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Cracked Pepper and Horseradish Crusted Oven Roast with Gravy

The horseradish and cracked pepper crust makes simple seem special. Use any oven roast for the recipe: Tenderloin, Sirloin Tip, Strip Loin, Top Sirloin or Inside Round. To crack the peppercorns, place them in a sturdy plastic freezer bag and crush with the back of a heavy skillet or hammer.

Maple Glazed Tenderloin with Harvest Vegetables

Tenderloin is one of the most tender cuts of beef so it's easy for kids to love it -- don't save it just for company! You can sub in carrots and/or parsnips for the sweet potatoes or brussel sprouts if you like.

Mediterranean Mini Beef Quick Roast

Mini Beef Quick Roasts are beef roasts that are cut to weigh approximately 1 lb (500 g). These mini roasts work well for weeknight schedules and are sized just right for small families. Mini Beef Quick Roasts cook to medium in under an hour. The Quick Roast shape helps it cook to perfection, better than just a regular small-sized roast. This recipe is the perfect solution to weeknight meal dilemmas.

Mushroom-Crusted Roast Beef

Add something new to your roast beef repertoire with this Mushroon-Crusted Roast Beef recipe. Made from dried mushrooms, the crust adds an intense mushroom flavour to both the sauce and the roast beef. 

Roast Beef with Sun Dried Tomato Sauce

Beef roasts are easy to prepare and they practically cook themselves. Visit our Cooking Lessons to learn more and see more recipes.

Tangy Oktoberfest Roast Beef

With lots of veggies, this one pot recipe for Tangy Oktoberfest Beef Roast makes a roast that's juicy and tender with a flavour that everyone will love.

Beef Prime Rib Au Jus

Au Jus is just a fancy name for making a beef gravy recipe.

Beef Prime Rib Roast with Berry Wine Sauce

Cranberries and red wine give the sauce a rosie hue that's the perfect pairing with medium-rare roast beef and is pretty to take to the table.

Steak Nachos

There are plenty of veggies and toppings in this recipe to boost nachos into a justifiable meal.

Barbecue-Style Pot Roast

Take the heat out of the kitchen with barbecue-braising. This recipe works using Simmering Steaks too, but cooks them for only about an hour.

Orange Balsamic Roast Beef with Herbed Quinoa Pilaf and Roasted Fennel

Feed a crowd with a modestly priced roast beef that is loaded with flavour and perfectly tender when cooked to medium-rare and carved into thin slices. Served with a Mediterranean-inspired quinoa dish and roasted fennel bulb. You meet over all your daily needs for zinc and vitamin B12 with this one meal! This serving of beef provides 20% of heme iron – the type that is easiest for your body to absorb. Beef also boosts the absorption of the non-heme iron from the spinach by 150%.

Oven Roast Beef Stuffed with Mushroom Barley Risotto

With beef tenderloin and a rich risotto made from barley and mixed mushrooms, this recipe is a showstopper. To simplify meal-planning, make the risotto ahead and store covered tightly in the fridge for up to 3 days. The recipe makes 5 cups of risotto which is plenty for stuffing the roast with 3 cups remaining that can be served as a meal unto itself or as a side along with the roast.

Beef and Cheese Egg Roll Bites

Homemade egg rolls don’t have to be intimidating. This simple egg roll recipe is filled with thinly sliced beef tenderloin and cream cheese. These perfect bite-sized appetizers will impress your guests.

Mixed Herb Pesto Stuffed Braised Beef

This stuffed, rolled beef tenderloin is the perfect entertaining recipe. The simple pesto recipe can be made ahead and stored in the fridge. Roll up the tenderloin like a jelly roll and tie with butcher twine every couple inches to secure the roll.

Two-Chili Beef Pot Roast with Roasted Salsa

Pot roast on the barbecue is easy and delicious. Take the heat out of the kitchen by turning your barbecue into an oven by using the indirect heat method. Heat is placed either to one side or to both sides of the food allowing for even heat and cooking. This barbecue braising method is perfect for cuts of beef that require a longer cooking time.

Pan-seared Tenderloin Steaks with Pan-Sauce 3 Ways

Pan searing is a simple way to create restaurant-style steaks at home. Once you know how, you will be surprised how easy it is to do. The best cuts of beef to use for this recipe are ones labelled ‘grilling steaks’ such as centre cut tenderloin, top sirloin or rib-eye. Serve the pan-seared steak with one of these simple pan sauces. The robust flavour will add extra zip to the steaks. The image is the Ginger-Miso Pan-sauce version.

Creole Mustard Beef Oscar

You can add even more flavour by seasoning the meat with your favourite steak spice.

Stuffed and Rolled Roast Beef

Less than premium beef roasts can still be amazing for special times by with this simple technique of cutting, filling, rolling and tying before cooking. Roast beef done this way is a real show-stopper and sure to spark some lively dinner conversation!

Vietnamese-style Grilled Steak & Noodle Salad

Barbecued Flat Iron shines in sandwiches and salads like this one!

Individual Ground Beef Wellingtons

These individual Beef Wellingtons are made with ground beef instead of the traditional beef tenderloin, making them a delicious, yet cost effective, way to serve a special meal to your family and friends.The ground beef is seasoned well, topped with duxelles (a mixture of chopped mushrooms, shallots, garlic, and thyme), neatly folded into thin slices of prosciutto, then wrapped in prepared puff pastry to create beautiful little packages, which are bursting with big flavour.

Chinese Beef Curry Puffs

A weekly trip to Chinatown to buy Asian groceries occasionally also meant a special stop at the Chinese bakery. As a child, one of my favorite pastries to eat was the very tasty, mild flavoured curry beef puffs (and it still is!). Under the many layers of flaky pastry was a delicious filling of delicious fragrant savoury beef. This recipe re-creates the treat with an easy-to-make ground beef filling with the convenience of prepared frozen puff pastry. Be sure to thaw pastry in the refrigerator overnight and keep chilled until ready to use. Refrigerating the meat filling makes it easier to work with.

Beef Kreplach

This kreplach recipe by Chef Phillip Walters is a uniquely-presented version of these Jewish traditional dumplings in broth. The dumplings, filled with beef seasoned with fresh herbs, in an aromatic, richly-flavoured chicken broth are elevated even further with crispy carrot chips and a fresh dill oil for garnish.

Beef Wellington Packages For Everyone

As co-author of Everyday Celebrations in the Best of Bridge cookbook series, Emily Richards says this take on Beef Wellington is a holiday season favourite that her son makes each year. Everyone at the table is excited when they get to cut into their own little beefy dinner package.