(NC)—Hosting a dinner party this holiday season? This mouth-watering stuffing will have guests going back for a second serving. Wild Rice Stuffing with Grapes and Hazelnuts Ingredients: 2 cans chicken broth, low sodium 1 cup wild rice (250 mL) 4 slices bacon, diced 1 tbsp butter, unsalted (15 mL) 1 1/2 cups diced onion (375 [...]

(NC)—The holiday season is a busy time, so it’s easy to get side-tracked and let our good environmental habits slide. There are a number of simple ways to stay green during the holidays, including purchasing home-grown produce and meats. TD Friends of the Environment Foundation (TD FEF) offers reasons on why you should go local [...]

(NC)—Hosting the Thanksgiving feast this year? Why not free up the oven for freshly baked pies and use the grill to roast a beer-butt turkey. Inspired by the flavours of fall, this recipe is made with Rickard’s Dark, an English-style porter with a hint of Canadian maple syrup. Ingredients: • 1 whole 8 pound turkey [...]

(NC)—When planning her Thanksgiving menu, Canadian chef Lynn Crawford, host of the Food Network show “Pitchin’ In”, likes to keep it close to home. Crawford passionately seeks out the best that Canadian farmers have to offer. Her local love affair also extends to the grape-growing wine producers of Niagara-on-the-lake and the Okanagan Valley. She found [...]

(NC)—While it is customary to create a food dish first and then choose a complementary wine, Canadian celebrity chef Lynn Crawford is anything but predictable. To shake things up this Thanksgiving, Crawford, chef at restaurant Ruby WatchCo and host of the Food Network show “Pitchin’ In”, challenged herself to flip her dessert planning and begin [...]

(ARA) – No Thanksgiving meal is complete without dessert and many would say it is probably the best part of the whole dinner, or the course your guests anticipate the most. This year, consider serving a unique and pleasantly surprising end of meal treat — the dessert smoothie. Why just serve the same desserts everyone [...]

You spend a lot of time preparing your meal, your home, and yourself for the Thanksgiving feast. Let the Butterball experts shed some light on how to make cooking and preparing easy. Here are some simple tips that will help you shine in the kitchen. 1. Preheat oven to 325°F/165°C. 2. Remove the neck from [...]

For an elegant finish, complete your Thanksgiving feast with this delicious pecan pie – a cinch to make with store-bought puff pastry. With a sweet and nutty filling, it’s the perfect ending to a cherished family tradition. 1/2 package (397 g) frozen puff pastry, thawed 1/2 1-1/2 cups Southern U.S. pecan halves 375 mL 3 [...]

Spice up traditional turkey entrees with this unique Southern-inspired dressing. Sweet onion, green pepper, celery and jalapeno peppers bring the flavours of the South to your very own Thanksgiving table. 3 tbsp vegetable oil 45 mL 1 lb andouille sausage*, diced 500 g 1-1/2 cups chopped Southern U.S. sweet onion 375 mL 1/2 cup thinly [...]

This creamy, cornmeal-based savoury side, popular in Virginia, Maryland and Kentucky, is an excellent accompaniment to poultry. The sweetness of corn and sweet onions balances the heat of the jalapeno peppers to make a remarkable and memorable side for any Thanksgiving gathering. 1 tbsp butter 15 mL 1/2 Southern U.S. sweet onion, thinly sliced 1/2 [...]