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Refreshing Summer Salads to Try

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As the weather warms, it is the perfect time to start eating more fruits and vegetables. Why is it so much easier during the summer? I love taking the best the farmer’s market has to offer to whip into refreshing summer salads that are both healthy and delicious. Plus, salads are the PERFECT dish to… Read more about Refreshing Summer Salads to Try

My 19 Best Potluck Recipes for Summer

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Summer is coming and so is the entertaining season. We love getting together with our lake neighbours for the long weekends, birthdays, holidays or just for fun. The easiest way to feed a large group is a potluck but sometimes it leaves me wondering what to bring. Here are my best potluck recipes that people… Read more about My 19 Best Potluck Recipes for Summer

Cheesy Party Potatoes in the Instant Pot

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Have you ever heard of party potatoes? How about funeral potatoes? Hashbrown casserole? They are all terms that are often used interchangeably for shredded or hashbrown potatoes that are creamy and cheesy with a bread crumb topping. Cheesy party potatoes made in the Instant Pot are a delicious side dish for breakfast, brunch or anytime… Read more about Cheesy Party Potatoes in the Instant Pot

Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

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Macaroni and cheese is Evan’s number one favourite food of all time. If it were up to him, I would make my baked macaroni and cheese at least once a week. It is ridiculously delicious but it is also hard enough that I don’t want to make it on a weeknight if I can help… Read more about Instant Pot Macaroni and Cheese

Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe

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Whenever I think about Thanksgiving the one dish that epitomizes the South is Southern cornbread dressing (or cornbread stuffing).  I never really knew that any other kind of stuffing existed….except that stuff in the box that no one I knew had ever purchased. We never put the dressing in the actual turkey though I saw… Read more about Southern Cornbread Dressing Recipe

Cranberry Stuffing Instant Pot Recipe

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Thanksgiving is this weekend in Canada. It still feels weird to me to celebrate in early October instead of the end of November. However, I feel like being Thankful never hurt anyone so maybe I’ll celebrate TWICE. Celebration is all about family friends and food. My Canadian family taught me that bread stuffing can be… Read more about Cranberry Stuffing Instant Pot Recipe

Turnip Puff – A Delicious Turnip Recipe

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I will never be able to eat Turnip Puff without thinking of Nana. Basically, that means I will always make this even if I may be the only one that eats it (Dewey is stubborn in his hatred for turnips). It has turned many a turnip hater into a card carrying turnip puff lover. I’m… Read more about Turnip Puff – A Delicious Turnip Recipe

Creamy Dill Potatoes Side Dish

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I’m not 100% sure why new potatoes are so much more delicious than regular potatoes but they are. When new potatoes hit the farmers market, we can’t stop making creamy dill potatoes. These nuggets of pure potato joy turn us in to potato junkies and I bet they will you too. This recipe is best… Read more about Creamy Dill Potatoes Side Dish