Cottage Cheese and Smoked Salmon Salad

 Cottage cheese and smoked fish make a Scandinavian-style sandwich filling or salad. Enjoy it with rye flatbreads, serve it with arugula as a salad, or use it in a wrap or as a sandwich filling. Buy a chunk of hot-smoked salmon, not the thinly sliced cold-smoked type. 

Creamy Pasta Risotto with Peas and Goat Cheese

Taking a cue from classic risotto-style cooking, this simple and delicious pasta dish puts the spotlight on Quebec's goat cheese and parmesan producers.  The recipe is ideal for smaller get-togethers with friends or family.

Steak Tacos with Feta Cheese and Avocado Salsa

In Mexico, a favourite taco is bistek, or steak, made with fried steak and toppings that usually include fresh cheese. Canadian cow's milk feta is quite similar to some of the fresh cheeses from Mexico and makes a delicious part of this salsa.

Carrot Wedding Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting

Please everyone with this classic moist carrot cake with cream cheese frosting. It makes a most elegant wedding cake. A garnish of beautiful fresh flowers adds a splendid touch that's worthy of the occasion. Make one batch for the top tier of the wedding cake and a double batch for the bottom one.

Spinach and Apple Salad with Dragon's Breath Cheese Vinaigrette

Chef Craig Stelmack makes Maple's outstanding spinach salad, crunchy with hot allspice-roasted walnuts, salty and smoky with strips of crisp bacon, sweet and fresh with apples, and dressed and garnished with really stinky blue cheese. It's an adult salad, but beware: it's addictive.

Lentil and Sweet Potato Salad with Halloumi Cheese

This hearty dish makes a tasty warm salad for dinner, but it's also delicious served cold as leftovers. Broiling the halloumi on the same pan used to roast the sweet potatoes helps keep pots and pans to a minimum, but, if you prefer, you can sear the cheese (without any added fat) in a nonstick skillet.

Roasted Carrot and Parsnip Soup With Whipped Goat Cheese and Kale Chips

Tangy goat cheese and crispy kale adorn this velvety starter that's perfect for warming up on a cold day. Roasting the root vegetables brings out their natural sweetness, resulting in a more flavourful soup.

Basic Crab and Cream Cheese Stuffed Mushrooms

Bake approx 15 - 20 minutes until mushroom caps appear cooked. Set oven to broil and just brown the tops a bit, careful not to melt the cream cheese into molten lava. Remove stuffed mushrooms and place on plates, careful not to bring to much butter with them. Be careful they are hot. Serve after a few minutes cooling time. What to do with the excess stuffing? Well it is excellent in an omelet! Also makes nice tea sandwiches.

Cheese Straws

Wonderful as an appetizer, or when serving soup.

Cheese Strudel