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Canadian cuisine

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The recipes we actually cook.

Canadian desserts

Neapolitan strips

This is a recipe from our childhood: a three-layer icebox cookie, chocolate, vanilla, and cherry, chilled in a log and sliced.

Prep2h
Cook7–10m
Canadian desserts

Our favourite chocolate chip cookies

What else is there to say! Once we found this recipe, it became our family favourite. You can use vanilla, chocolate, or butterscotch pudding depending on the type of cookie you’re craving, and mix up the chips for even more variety.

Cook10–12m
Canadian sauces

Panago-style jalapeño cheese dip

There’s this Canadian franchise that makes a very classic style of pizza: thick crust, tonnes of sauce and toppings, everything that isn’t a New York-style pizza. They make a jalapeño dip that I miss when we order from somewhere else. This …

Canadian desserts

Peanut butter Nanaimo bars

A Nanaimo bar with a peanut butter middle layer in place of the custard. A family recipe, checked against a Food Network version.

Cook6m
Canadian salads

T’s broccoli salad

What’s to say? This is a broccoli salad that has bacon. It’s a sweet and savoury salad that is more filling than most.

Canadian mains +1

The anything casserole

You can make pretty much any leftovers into a casserole. This works especially well with large holiday dinner leftovers, or family-style takeout for American/Chinese, Indian, Thai, and similar cuisines.

Canadian condiments +1

Tofu pepperoni

This vegetarian pepperoni substitute is great for pizzas, calzones, and rice dishes. It’s firm and sliceable like a hard cheese, with a nice, peppery flavour. It browns nicely, so put it on top of the cheese when using it on pizza!

Canadian breads

Ultimate every-bun recipe

This is a pretty-much-any bun recipe based on Joshua Weissman’s famous multipurpose dough. It’s soft, and works for burger, dinner, hot dog buns, and likely other softish buns.

Canadian sauces

Uncle Bruce's ranch dip

Growing up we ate a lot of post-war-style food, including the famous Uncle Dan’s powdered ranch dip. I’m far too principled and lazy to buy powdered mix, so I came up with my own approximation. Two things make this dip stand out: MSG and an …

Canadian mains +1

White Spot burger

This is Bruce’s take on the classic White Spot Triple “O” deluxe burger (lettuce and tomatoes make it deluxe; cheddar and bacon make it a “BC” burger).

Serves4