Russet potatoes/4 recipes

Delicious non traditional salad that can be served with BBQs or just on the side.

A great way to use up day old bread. A savory version of bread pudding with spinach and mushrooms that's cheesy delicious.

A delicious meat pie is great at Christmas. Feel free to use ground beef, pork, lamb or a combination of different meats. Make a few of these meat pies a few weeks in advance, then freeze them in the freezer. Reheat it in the oven directly out of the freezer just before serving.

A Northern Italian variation on pasta. Cabbage with pasta makes this dish more filling and is dressed with a light white wine sauce. Quick and easy to prepare.

This is the best shrimp recipe I have ever tasted, I do love the sichuan sauce in this recipe, very flavorful, I will make it again and again.

Soup

This scrumptious dish has pasta shells stuffed with spinach and ricotta and mozzarella cheese.

Crispy golden-brown on the outside, velvety and fluffy on the inside. This technique speeds up cooking and the olives, feta and garlic deliver bursts of flavour.

Crispy potatoes create a "tortilla" that is topped with eggs and bacon. Perfect for an impressive Sunday breakfast.

It was so flavorful, instead of broth, we used canned tomato. Served the stew with homemade whole wheat bread, yum.

There are many variations of classic Mexican tortilla soup. In this vegetarian version (feel free to substitute chicken for the tofu for a non-veg version) the rich broth is flavored with earthy ancho (New Mexican) chillies and made more filling by adding some kale that retains it's texture well in a hot soup.

The other day while we were watching Gordon Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen, chefs were making flatbread, basically like pizza, just different shape, which really made my craving for pizza come back to life. Then start making this sun-dried tomato, olive and basil pesto flatbread, and it was so good...

An easy and delicious German potato salad.

Excellent soup. I didn't stir in the cream because the taste was so good without it. Amazing extra flavor of fennel seeds. Thanks.

Easy to prepare, and the chicken comes out succulent. A delicious weekend meal.

Grilled or broiled asparagus is tender, crispy and full of flavor, drizzling some fresh homemade dressing, along with some other grilled seasonal vegetables. An excellent side-dish with barbecued meats. Simply delicious!