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Recipe: Canadian Thanksgiving 2025
Canadian Thanksgiving 2025 – yes! It’s my favourite holiday of the year, time for potatoes, fall colours, and quality time with family. What else could you want? How about an extra day to sleep in!? I know someone who could use it. Haha. Okay, let’s check out what’s for dinner this Thanksgiving. Canadian Thanksgiving 2025 For this holiday we got a duck and put it on the BBQ, rotisserie style! Since it’s the two of us, we usually opt for a vegetable or a salad,…
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Recipe: BBQ Rotisserie Duck
BBQ rotisserie duck – that’s right! We cooked duck on our BBQ. If you don’t have a rotisserie, I highly suggest you get one. We love ours and chicken is our favourite thing to cook on the rotisserie. I haven’t tried anything other than poultry yet, but some sort of stuffed squash is on my list (cool, eh?!). Okay, first up, buy a quality duck and ensure you season it well before racking up. Oh, and don’t forget to truss it! Ingredients Once your duck…
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Recipe: Apple Cranberry Pecan Salad
Apple cranberry pecan salad – this is such a winner for fall! Plus, it’s hearty to hold over for lunches. With fried bacon (turkey for us!), feta cheese, and cranberries, this salad packs in flavour and texture. Okay, let’s get chopping! Ingredients Honey Dijon Dressing First up, wash all of your fruits and vegetables. Then, chop up the bacon and cook it up. If I’m cooking turkey bacon, I’ll cut it first then cook it. If it’s regular pork bacon, you might want to cook…
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Recipe: Brown Butter Mashed Potatoes
Brown butter mashed potatoes. Yes! Okay, I know I’ve made mashed potatoes a few different ways, yet they’re so comforting. These brown butter ones are rich with an extra layer of depth. I didn’t work the brown butter in to the whole batch, since I was afraid the colour might not be too appealing. As such, I stuck with the traditional recipe and added the brown butter on top. Okay, let’s get cooking! Ingredients I didn’t rice my potatoes on this batch, yet I usually…
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Recipe: Independence Day Treats 2025
Independence Day treats 2025 – that’s right, these red, white, and blue treats are here, ready to celebrate the long weekend. They’re decorated with red, white, and blue sprinkles to give them a pop of holiday colour. Let’s dive into this recipe and then eat these tasty snacks up. Independence Day Treats 2025 First, grab a cheesecake – you can make it yourself (this is the option we went for!) or you can buy one pre-made, either way, these treats will be super-duper snack-licious! Once…
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Recipe: Canada Day Treats 2025
Canada Day treats 2025! Happy Canada day to you and this fabulous country! These sweet treats are decorated with red and white sprinkles to give them a pop of holiday colour. Let’s dive into this recipe and then eat up. Canada Day Treats 2025 First, grab a cheesecake – you can make it yourself (I did!) or you can buy one pre-made, either way, these treats will be super-duper snack-licious! Once you’ve got your cheesecake, be sure it’s at room temperature and roll into 1…
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Projects: Easter Brunch 2025
Easter brunch 2025 – that’s right, it’s long weekend time which means a layout breakfast fit for brunch. This year we made waffles and went with some old classics, like poached eggs and avocado, as well as peanut butter and blueberries. The best part, some Canadian raw honey, creamed with lemon. So good! Okay, let’s check out some of these recipes and see how everything came together. Let’s cook. Easter Brunch 2025 First up, the waffles. You pick what type of waffle you want to…
