Ontario Pork Blog

Yes, you can do these ribs in your oven or on a grill. Be a pal and supply plenty of paper napkins, a finger bowl, a bone bowl and toothpicks for after dinner!

This one-bowl meal comes together in a hurry and is colorful and healthy enough that it satisfies both adventurous and picky eaters. It’s also an approachable way to bring Vietnamese cooking styles home. The balance of sweet versus heat and the colors of the mango, herbs and vegetables are really fresh and appealing.

Perhaps you’d prefer some colourful, beautifully charred pork tenderloin skewers? As pleasing to the eye as they are to the palate. The marinade of lime juice, spices, cilantro and honey, develops big flavour in mere minutes and grills up, in just minutes more.

An elegant preparation that works just as well for a weeknight family meal, as it does for entertaining guests. The tenderloin is butterflied, slathered with pesto, layered with cheese and a tasty breadcrumb mixture. Then rolled, tied and seared, before being nestled into the tomato sauce and left to simmer away.

This quick-cook diced pork can be used to top a rice or noodle bowl. It has an amazing balance of bitter and sweet from the beer caramel, along with punchy heat and ginger notes. This is a dish that will have your friends and family wondering when you became such a great Thai cook.

Valentine’s Day is rapidly approaching, and I always hear people say: “the best gifts, are the ones you make, with love!” How about some sweet heat pork belly burnt ends in a heart-shaped box? You know, for your sweet hea(r)t.

January is a time when we make resolutions to do better, be better and maybe even take a chance to try something new. As we enter into this new decade why not try making your own sausages?

Sausage, peppers and onions is a classic for a good reason! The spicy Ontario Pork Sausages are balanced perfectly by the sweet peppers and onions. An ideal lunch or gameday day meal that’s sure to impress your guests!

This paella recipe uses Ontario Pork Hot Italian Sausages, mussels, shrimp and paprika to create a soul-satisfying meal that can be enjoyed every week! I LOVE sausage paella, but when you add Saffron Threads, chicken, imported chorizo and loads of shellfish, it becomes an expensive, special occasion meal. This sausage recipe is quick, easy, and affordable.

This Ontario Pork Hot Italian Sausage Frittata recipe is a perfect way to ‘kickstart’ the day, relax over brunch, or delicious midweek dinner solution.

The first place I ever ate gyoza was in Takamatsu, Japan, in 1983, as a wide-eyed 19-year-old Canadian prairie boy over there to play hockey for a year. Every day was filled with fascinating adventures and wild stuff. At first taste, I thought, “Man, those are the best perogies ever!” So I became a chef.

When holiday entertaining, something occurs… my kitchen and oven magically shrink! So years ago, I learned my lesson and expanded my cooking space by firing up the grill.