The Canadian Living Cookbook

For over a decade the food pages of Canadian Living magazine have featured the best ofr what's cooking in Canadian kitchens. Now the most outstanding recipes that have ever appeared in Canadian Living have been compiled with exciting new recipes and fabulous food hints to create this beautiful full-colour book. Inside The Canadian Living Cookbook are more than 525 delicious, carefully tested recipes illustrated by over 225 irresistible photographs. Enticing theme menus highlight the regional foods of Canada and dozens of helpful hints and serving suggestions make this a book that no Canadian cook will want to be without.

To celebrate 40 years of culinary creativity and recipe precision, the Canadian Living Test Kitchen have brought together 300+ of their must-have, must-cook recipes. From appetizers to desserts—and everything in between—this is the ultimate Canadian Living cookbook, celebrating the modern, fresh and healthy way Canadians like to eat. Winner of the Taste Canada Gold, general cookbooks In this book, you will find 300+ recipes for dishes of all kinds, from appetizers to desserts; helpful resource section, with lists of substitutions, temperature and doneness charts, and cooking reference information; 100+ colour photographs; helpful cooking, shopping and preparing tips scattered throughout; complete index that groups all recipes into helpful categories, search by type of recipe (such as soup or frittata), ingredient (such as turkey or cherries) or recipe name and full nutrient analysis of each recipe. Chapters include: • Appetizers, Dips and Spreads • Soups • Salads • Side Dishes • Poultry Mains • Beef & Lamb Mains • Pork Mains • Fish & Seafood Mains • Pasta, Noodles and Dumplings • Eggs & Breakfast • Quick Breads • Yeast Breads • Sauces & Preserves • Pies & Tarts • Cakes • Desserts

Easy but elegant, simple but special - that's what today's entertaining is all about. And that's what "Canadian Living" brings you in the pages of this beautiful full-color cookbook. Getting together with family or friends is as popular now as it's ever been - whether it's a festive gathering at Christmas, an elegant dinner party or a relaxed summer barbecue. But today's busy cooks don't have time to fuss with complicated menus and elaborate planning.

Cuisine Canada Cookbook of the Year 2000 Developed, tested and perfected in theCanadian LivingTest Kitchen,Canadian Living™ Cooks Step-by-Stepintroduces home cooks of all levels to a world of flavours, techniques, methods and ingredients. This one-of-a-kind cookbook contains a selection of fabulous new recipes, fully illustrated cooking lessons, entertaining ideas, nutritional tips, recipe analysis, menu plans, short-cuts, charts, substitution boxes and a glossary. With diverse and flavourful recipes such as Mushroom Red Pepper Puffs and Gazpacho, Smoky Tex-Mex Ribs, Salmon Strudels and Easy Garden Risotto, you'll find dishes for everything from quick family suppers to elegant dinner parties -- and a spectacular array of dessert recipes such as Orange Crème Brulee, Tarte Tatin and Chocolate Banana Cake. Each of the 80 cooking lessons is illustrated with carefully selected step-by-step photographs, invaluable for novice cooks, but useful too for experienced cooks who will delight in having difficult techniques demystified. Master the art of rolling sushi, piping choux pastry or folding phyllo. Find out the difference between grilling and broiling, braising and poaching. ACanadian Living™ cookbook is always a delight and this one is no exception.

Featuring over 230 wonderful holiday recipes, 18 special christmas menus, Fabulous features on decorating your home beautifully inside and out.

More than twenty-five years of cooking expertise perfected in the uniqueCanadian LivingTest Kitchen and printed in the food pages ofCanadian Livingmagazine are distilled in this magnificent and completely new cookbook. TheCanadian LivingTest Kitchen guarantee -- “Tested till perfect” -- has assured a loyal following among cooks who know thatCanadian LivingTest Kitchen recipes guarantee success. Beautifully produced with a 2-colour interior and 2 eight-page photo inserts, the book contains more than 350 recipes, including regional specialties, dishes from our heritage communities, and fresh takes on modern classics such as sushi, chocolate fondue and pasta. Experienced cooks will enjoy the challenge of new inspirations such as Thai curries, pot stickers, grilled quail and chocolate confections. With an emphasis on eating for health, as well as nutritional analyses and advice, tips on cookware, food shopping and storage, and much more,The Complete Canadian Living Cookbookhas everything any home cook will need. It is a guarantee of good food and an investment in good taste and good health. • Over 350Canadian Living“tested till perfect” recipes • Information on choosing and storing fruits, vegetables, meat, poultry and fish • Find how to select the right cooking equipment for your kitchen • Tips on shopping, storage and ingredient substitutions • Glossary of essential cooking and baking terms • Advice on how to use slow cookers, bread machines and food processors • Page-top symbols that pinpoint fast, make-ahead, freezable, budget-wise and Canadian Living classic recipes • Streamlined recipes for easy preparation and clean-up • Complete nutritional analysis for each recipe • Cover the basics and challenges experienced cooks • Highlights regional specialties and ingredients, dishes from our heritage communities and great cooks across the country A sampling of delicious recipes: Curried Lamb Phyllo Triangles Baked Brie with Strawberry Mint Topping Baby Spinach and Goat Cheese Salad Red Barn Corn and Bean Salad Perfect Roast Chicken Salmon Cakes Grilled Portobello Burgers Old-fashioned Beef Stew Luscious Mushroom Lasagna Lemon Sponge Pudding Chocolate Raspberry Ice-Cream Cake Saskatoon Berry Pie Apple Pie Muffins Country Seed Bread Pear and Apricot Conserve Spicy Thai Shrimp and Noodle Soup Asparagus Miso Soup Glazed Sea Bass with Red Curry Sauce Smoky Tex-Mex Rib

Slow-simmering soups, comforting stews chock-full of garden-fresh vegetables, succulent roast chicken and bubbling fruit pies... These are the tastes that come to mind when we think of country cooking. Now "Canadian Living" re-creates these well-loved, satisfying dishes in this glorious full-colour cookbook -- featuring over 200 updated recipes for all-time favorites plus special menu suggestions and entertaining ideas throughout.