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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: 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: American Thanksgiving 2024
American Thanksgiving 2024 – we BBQ’d a rotisserie chicken and then made tacos for the holiday. What did you have!? One of my favourite things to make at Thanksgiving is mashed potatoes, mainly because then I can make golden quesadillas with the leftover mashed. Okay, let’s get cooking. American Thanksgiving 2024 First up, tacos are one of my favourite things to eat. We have them a handful of times a month – and not the same ones, but different combinations. Corn and bean salsa, bean…
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Recipe: Canadian Thanksgiving 2024
Canadian Thanksgiving 2024 – from Greek lemon potatoes and salad, all with roasted chicken, we’re in for a treat. Okay, let’s check out the recipes for this year’s Canadian holiday dinner. Canadian Thanksgiving 2024 First up, the roasted chicken is a go-to this year since we didn’t mash any potatoes (I know, right!?). Plus, the Starbucks dupe cranberry bliss bars are a definite treat. You can make them ahead of time and just be sure to let them sit at room temperature for an hour…
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Recipe: Fall Harvest Salad
It’s fall harvest salad time – this salad is packed with veggies and fruits, plus a nutty crunch. Okay, let’s get chopping. Ingredients First up, wash all of your fruits and veggies. Then, in a large bowl toss the mixed greens in the balsamic dressing. You can make your own (1 part balsamic to 1.5 parts olive oil, then add salt, pepper, oregano and garlic to taste), or you can use your favourite vinaigrette dressing. Once the mixed greens are dressed, you can lay them…
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Recipe: Cranberry Bliss Bars
Cranberry bliss bars – and they’re gluten free! When I worked at Starbucks these were in stock around the holidays and I couldn’t get enough of them. The chocolate covered graham crackers were a close second and kept me happy during the non-holiday season at Starbucks. Okay, let’s jump into this recipe! Ingredients Okay, first set the oven to bake at 325. Low and slow for these bliss bars. Next, in a large bowl, mix the peanut butter, agave, the one egg, vanilla, flour, baking…
