Many toddlers have an aversion to strong flavours; this pasta dish is mild but tasty enough for the whole family to enjoy. Older children may appreciate a garnish of chopped green onions and crumbled cooked bacon.
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Egg N Cheese Pasta
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Burrito Casserole
This hearty, family-pleasing meal is a Tex-Mex lover’s delight. Use 1-3/4 cups (425 mL) of whatever PC salsa you have on hand; you could also add 1 can of drained corn in with the beans.
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Vegetable Bolognese Pizza
When you just need to get dinner on the table, this is the pizza to make. Our Bolognese sauce has a “meaty” texture, but is vegetarian. Check the label on your mozzarella if you’re serving vegetarians; some mozzarella cheese contains rennet.
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Tomato Macaroni with Cheese
Picky eaters in your family? Gently expand their palates with this comfort-food favourite that takes a mac ‘n cheese staple and modifies it slightly.
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Two Cheese Spring Pizza
A quick “pesto” made of arugula gives this pizza a peppery fresh taste. Slice into smaller wedges for an amazing appetizer or party snack.
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Mushroom Asparagus Strata with Multigrain Bread
Strata makes a great brunch dish, especially since you can do all the work the night before. This mushroom-goat cheese combo is perfect for company.
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South of the Border Grilled Cheese Sandwich
Corn and bean salsa gives this grilled cheese a Tex-Mex twist. Plant sterols have been shown to decrease your LDL cholesterol (the bad one) by an average of 10%.
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Spicy and Cool Roasted Cauliflower
A delicious contrast between the spicy cauliflower and the cooling yogurt makes this a fabulous vegetable side dish to serve with your favourite curry.
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Spinach, Fig and Goat's Cheese Thin Crust Pizza
Here’s a delicious pizza topping combo you may never have thought of. Serve with hot pepper flakes on the side, for those who like to spice up their pizza.
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Leek-Stuffed Mushroom Caps
When you’re trying to eat healthy, hors d’oeuvre- often high fat, salty affairs- are a challenge. You can enjoy our leek-stuffed mushrooms without blowing your healthy eating goals. Serve this elegant bite-sized nibble at your next party.
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Goat Brie Pastry Bites
Our ham is delicately flavoured with rosemary and pairs beautifully with Brie and apple. You could use pear, if you prefer.
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Puff Pastry Cheese Twists
A delicious snack to serve with cocktails. Don’t worry if some of the toppings fall off while you twist the pastry strips; work over the baking sheet and some will bake back onto the bottoms of the twists.
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Blue Cheese Canapés with Walnuts
A great, year-round, one-bite canapé. If blue cheese is not your favourite, a nice aged Cheddar would work just was well with these flavours.
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Tomato Basil Pizzettes
These mini pizzas are sure to be a hit with your toddler. If your toddler likes cooked broccoli, peas or spinach, add them before baking.
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Montreal Smoked Turkey Club
Here’s a double decker sandwich sure to satisfy the hungriest appetite. Due to its sodium content, it’s a once-in-a-while treat. It can easily serve four smaller appetites.
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Tuscan Goat Cheese Bites
This really easy appetizer makes a lovely presentation. It goes great with a glass of red wine!
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Hot Bottomless Bean Dip
No one can stop eating this fabulous bean dip! Increase the jalapenos and/or substitute PC Medium Fresh Salsa if you like a lot of spice.
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Hot Cheesy Spinach Spread
Everyone loves spinach dip. This healthier spread version is easy to prepare for the family and for parties.
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Chef Salad
Proof that a salad can be more than satisfying, this dish offers protein from turkey, eggs and bacon turkey-style. You could add a sliced ripe avocado to this salad, but it will increase the fat to 20 g per serving.
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Cheesy Breakfast Melts
These open-faced breakfast sandwiches are low in fat and take only minutes to prepare. Any ripe tomato can be used instead of grape tomatoes, just cut them into a medium dice. Be sure to serve immediately so the cheese is nice and gooey!
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Balsamic Mushroom Pizza
Forget about delivery and get the whole family to help prepare this thin crust mushroom lover’s pizza!
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6 Bean Breakfast Quesadilla
Start your day right with this hearty quesadilla, perfect for a weekend breakfast. Chili powder is a mixture of chilies, cloves, coriander, cumin and oregano, and is not particularly spicy.
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Cheese Clouds
This is a version of the French dish Gougères, choux pastry flavoured with cheese. You can serve these at room temperature, but they are tastier served warm.
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Black Bean and Corn Quesadillas
Taking less than 15 minutes from start to finish, this quesadilla is perfect after a late night at work.
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Green Eggs on the Run
Finding it hard to get the kids to eat green vegetables? Try hiding them in plain sight in this breakfast sandwich- they may like green eggs and ham.
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Fig & Arugula Tartine
A tartine is a French open-faced sandwich, especially one with fancy toppings.
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Italian-Inspired Vegetable Medley
Jazz up everyday mixed vegetables with Italian flavours of Parmesan and tomato.
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Broccoli Ranch Slaw
Here’s an easy side salad to any of our PC single serve entrees, whether you’re packing one for lunch or for a solo dinner.
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Mini Dill Rosti
This sophisticated hors d’oeuvre will wow your guests! Making the rosti round takes a bit of practice.
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Dulce de Leche Croquembouche
This is an incredibly impressive yet easy dessert to serve to a crowd. Make it the centrepiece of your holiday dessert table.
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Cheese Board
This versatile dish can be served with cocktails at a party, as an appetizer before a meal, as a cheese course between the main course and dessert, or in place of dessert.
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Classic Baked Dip
A warm dip is sure to draw a crowd at any gathering. This smoky version is served in a bread bowl, and gets a nice crunch from water chestnuts in the spinach dip.
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Mumbai Mango Melt
Choose a mango that yields to slight pressure and is fragrant. If you like a bit of spice, spread buns with a little Indian pickle before filling.
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The Parisian Melt
Our twist on a croque madame, this grilled turkey and cheese sandwich has apple for added crunch. Add a crisp green salad to round out the meal.
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Spaghetti with Peas and Peameal Bacon
Colourful and delicious, this warming dish makes a satisfying meal on a cold night.
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Warm Caprese Salad
Normally caprese salad is made in the summer months with fresh ripe tomatoes. For the rest of the year when tomatoes may not be at their best, a great way to develop tomato flavour is to slowly oven-roast them, as we do here.
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Too Good to be Low Fat Chocolate Orange Blancmange
A very British dessert, blancmange is usually made from milk, sugar, vanilla and cornstarch resulting in a white (blanc) pudding. Our blancmange may not be very blanc, but it is very delicious and low fat to boot.
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Penne with Rapini and Goat Cheese
For families that don’t eat fish, getting enough omega-3 can be a problem. PC Blue Menu Omega 3 Pasta helps you rise to the challenge.
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Hearty Tofu Caesar Wrap
PC Blue Menu Tofu is made from the whole soy bean. Soy is the only complete-protein legume. It’s also low in saturated fat and an excellent source of protein which makes it a great meat alternative.
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Cheddar Crisps
These are delightful served slightly warm with pre-dinner cocktails. Slice and bake as your dinner guests arrive. And your house will smell great!
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Triple Cheddar Potato Soup
This soul-satisfying soup will warm your toes on a cold winter day.
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Spaghetti Carbonara
This classic Italian dish takes very little time to prepare. It’s kid-friendly, too, with no obvious vegetables to pick out at the table.
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Strawberry Dulce de Leche Trifle
Trifle is always a popular holiday dessert- it feeds a crowd and is made well ahead of time, with no last minute preparation. Frozen berries are an economical alternative to the usual fresh berries- and they are always ripe.
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Grilled Pineapple Kebabs with Dulce de Leche Cream
Barbecue kebabs for dessert? Why not! Substitute low fat sour cream if you prefer.
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Grilled Arugula Prosciutto Pizza
Arugula and prosciutto are a winning combination. Instead of a main course, this would make an amazing finger food to serve at a backyard party- cut each pizza into narrow fingers and grill up more to order!
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Brown Rice Salad with Arugula and Feta
Brown rice is lower on the glycemic index than white rice and contains more fibre, meaning it makes you feel full longer. Try this salad for your packed lunches.
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Berry Bright Spinach Salad
Did you know your body needs fat in order to absorb iron? The developed-specially-for spinach dressing is low fat rather than fat free to aid in absorption of iron from spinach.
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Fattoush
Fattoush is a Middle Eastern vegetable and herb salad that contains toasted bread, usually pita. You’ll need a vegetable grill basket for this grilled version, to keep the smaller veggies from falling through the grill.




