French Apple Tart with Brown Butter Glaze & Maldon Salt
A beautiful French apple tart with crisp, buttery pastry, naturally sweet Honeycrisp apples (you could also use more tart Granny Smith’s) and a delicate brown sugar butter glaze. Finished with flaky Maldon sea salt for the perfect balance of sweet and salty.
Chicken Parmesan with Tomato Sauce
A recipe so delicious you'll want to pick the bubbly cheese parts right from the pan. San Marzano tomato sauce and a well-aged Parmesan like Reggiano take it to another level.
Brown Sugar and Citrus Roasted Salmon
This salmon gets its incredible flavour from a simple combination of brown sugar, fresh lemon juice and extra-virgin olive oil. The brown sugar adds just enough sweetness to balance the richness of the salmon, while fresh lemon keeps everything bright.
Honey Roasted Carrots and Parsnips
This special vegetable dish could take centre stage, the combination of slightly charred vegetables (created by roasting directly on a baking dish), toasted nuts, honey and dates is incredible.
Sweet Peas with Bacon & Lemon
Sweet peas, salty bacon, bright lemon — if you like peas, this is the perfect side. Start by frying chopped bacon until it’s deeply golden, then set it aside so it stays perfectly crisp.
Sex in a Pan
This is the recipe that brings families together and the conversation flowing. “Are we having Sex in a Pan?”
Mari’s Best Salted Chocolate Cream Pie
The trick is to add Maldon sea salt flakes to the layer of chocolate before adding the whipping cream, of course you can also add a few flakes to the top of the chocolate shavings. It’s magical.
Roasted Garlic and Arugula Mashed Potatoes
What is it about potatoes, one bite and your hooked... that is if you start with the right potato. Yukon Golds are our choice, with a deep yellow flesh, they taste richer, more buttery and almost as if they have been simmered in chicken stock.
Perfect Roast Turkey
If you’re going to go for it and roast a whole turkey, here’s my best recipe for the juiciest bird with crisp, golden skin everyone loves. Even the turkey critics!
And the best part? It's surprisingly easy to make, even if you've never roasted a turkey before.
Classic Apple Pie
No one ever says no to apple pie with ice cream. Here’s my recipe for traditional apple pie, made with fresh-picked apples and the flakiest homemade pastry. It's heartwarming, delicious and well worth the effort.
Kale & Radicchio Salad with Sour Dough Croutons
I can’t get enough of this delicious fall salad. It’s fresh, crunchy and so good.
Tuscan kale, red radicchio and crisp fennel come together with sweet little Zante currants and the most delicious dressing. But the game changer is the croutons.
Overnight Pork Roast
This recipe was inspired by Amanda Hesser’s Overnight Roast, which she told me was her favourite in her first cookbook. I made a few changes, especially to the marinade, only because I didn’t have maple syrup on hand and I had run out of thyme leaves. But when I want to make something, I have to make it now!
Charred Macerated Heirloom Tomato Bruschetta
My friend Julie took me to her favourite farmer’s market in Alberta, with the backdrop of the Rocky Mountains, it was incredible. The market’s vibrant, fresh fruits and vegetables were so inspiring — full of colour and flavour. I found these gorgeous, colourful heirloom tomatoes and they reminded me of a starter I had at my favourite bistro in Toronto. Charred tomato bruschetta bursting with flavour.
Beef Short Ribs in Red Wine with Gremolata
This recipe is so delicious and everyone loves it. The short ribs are browned then gently simmered for 3 hours with onions and carrots in a red wine and pancetta-spiked tomato sauce.
The Best Roast Chicken You Will Ever Make
It’s one of those meals that makes Sunday special and cozies up any weeknight. And if there happens to be any left over, prepare yourself for the best chicken sandwiches tomorrow.
Classic Blueberry Pie
There’s something about a homemade blueberry pie that feels just right in the fall. Four cups of blueberries, a little sugar and lemon zest, tucked between two layers of buttery pastry and baked until golden and bubbling. Serve it warm, while the filling is still a little runny. Simple, old-fashioned and absolutely delicious.
Spiced Pumpkin Cake
Our comforting pumpkin cake is draped in maple cream cheese and a perfect way to start your day.
Grilled Peaches with Fresh Mozzarella
Inspired by the classic Caprese salad–tomato, fresh mozzarella and basil–reinvented here with the sweetness of fresh peaches, the tanginess of goat cheese, bitterness of arugula and a kiss of honey and balsamic.