Chef Patrick Kriss is a Michelin-trained chef with roots in Toronto. He worked around the world but returned to his hometown in 2010 to first work at Splendido, Acadia and then building on his success opened Alo Restaurant which was rated Canada’s top restaurant in 2017. Chef Kriss was excited to partner with Chefs Plate…
3 Reasons Why You’ll Love Nutritional Yeast!
Nutritional Yeast is not exactly an appetizing name, but we promise that once you try it in our recipes – you’ll be hooked! We love the “cheeze” it adds to our Thai Curry Mac and Cheeze recipe. Here are our top 3 reasons why we love Nutritional Yeast and why we think you will too:…
Master Your Grill
Get to Know your Grill
Summer is officially here, and you know what that means – it’s barbecue season! Get ready to fire up the grill because here at Chefs Plate, we’re super excited to launch our new BBQ-Ready recipes! If you haven’t done much barbecuing before, have no fear, we’ve got everything you need to know to become a…
We’re Making Waves for World Ocean Day!
We’re Ocean-Wise Certified! What does that mean exactly? Let’s first start off with what Ocean-Wise really is. The Vancouver Aquarium (also a Chefs Plate partner!) launched this program on Earth Day in 2005 in an effort to raise awareness about the number of threats facing our oceans. This includes everything from climate change, pollution, as…
How to Grow your own Herb Garden!
Is there anything better than a handful of fresh basil on top of a warm, crispy, margherita pizza? Maybe a sprinkling of fresh chives over your morning eggs, or a taco topped with newly-plucked cilantro? The one thing better than fresh herbs from the grocery store is having them at your fingertips when…
Breakfast in Bed for Mother’s Day!
Happy Mother’s Day! We can all agree that trying to celebrate everything our mothers do for us in one single day doesn’t even begin to do them justice. The long hours, sleepless nights, and sacrifices they’ve made doing a thankless job of raising and caring for us means that our mothers should be praised every…
Kid-Friendly Spinach Recipes!
Spinach – a vegetable so unpleasant that only Popeye himself can convince kids to eat it. The mere mention of spinach is enough to turn any child’s face from glee to immediate disgust, and not many how many promises of bulging muscles you give, kids refuse to give in. But have no fear, we’re here…
Try it: Breakfast for Dinner!
“Breakfast is the most important meal of the day.” We’ve heard that saying a million times, and we even use it ourselves as we try and get out kids to eat their soggy Cheerios before school. But what happens if you eat breakfast for dinner? Does it feel like you’re time-travelling to the future, or…
Kids Eat Green for Earth Day
Eating vegetables is hard. We all want to wake up, workout, eat 3 healthy meals, take care of the kids & have some alone time, all while getting 8 hours of sleep every night – but let’s be honest, that’s a far away fantasy for the most of us. Work gets in the way, things…