Recipes

Inspire your inner cook with these delicious meal ideas. Find easy recipes for meal preps, dreamy desserts and tips from top chefs.

Mushroom Palmiers

"I found this recipe while working at a small-town museum in West Texas. It was the appetizer for a fundraiser...


Cheese Crispies

"For years I’ve taken these crispy, crunchy snacks to work. They get high marks from everybody in the teachers lounge."...


Broccoli-Cheddar Tassies

"Our family adores broccoli casserole. I wanted to try it as an appetizer, so I used a pecan tassie recipe...


Soft Beer Pretzels

"I'm always looking for new ways to combine fun flavours, and what goes together better than beer and pretzels? Not...


Gougeres

"I brought the recipe for these gougeres back from a trip to Nice, France. The original called for Gruyere cheese,...


Buffalo Chicken Pockets

"Here’s my idea of pub food made easy: biscuits flavoured with Buffalo wing sauce and blue cheese. They're my Friday...


Mediterranean Pastry Pinwheels

"These quick appetizers are irresistible. The flavours of sun-dried tomatoes and pesto balance beautifully." —Kristen Heigl, Staten Island, New York


Pepperoni Pizza Loaf

"This savoury stromboli starts with frozen bread dough, so it comes together in practically no time. The golden loaf is...

Spanakopita Spring Rolls

"I was inspired to turn original spanakopita into a hand-held hors d'oeuvre. I use egg roll wrappers in place of...


Sugarplum Cake

"Family and friends are surprised to hear this simple cake gets it moist flavour from a jar of baby food....


Old-World Ricotta Cheesecake

"I reconstructed this dessert based on an old recipe that had been in the family for years but was never...


Caramel Nut Logs

"It’s a good thing this recipe makes a lot—the wrapped logs never stick around long! They take a bit of...


Sticky Toffee Pudding with Butterscotch Sauce

"The classic Sticky Toffee Pudding is a traditional dessert in the United Kingdom. I love that I can just stay...


Grandma’s Pecan Rum Bars

"My grandmother handed down the recipe for these gooey bars that we all love. The candied cherries are a must."...


Pulled Taffy Candy Canes

"My grandmother always made these at Christmastime and said her mother did, too. The soft and chewy canes have a...


Tiny Tim’s Plum Pudding

"In A Christmas Carol, everyone claps for plum pudding. Our family has made this pudding our own tradition, and it...


Almond-Filled Stollen

"I’ve been making this during the holiday season for nearly 50 years. When we flew to Alaska one year to...

Italian Holiday Cookies

"Many of our holiday traditions centre around the foods my mother made while I was growing up. These cookies, which...


Marzipan Yule Logs

"For an extra-special treat at Christmastime, I shape these little candies using homemade almond paste. The chocolate-coated logs have cute...


Baked Cranberry Pudding

"This is an old-fashioned pudding that's a cranberry lover's delight. Serve warm topped with whipped cream for an elegant look,...


Upside-Down Fruitcake

"I get tired of people bad-mouthing holiday fruitcakes. It's one of my favorite holiday flavours and I look forward to...


Gingerbread with Fig-Walnut Sauce

"I experimented with aniseed this past holiday season and fell in love with the licorice flavour. It really enhances the...


Mint Swirl Fudge Cake

"Mint pairs with a silky, mild chocolate flavour for this colourful, beautiful cake that will be the talk of the...

Incredible Coconut Cake

"I found this coconut cake recipe in a newspaper many years ago and modified it to suit my taste. This...


Italian Cream Cheese Cake

"Buttermilk makes every bite of this awesome Italian cream cheese cake recipe moist and flavourful. I rely on this recipe...


Holiday Ambrosia Cake

"This is from an old recipe that came to me as a typical fruitcake. I added pineapple, coconut and pineapple...


Grandma’s Molasses Fruitcake

"This dense, dark, moist fruitcake was my grandmother's recipe. The flavour just gets better and better as it sits in...


Best Red Velvet Cake

"It's just not Christmas at our house until this festive cake appears. This is different from other red velvet cake...


Grandma’s Christmas Cake

"One bite of this old-fashioned spice cake will bring back memories. Loaded with raisins and nuts, it tastes extra special...