Holidays and Entertaining
Halloween Nuts and Bolts
Nuts and bolts is a savoury and addictive snack mix, also known as "party mix", often enjoyed during parties, gatherings, games, or holidays. It typically consists of a mixture of various crunchy and [...]
Roasted Butternut Squash
With Fall upon us, what better vegetable to enjoy than butternut squash. Roasting the bell shaped vegetable brings out the sweetness and nuttiness while preserving its nutritional value. Only simple ingredients like olive [...]
Harvest Mashed Potatoes
Mashed potatoes are so common as to be almost disdained. And eating poorly prepared ‘mash’ as a child can put you off for a lifetime. However, creamy, buttery mashed potatoes can be a [...]
Harvest Scalloped Potatoes
A perennial autumn favourite is always scalloped potatoes. My grandmother made a bechamel for hers and, sadly, it could often be hit or miss. Years ago, the uber-talented Klaus Wöckinger, of La Chaumière [...]
Pink Peppercorn Shortbread
Very few of us can resist shortbread cookies as these buttery, delicious bites melt in your mouth. Shortbread is a blank canvas allowing a variety of flavours to be mixed in. While you have [...]
Gingerbread Spiced Nuts
Sweet, spicy and irresistibly snackable, these gingerbread spiced nuts capture the cozy warmth of the season in every crunchy bite. Tossed in maple syrup and warming spices, then roasted until golden and fragrant, they're [...]
Shortbread Cookies
If there’s one cookie that goes hand in hand with Christmas, it has to be shortbread cookies. Buttery and not overly sweet, they are easy to make and loved by everyone. They are great for the dessert table and a welcome addition at your cookie swap. Wrap them in a box and they make a delicious edible gift for friends or neighbours.
Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Tajin
If you grew up eating boiled Brussels Sprouts like we did, you are in for a tasty surprise with these Roasted Brussels Sprouts with Tajin. Crispy diced pancetta is combined with sauteed Halloumi cheese [...]
Sweet and Spicy Cranberry Sauce
Cranberry sauce is a must when serving turkey for the holidays. While it’s perfectly acceptable to open up a can, making it from scratch is so easy! Use fresh or frozen cranberries plus a [...]
Artichoke Dip
With holiday parties in full swing, it’s good to have an easy, crowd-pleasing recipe in your back pocket. Whether you are entertaining a crowd or need an appy to take to a party, this [...]
Pecan Sandies
Buttery and nutty, pecan sandies are a popular and delicious holiday cookie. The rich shortbread is studded with chopped pecans that will melt in your mouth. A hint of cinnamon gives these cookies a [...]
Halloween Bark
Halloween is a great time to get creative in the kitchen and make some fun snacks for your little ghosts and goblins. This spooky season we're making Halloween Bark. It's easy to prepare and [...]
Barbecue Short Rib Chilaquiles
Barbecue Short Rib Chilaquiles are made easy using lime flavoured tortilla chips and salsa con queso. Local Calgary chefs Connie DeSousa and John Jackson season Canadian Beef short ribs and braise them in a [...]
Dutch Oliebollen
Today’s modern doughnut dates all the way back to the 1700s when Dutch settlers first introduced “olykoeks” or “oily cakes” to Manhattan, known as New Amsterdam at the time. Traditionally served on New Year’s [...]
Black Pepper Brie
Learn how to make Brie at home with Roland Schmidt-Bellach, Co-Owner of Changing Seasons Bed & Breakfast in Nanton, Alberta. Roland teaches cheese-making classes out of his Changing Seasons Bed and Breakfast in Nanton, [...]
Sausage Roll Wreath
Bake up something special this Christmas with this festive Sausage Roll Wreath. Mix up a classic English style pork sausage mixture from scratch, then envelop it with a rich, buttery store-bought puff pastry. Made [...]
Upside-down Pear Gingerbread
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
Sunken Chocolate Cake with Berry Fool
Holiday Beauties Though the focus of celebratory holiday meals tends to be the large, protein-heavy, Norman Rockwell-esque roasts that are dramatically presented and carved at the table, I love the elaborate desserts we tend [...]
Mardi Gras Shrimp
Recipe By Chef Trent Bochek In the spirit of Mardi Gras, we are turning up the heat with a Mardi Gras Shrimp recipe. Starting with the cajun holy trinity of onion, bell pepper and [...]
Homemade Marzipan
The 12 Tastes of Christmas We’ve turned the 12 days into the 12 tastes of Christmas as we visit tables all over the world during the holidays. From KFC in Japan to injera in [...]
Jamaican-style Dark Fruitcake
I’ve never understood the near-universal distaste for fruitcake — how it has become a much-ridiculed physical representation of the gaudiness of the holidays. I blame the candied cherries, particularly those neon green ones — [...]
Stollen
I’ve never understood the near-universal distaste for fruitcake — how it has become a much-ridiculed physical representation of the gaudiness of the holidays. I blame the candied cherries, particularly those neon green ones — [...]
Karen and Noorbanu’s Rich Fruitcake
I’ve never understood the near-universal distaste for fruitcake — how it has become a much-ridiculed physical representation of the gaudiness of the holidays. I blame the candied cherries, particularly those neon green ones — [...]
Bramble
Mount Engadine Lodge has always been a proud supporter of local businesses and makers, even more so now in the face of a pandemic that has led to challenges for so many small businesses [...]