Weekday mornings are pretty much the worst. Here are our best tips for making your morning routine more efficient, from lunch ideas to wardrobe inspiration.

How to make your morning routine easier and faster

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To get the pork tenderloins beautifully golden, pat them dry all over with paper towels before brushing them with the Dijon mixture.

Pork Tenderloin With Plums And Walnuts Recipe

Pork Tenderloin With Spiced Plums And Walnuts

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Keeping a tiny piece of the centre core in each roasted fennel wedge makes it pretty for presentation.

Roasted Fennel With Parmesan&#x2d;Lemon Vinaigrette Recipe

Roasted Fennel With Parmesan&#x2d;Lemon Vinaigrette

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This 20&#x2d;minute pasta is almost as simple as it gets: throw the sauce’s ingredients into the blender, blitz until smooth, then pour over hot noodles.

Sicilian Tomato Pasta Recipe

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Fresh arugula makes a deliciously nutty and almost spicy pesto. Find this linguine pasta recipe and more at Chatelaine.com

Linguine with arugula pesto and pancetta

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Bake these colourful, flaky appetizers for a chance to win! Get the recipe for our tomato tartlets and more at Chatelaine.com

Your next cooking club challenge: Tomato tartlets

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How does it work? The first Friday of every month we send out the call for you to recreate a winning dish we’ve selected from the current issue of Chatelaine.
Then what? All you do is chop, stir, cook or bake it up, snap a photo of your culinary prowess, send it to us, and at the end of the month, check back at Chatelaine.com to see if you submitted the prize-winning photo, or have been featured in our Chatelaine Cooking Club gallery! 

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Our readers' lives have evolved over Chatelaine's 87 years. But some things haven’t changed at all. Guilt remains among the scourges of modern life.

Editor's letter: the guilted age

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October 2015

Watch as Kitchen Apprentice, Louisa Clements, shows how to shop for, store, prepare fresh apples and use them in great recipes.

Kitchen Apprentice Louisa Clements offers the best tips for buying, storing and preparing fresh apples in great recipes.

Video: The best apple recipes and cooking tips

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Make the most of the final long weekend of summer with the barbecue to end all barbecues. We cover all the classics, so get ready to load up your plate.

Labour Day BBQ feast

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Savoury fall muffins topped with a hint of smoky cheese for an extra hit of flavour. Get this muffin recipe and more at Chatelaine.com

Apple and smoked cheddar muffins

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A crisp and fresh apple-based slaw you can serve with fried chicken, barbecued ribs and more. Get this slaw recipe and more at Chatelaine.com

Apple-celery-root slaw

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An easy make-ahead you can serve at cocktail parties alongside a cheese platter. Get this apple-mostarda recipe and more at Chatelaine.com

Apple-mostarda

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