Best Ever French Onion Soup

We buy hinds of beef in order to cut down on the cost of meat. They always ask if we want the bones and I say yes. Then I have to boil the bones and make beef broth. The best use for the homemade beef broth that I have found is this recipe.

Radicchio and Pear Salad

Ripe pears and a honey mustard vinaigrette perk up peppery greens.

Peach Blackberry Cheesecake Tart

Almonds and peaches are both part of the rose family, which explains why they pair so beautifully together.

Onion & Blue Cheese-Stuffed Pork Tenderloin

Salisbury Steak with Mushroom Gravy

Comfort foods are never out of style and are often craved the most. You can adapt this favourite for vegetarians by using soy burgers and vegetable stock in the gravy. Serve with mashed potatoes and peas.

Creamy Lemon Coconut Macaroon Tart

Toasting coconut gives it a nutty flavour that pairs nicely with the lemon custard and sweet coconut cream in this tart. If the coconut milk is separated in the can, give it a whisk.

Lemon Vanilla Shortbread

Vanilla bean and fragrant lemon zest give this buttery shortbread an incredible aroma. Once you've used the seeds, add the vanilla pod to a jar of granulated sugar to make gourmet vanilla sugar.

Corn Cakes with Smoked Salmon Rosettes

Welcome guests with the tiniest pancakes — a golden, corn-studded Canadian version of traditional Russian blini — and a glass of wine or, if you like, champagne.

Saslove's Turkey Meat Loaves

Saslove's Meat Market, a family-run business since 1954 with two locations in Ottawa, has expanded operations at its Wellington Street shop to include prepared foods, salads and sausages as well as beef, pork, lamb, poultry and game meats, some organically raised. For their popular turkey meat loaf, they suggest surrounding it with Paprika-Roasted Potatoes. all covered with mushroom sauce.

Whipped Shortbread Toonies

Just a little mouthful of tender shortbread satisfies and impresses by pure simplicity. Don't miss our variations for Lavender Shortbread, Earl Grey Shortbread, Nutty Shortbread, Sesame Seed Shortbread and Chippy Shortbread below.