This Canadian classic is a moist date pudding cake topped with a delicious butterscotch and coconut frosting that is fit for a queen.
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Amp up your homemade pancakes with a superfood. The wild blueberry is packed with a lot more nutrition and health benefits than its cultivated cousin.
Fresh peaches baked with a splash of rum topped with a buttery oatmeal crumble gives this seasonal dessert its intense flavour. If you are lucky enough to be in the Niagara region in mid-summer, make sure to take the scenic drive along the Niagara Parkway between the falls and Niagara-on-the-Lake. You’ll pass a number of…
This iconic Canadian pastry is filled with butter, sugar, syrup, egg and raisins, then baked until the filling has gelled. Dating back to pioneer days, the genuinely beloved butter tart is the quintessential Canadian treat. Its origins can be traced back to Central Ontario with the first published recipe appearing in 1900 in Barrie. Nowadays,…
Growing up, Thanksgiving or Christmas always included the traditional turkey dinner with all the trimmings. But there was a down side; turkey gravy gave me indigestion. So to make that dry turkey white meat easier pallet, I became a fan of cranberry sauce. Sometimes we’d have the canned stuff, but when we’d go to granny’s…
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Squash & Sweet Potato Soup
The perfect starter to an autumn meal is this delicious puréed soup made from seasonal ingredients.
Wild fiddleheads and wild garlic are available briefly in spring and are best eaten fresh. Combined in this simple recipe they are both a rustic treat and an urban delicacy. If you live in a big city and have country cousins, chances are you’ve heard one of them tell of picking fiddleheads and wild garlic. …
This old-time recipe is a simple cake baked in a hot maple caramel sauce.
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Maple Glazed Salmon
Salmon fillet baked with a maple butter glaze that’s ready in about 20 minutes. Living in the largest maple syrup producing region in the world, I am always in search of recipes that incorporate the natural goodness produced in our local sugar shacks. Any visitor to Quebec or Ontario in spring should make sure to…
A maritime favourite, this easy-to-make dish is easily adaptable to other white fish or cheese varieties. A maritime favourite, this easy-to-make dish is easily adaptable to other white fish or cheese varieties.