Thinly slicing flank steak across the grain breaks apart and tenderizes the tough muscle fibres and ensures the steak cooks quickly. If you like, serve Cheddar cheese, avocado, tortilla chips and extra salsa on the side. Cost: $4.20 per serving
This is that amazing time of year when the sun is shining, birds are chirping, bees are buzzing and the fresh strawberry harvest is underway. Sure, we love these little bites of delight any old time, but local, homegrown ones always taste best!
This chili takes the best flavours of a traditional Mexican soup of the same name and turns them into a hearty chili that sticks to your ribs and works great for leftovers. If you like it spicy, add extra jalapeños or use a spicier green salsa. Serve topped with sour cream, avocado and fresh cilantro. Stretch this chili even further by serving it over rice.
Panzanella is a tangy Italian bread salad. For our take on the dish, we’ve grilled the bread for crisp texture and smoky flavour, and added grilled greens and fresh mozzarella for depth.
Stuffed with Canadian Cream cheese then sprinkled with Canadian Gruyere makes this chicken dish doubly delicious.
The small tart pans used to make these mini-quiches are available at specialty cookware shops.
Popular in the United Kingdom, treacle is a syrup made in the refining of sugar cane. Treacle Tart has become a curiosity in other countries due to being in the Harry Potter books. In Canada, look for Lyle's Golden Syrup. Or you can substitute 2/3 cup (150 mL) corn syrup and 1/3 cup (75 mL) fancy molasses for the golden syrup.
Sinigang (probably the most popular of all Filipino soups) is a sour broth with a variety of vegetables. Fish, seafood, meat and poultry can all be made into sinigang, which is soured by a variety of fruits: green or ripe tamarind; lime, lemon or kalamansi, the native citrus fruit; sour guava; and, especially for chicken or pork sinigang, bilimbi (kamias in Filipino), a small, tart relative of the star fruit (or carambola) that tastes remarkably like rhubarb, which we have used here.
Frizzled onions add instant sophistication to even the most humble side dish. Garlic and hot pepper flakes infuse the oil—and the Swiss chard—with flavour.
