Green Pepper Burgers

You can make these burgers with ground chicken, turkey, veal, pork or beef. Top with lettuce, Golden Onions or thickly sliced sweet onion rings and pickled hot peppers. Serve on slices of focaccia bread or flat Portuguese buns.

Quick & Easy Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

French Lemon Tart

Lamb Burgers with Grilled Vegetables

This traditional spicing for Middle Eastern lamb kabobs is also suited to beef. Top with yogurt or store-bought hummus and serve in pita or hamburger buns. You can use smaller eggplants and top the burgers with multiple slices. Pickled peppers make a nice garnish or accompaniment.

Lean but Luscious Chocolate Brownies

A surprisingly secret ingredient — strained baby food plums — provides a convenient way to add luscious texture to brownies without any fuss and without interfering with the genuine chocolate flavour brownies must have.

Pumpkin Pie Cheesecake Squares

Castaway Bars

Tropical papaya, pineapple and coconut give these bars a chewy, crunchy texture you're guaranteed to love. If you can't find toasted coconut chips, substitute with medium shredded coconut.

Shrimp Meatballs In Coconut Milk Soup

Tasty Extra-Lean Burgers

Grated onion and tomato juice provide moisture for extra-lean beef in this selection from Canadian Living's June issue story, "Our Very Best Burgers." Mustard and capers give it real zing. For anchovy lovers, mash in two anchovy fillets, rinsed to remove excess salt. Top with Fresh Tomato and Onion Relish.

Apple Crumble Cake

This "applelicious" cake. It's ideal for brunch menus, too.