner with this recipe that uses a variety of spices to create an extravagant taste.

Very tasty way to prepare my favorite veggie! Loved the nutmeg and ginger flavor, and the orange juice was very subtle (I used fresh squeezed).

Stir-fried chicken and linguine in a spicy sesame sauce with soy, hoisin, sherry, and fresh ginger. East meets West in this Asian-Italian fusion pasta dish.

Pan-fried beef liver dusted in paprika flour, served with a Dijon mustard sauce made with Worcestershire and chopped dill pickle. Quick 30-minute dinner.

Versatile fruit sauce with dried apricots simmered in apple juice, then thickened with honey, orange juice, and warm spices.

This is from Trader Vic's restaurants. We no longer have one here, unfortunately. I first had this back in the 70's. Don't leave out the A-1 (it makes a difference) and DON'T sweeten the whipped cream!

Pan-seared caribou steaks draped in a smoky Scotch whisky sauce spiked with tart cranberries, orange juice, and currant jelly for a wild game dinner that tastes like the Canadian wilderness.

A show-stopping New York-style cheesecake with citrus-scented filling on a buttery graham crust, crowned with raspberry sauce, peach puree, and fresh fruit. Worth every minute of the wait.

Saucy shrimp and pasta tosses peeled shrimp into a quick Italian-stewed-tomato sauce with garlic, herbs, and red pepper flakes, served over thin spaghetti. A 25-minute weeknight dinner.

General Tao chicken with crispy deep-fried leg meat tossed in a sweet-sour soy glaze with ginger, garlic, dried chilies, and sesame oil. Better than takeout, ready in 40 minutes.

This stove top mac and cheese is easy to put together. Broccoli provides lots of essential nutrients, and it's a cheesy and delicious way to combine some veggies into your kid's dish as well.

Quick, easy and tasty, nothing is quite like a Chinese stir-fry. This dish has several kinds of vegetables and soy-sesame sauce that are stir-fried together. Serve it over a bed of rice to make a simply delicious meal.

This buttery, tender gluten free pie or tart crust is akin to shortbread. It can be used for all kinds of pies or for savory tarts and quiche fillings. A tart pan with a removable bottom makes shaping the pie crust and cutting pies much easier.

Chinese-style wok beef with fresh tomatoes and green peppers in a soy-wine glaze, ready in 30 minutes. The tomatoes cook down into a natural sweet-savory sauce that clings to every slice.