Ontario Pork Blog

Make yourself a restaurant-quality meal using local pork tenderloin and seasonal fruit! Look for wild blueberries fresh or frozen to enjoy this recipe all year long.

I knew that I wanted to pair Ontario pork with local Ontario asparagus; and then it hit me. Pork chops are an incredibly versatile cut of pork, we stuff so many different cuts of meat with vegetables, why not stuff pork chops with asparagus?

The grilled pork "wing". Classic chicken wing meets pork chop. Be sure to serve these wings with carrot and celery sticks and blue cheese or ranch dipping sauce.

Based on our popular "Ontario Pulled Pork (Slow Cooker Version)" recipe from a few years ago, Lauren from Maritime Glutton took that pulled pork recipe and made it Instant Pot friendly. A few tweaks by Lauren make this classic recipe perfect, and will bring tasty pulled pork to you faster than ever before with only an hour cook time!

Here I have paired these tasty patties with the fresh ingredients/toppings of a Banh Mi sandwich. The patties are brushed with a Lemongrass Pepper Sauce, adding a kick of Asian inspired flavours and everything is served with the freshest buns from a local bakery.

Easy Coca-Cola BBQ ribs, which are slow-cooked in the oven for 4 hours with a simple, tasty dry rub and then smothered with a smoky layer of homemade cola BBQ sauce.

These green curry meatballs with coconut embody the flavours of Southeast Asia have become part of the North American palate, and people love Thai curry, whether fiery hot green, aromatic red or mild but still exotic yellow.

You can serve this salad warm or cold. Take this to your next potluck for rave reviews.

We love the tapas culture when visiting Barcelona, and there are now so many more quality Spanish ingredients available in super- markets and specialty shops in North America. The real key to making this tasty morsel is using the Medjool dates—soft, sweet and savory, they’re the perfect container for the cheese, peppers and chorizo!

The following recipe is inspired by Mexican flavours and Mexican-style chorizo (featuring Mexican chilis, vinegar, salt and pepper), and is very forgiving to whatever kind of fresh chorizo you have access to. Most Ontario grocery stores carry a few varieties of pork sausage labelled “chorizo” that would work well for this recipe.

Serve the tasty bites as appetizers or use larger skewers and enjoy them for dinner with rice and veggies.

Other than perhaps Vietnamese coffee, the bánh mì sandwich is one of the most famous culinary creations to have emerged from the French colonial period in Vietnam.