Green is the word for this orecchiette dish coated in a bright green sauce made with peas, fresh mint and blanched spinach mashed into a smooth sauce with lemon and garlic. Top the dish with labneh, a type of fresh white cheese that brings harmony to the plate, and homemade pancetta chips, for just the right touch of saltiness. This recipe is ready in no time after a day spent hiking in the wilderness.

From May to August, there’s no way you’re serving pasta with a heavy meat sauce. Fresh and light is more appropriate. This lemon and cream pasta dish includes a generous portion of Nordic shrimp, served tempered to preserve their delightful texture. A sprinkling of dill tops it all off for a dish that evokes a vacation by the sea.

Transform your barbecue into a delicatessen for a smoked meat-inspired burger. Authentic and unfussy, it combines coleslaw, yellow mustard, sliced dill pickles and a beef patty seasoned with steak spices. This retro nod to a dish that Montreal is famous for is a success every time.

Concord Grape Jelly

Delicious chicken cutlets grilled on the barbecue and served with a creamy tarragon sauce are what we call an ideal dish when the weather’s hot and gorgeous. While the veggies cook, you can almost go and do something else (while keeping an eye on the dish, of course…). The barbecue does all the work and it’s ready in 30 minutes.

Scones and butter seem to be inseparable. And yet, we’ve managed to create a vegan recipe that uses no dairy products and that’s just as scrumptious as the original recipe. Our secret ingredients? An oat beverage and coconut oil. Thanks to them, you’ll get crumbly, golden scones just as you like them.

The basic Negroni contains vermouth, Campari and gin. In this sbagliato version, sparkling wine replaces the gin. (Sbagliato means “mistake” in Italian, since the cocktail was born out of a mistake by a barman who used the wrong ingredient.) The fizzy wine makes this cocktail lighter and fresher than the classic version. It tastes of summer vacation.

Chicken meatballs with dill are real saviours come mealtime. Whether you add them to soups or, as is the case here, pasta, they complement a meal beautifully, especially since you simply need to cook them in the oven with onions. That’s the best thing: no complicated prep is involved! In this recipe, they’re served with a speedy, delicate sauce. The meatballs flavour it nicely and it’s ready in just a few steps. Dinner will be on the table quickly tonight!

A fish recipe that makes an excellent weeknight dinner? This is it! This Mexican-inspired “fish taco” bowl is super tasty.

This salad has everything to please when the temperature rises: freshness, ease of execution and quick cooking. Bonus? This is a simplified version of a well-known dish. The salad includes all the ingredients you love in spring rolls: grilled shrimp, cucumber, mint leaves and vermicelli. All that’s left to do is to assemble—not roll!—and savour.