welcome to the delicious spoon!


Hi! My name is Alisa, the food photographer and recipe developer behind The Delicious Spoon.

Here you will find easy delicious recipes large enough to feed a family of 4 with usually a few leftovers! I use fresh easy-to-find ingredients and share quick simple recipes that don’t require loads of skill or fancy gadgets. My focus is on healthy recipes but you will find lots of tasty treats too!

Happy cooking and thanks for stopping by, Alisa

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A Loaded Potato Salad in a bowl with a spoon

Loaded Potato Salad

With sour cream, bacon, and chives, this Loaded Potato Salad is like eating a loaded baked potato in a bowl. A guaranteed hit at your next summer picnic or an easy side dish for dinner at home! How do you turn a baked potato into an easy summer side dish for a group? By making this Loaded Potato Salad! A cross between a traditional potato salad recipe and a baked potato, this easy dish features all of your favorite baked…
A glass of strawberry lemonade

Homemade Strawberry Lemonade

This 3-ingredient Homemade Strawberry Lemonade is like summertime in a glass. Made with fresh strawberries, lemons, and sugar. Refreshing, delicious and makes a whole pitcher!
A rack of baby back ribs cut into rib pieces

Fall Off The Bone Baby Back Ribs

These Fall Off The Bone Baby Back Ribs are the best ever! Marinated for 8 hours in a to die for the dry rub and then slow-roasted in the oven…
A Sesame Cucumber Salad Recipe on a white table with chopsticks blue serving bowls.

5-Minute Asian Cucumber Salad

This Asian Cucumber Salad is made with crispy sliced cucumbers in an Asian-inspired vinaigrette that is so simple to prepare you will likely want to make this all the time…

Cucumber Salad with Dill and chickpeas

This cooling and refreshing Cucumber Salad with chickpeas is the perfect healthy summer side! It includes fresh veggies and a mouth-watering homemade dill yogurt dressing. Make in less than 30…
A white bowl filled with a recipe for fiddleheads

Simple Sautéed Fiddleheads

The outdoor temperature is heating up and Fiddlehead Ferns have arrived. Enjoy tasty Ostrich Fiddlehead Ferns sautéed in simple olive oil and garlic with a squeeze of fresh lemon juice….
An easy fudge recipe made with brown sugar and cream cut into pieces

Old-Fashioned Brown sugar fudge recipe

An easy old-fashioned fudge recipe made with brown sugar, cream, and butter along with a hint of vanilla. A delicious confectionary that is creamy, sweet, and melts in your mouth!
Cooked Rapini in a white bowl with some Italian meatballs nearby

Sautéed Rapini Recipe (broccoli rabe)

A simple Sautéed Rapini Recipe or Broccoli Rabe Recipe made with just a few simple ingredients you are sure to have in your home any day of the week. Olive…
Bowl of Greek inspired cold pasta salad on a white table near a pile of feta and garlic

Greek Pasta Salad Recipe

Cucumbers, cherry tomatoes, red onion, kalamata olives, fusilli pasta and feta tossed in a creamy Greek dressing. A flavourful Greek Pasta Salad Recipe made with simple pantry staples!

Dinner recipes

Quick and easy weeknight dinner ideas sure to feed the whole family and please even the pickiest of eaters. Meat, fish, soups, salads, side dishes lots more!


tasty treats

Some healthy and some absolutely sinful but calorie worthy desserts and treats for those times when you just need a treat. Recipe for breads, cookies, cakes, pies, candy and more!


Delicious drinks

Thirst quenching drinks for cold winter days and sunny patio sipping. Cocktails, mocktails, smoothies and hot bevies.


Breakfast recipes

Delicious breakfast recipes for busy mornings, special holidays, brunch and even some prefect for those who meal prep for busy the week ahead. Definitely not your ordinary scrambled eggs!


Healthy snacks

Tasty easy to make snacks to keep you fuelled to get through your day. Smoothies, appetizers, finger foods, and portable snacks.