Classic Stir Fry
Quick, colourful, and full of fresh crunch — this classic stir-fry brings together the best of east-meets-west cooking. It’s the kind of weeknight dish Canadians love: a mix of market veggies, lean chicken, and that perfect glossy sauce that ties it all together. Fast, healthy, and endlessly adaptable, it’s dinner on the table before the rice cooker even clicks.
Mexican Rice Bowl
Bright, fresh, and endlessly adaptable — this Mexican-inspired rice bowl brings a little sunshine to the table. It’s the kind of meal that feels at home anywhere in Canada: simple enough for a weeknight, vibrant enough for a backyard barbecue. With grilled lemon chicken, smoky chili yogurt, and all the colours of summer corn and peppers, it’s comfort food with a healthy, west-coast feel.
Chicken Or Pork Dumplings — With Vegan Option
When the weather turns stubborn—rain on the windows or soft snow piling up—we gather at the table with a stack of wrappers and a bowl of filling. Someone mixes, someone fills, someone pinches the corners into little boats. A tray fills, the kitchen warms, and soon there’s a pot or skillet hissing away. These dumplings are humble, hands-on, and perfect for batch cooking—they freeze beautifully for the next stormy night.
Chicken, Mushroom and Spinach Casserole
A weeknight casserole the way many of us grew up eating it here—simple, satisfying, and built from pantry staples. Tender chicken, mushrooms, and spinach tucked into a creamy sauce sparked with English mustard. It’s humble, it’s cozy, and it feeds a table without fuss.
Achiote Chicken with Tomato Rice
Backyard grills are a Canadian summer constant, and this brings Mexico’s sunny brightness to that familiar scene. Citrus-tinted, achiote-style chicken crisps over the flames while tomato rice steams on the side—Leamington tomatoes, prairie long-grain rice, and a stack of warm tortillas turning a weekend cookout into a crowd-pleaser.
Chicken and Pepper Quesadillas with Fresh Tomato Salsa
Quick, melty, and hockey-night reliable, quesadillas slid into Canadian kitchens on the strength of leftovers and greenhouse produce—rotisserie chicken, peppers and mozzarella. Sizzled in a skillet and served with salsa, guac, and sour cream, they’re a cross-border classic that feels right at home here.
Enchiladas with Tomatillo Sauce
Bright, tangy, and built for a crowd, these enchiladas brought a little Mexico into our Canadian kitchens—first as a restaurant discovery, then as a weeknight staple. The tomatillo sauce is fresh and zippy, the filling flexible (chicken or sweet potato), and the whole tray disappears fast at family dinners.
Chicken Truffle Parfait
Chicken liver parfait may sound like fine dining, but in Canada it often appears in the most down-to-earth places — from Québec bistros to farmhouse kitchens. Smooth, rich, and elegant, it proves that humble ingredients can create something indulgent and memorable. This version, with a touch of truffle oil, bridges rustic comfort and sophistication, much like Canadian food culture itself.
Chicken Noodle Soup
Chicken noodle soup is the go-to comfort food in Canada — the cure-all for colds, the warm hug on a snowy day, and the dish that makes the most of leftover chicken or turkey from holiday dinners. Simple yet deeply satisfying, it’s the kind of soup that carries both nostalgia and nourishment in every spoonful.
Superfood Kale Salad
Kale has been grown in Canada since early settlers brought it over, valued for surviving frosts when few greens could. Once a humble garden staple, it’s now a modern superfood. This salad shows its versatility: fresh with blueberries in summer, hearty with butternut squash in fall, always brightened with chicken, almonds, and a lime-chili dressing.
Classic Caesar Salad – Light
The Caesar salad was first tossed together in 1924 by Caesar Cardini, an Italian immigrant in Tijuana, Mexico. What started as a resourceful mix of lettuce, egg, cheese, and croutons quickly spread across North America. In Canada, it became a favourite during the steakhouse boom of the 1950s–60s and never left our tables. This lighter version keeps the bold, garlicky flavour but adds chicken, crisp Parma ham, and eggs to turn it into a meal.
Butternut with Rocket and Feta
In Canada, fall means squash piled high at farmers’ markets — a true emblem of the harvest season. Butternut, with its golden sweetness, has long been part of Prairie and Ontario gardens, valued for its ability to store through winter. Here it’s paired with peppery rocket, tangy cheese, and toasted nuts for a salad that feels both rustic and modern — a colourful dish that brings warmth to cool autumn evenings.
Mama Squires’ Zucchini Pasta
This recipe carries the heart of home cooking — tender chicken meatballs in a rich tomato sauce, served not over pasta but over zucchini noodles, a clever twist that feels both comforting and fresh. In Canada, where backyard gardens overflow with zucchini each summer, this dish has become a seasonal ritual. Families who once baked endless zucchini loaves or handed off extras to neighbours now spiralize them into silky noodles — a modern answer to an age-old garden surplus. It’s a meal that blends tradition with creativity, offering comfort that’s lighter on the plate but just as satisfying at the table.
Chicken and Broccoli Pasta
Some recipes just feel like home on a cold Canadian night, and this is one of them. Creamy, hearty, and quick to throw together, it was the kind of weeknight favourite that warmed the kitchen while snow fell outside. With tender chicken, bright broccoli, and that nostalgic creaminess from mushroom soup and sour cream, this dish carried many families through long winters — comfort food that proves simple can be deeply satisfying.
Sundried Tomato and Chicken Pasta
Some dishes carry a wave of nostalgia, and for me this one brings back the buzz of Canadian chain restaurants in the ’90s and early 2000s — places like Jack Astor’s, where oversized bowls of creamy pasta meant comfort, fun, and a night out with friends or family. Their sun-dried tomato chicken pasta was a standout: tangy, rich, and indulgent enough to feel special, yet familiar enough to become a weeknight favourite at home.
Tacos - From Mexico to Canada
Tacos are about gathering, sharing, and packing bold flavour into small bites. In Canada, they’ve taken on their own identity — filled with West Coast salmon or halibut, Prairie beef or bison, and East Coast shrimp or lobster. Whether piled with chicken and crisp cabbage, smoky pulled pork and pickled onions, or fish topped with mango salsa, tacos feel just as at home at a Canadian barbecue as they do on a beachside street in Mexico
Greek Inspired Chicken Souvlaki
Souvlaki is one of Greece’s most beloved street foods, but in Canada it has become a true comfort classic, thanks to thriving Greek communities in cities like Toronto and Montreal. From summer festivals to family-run diners, skewers of marinated chicken served with tzatziki, pita, and salad are now part of our own food story. Juicy, smoky, and tangy with lemon, this dish is as perfect for Canadian grilling season as it is baked indoors in winter.
Chicken, Veg and Halloumi– Summer
Grilling is part of Canada’s summer DNA — from backyard barbecues in the suburbs to cottage docksides and festival cookouts. This dish blends Mediterranean flavours with Canadian traditions: chicken marinated in lemon and olive oil, wrapped in prosciutto and sage, paired with market-fresh vegetables and golden halloumi. It’s rustic, vibrant, and deeply seasonal — the kind of meal that celebrates both global inspiration and the bounty of a Canadian summer garden.
Chicken Karaage
Japanese karaage — crisp, juicy fried chicken marinated in soy, garlic, and ginger — has found a second home in Canada. Introduced through Japanese restaurants and izakayas, it quickly became a staple at ramen shops in Vancouver, Toronto, and beyond. Its appeal is universal: crunchy outside, tender inside, and simple to share. Like tempura before it, karaage reflects how Japanese food traditions have blended into Canadian dining, from casual comfort to modern fusion.