Melanie Hunter

When my husband took his first bite of the Singapore noodles he immediately announced that it tasted 'restaurant good'. I will take that as a compliment, thank you. This is yet another easy-to-prepare weeknight dinner. In just 30 minutes, we were able to sit down to a tasty meal full of delicious, exotic flavours. I haven’t been to Singapore (yet!), but I did love these noodles. And if people in Singapore eat like this every day, then I’d like to book myself for an extended vacation to Southeast Asia.

I had a pretty strong inkling that we’d like this soup, but I underestimated by just how much. It was my first time roasting red peppers and I was surprised at how easy it was. And while the peppers were roasting I prepped the rest of the chowder ingredients. Smart, huh?

Wow, what a fantastic weeknight meal. I’m not saying that it's not good enough for a weekend, it's just that when you're in the mood for something really flavourful, but don't want to spend all night preparing it, this Classic risotto with shrimp and sweet peas recipe will trick you into thinking it's a special occasion.

I love, love, love this salad. The rest of my family enjoyed it too. It’s fast and easy to make, though splitting the pita before toasting it was pretty difficult.

Our two-year-old couldn’t keep his hands off of the Penne with creamy brie and tomatoes. Or should I say Rotini with creamy brie and tomatoes recipe? I had a hard time snapping a photo before serving it because he kept asking, “Mommy, can I have some?”, while I was trying to ease the bowl away from his reach. I suppose I could have tried harder to get him not to stand on the furniture and stick his hands into our dinner but he’s never really done it before and I thought it was cute.