Holidays/45 recipes

Celebrating Canada Day with some maple leaf cakes and raspberry coulis, delicious, light and impressive dessert.

This Christmas pudding has plenty of delicious fruit and nuts, but it's really simple to make - just plan ahead and then make the warm vanilla-bean custard on the day.

Buttermilk Christmas Pudding recipe

Nothing is better than a warm pumpkin soup at your Thanksgiving menu.

Turkey topped with creamy fresh Chavrie and tangy, sweet cranberries. Just perfect for Thanksgiving!

This colorful chutney is a wonderful rendition, particularly during the holiday season. You can store the finished product in the refrigerator for 2-3 weeks. Many thanks to AquaExerciser friend, Lorelyn, for sharing this delicious concoction!!

This refreshing drink packs a punch!

Pumpkin Cake recipe

An Italian Christmas is not complete without this high-domed cylinder of fruit-studded sweet bread.

A delicious recipe for the perfect Thanksgiving dinner.

Eat heartily, accompanied by much loud Italian conversation. In fact, I typed this accompanied by much loud Italian conversation. My parents were here, and both were shouting instructions over my shoulder. They disagreed about the arrangement of the lettuce - my mother said that the hole in the middle of the platter was necessary; my father insisted that it wasn't, saying you can just dump the tuna on top of the lettuce. I finally had to give up on this reply until they went home. So now, in the peace and quiet of the aftermath, I've finished it. Hope you had a wonderful holiday.

Have these delicious yet healthy whole wheat pancakes for breakfast, topped with maple candies pecans, fresh pineapples and kiwi fruit.

Cranberries and pears are a great pair. They make this deliciously fruity filling, and it tastes great with the buttery and flakey pastry. It's as delicious as an apple pie.

Christmas Nutty Linzer Cookies recipe

Peter's Cream of Pumpkin Soup recipe

Rich Orange-Chocolate Truffles recipe