summer recipes

I have talked before about my love of salads, and chef in training’s position that a salad is not dinner. But he may have to change his tune after the latest Chatelaine recipe to grace our table

Pasta is one of our go-to meals, especially when a) life is so busy I can’t think much past a three-ingredient recipe, and b) I don’t feel like cooking (and yes, I know for some boiling water constitutes ‘cooking’).

It was a night that called for a big salad: we were just coming down from the high of mini-sous chef’s 4th birthday party extravaganza (read: food smorgasbord), and sticky pink icing was practically oozing from our pores.

I’m all for teamwork when it comes to a party: Everyone contributes something, so the host can also enjoy the event. So when our first BBQ invite of the season arrived, I found this cake to be the perfect al fresco dessert

Pick and choose from six updated summer classics – from maple-glazed, cedar-planked salmon to Tuscan devilled eggs – for your best-ever patio spread