The Hundts Go Canadian
Canada turned 150 this year! Pretty sweet, eh?
I've been going to Canada for the last fifteen years to my parents' cottage on Lake Huron in Port Franks, Ontario and have grown an incredible deep love for the country and its people. Canada has, after all, produced the only place on earth where I can fully relax. For that, I will always be grateful.
We were not going to be at the cottage this year to celebrate Canada Day (July 1st), so we decided to celebrate it here at home and go as big as we could to show our respect and love.
It started with a joke that we were going to eat Tim Horton's, wear red and white, and say 'eh' a lot, but once I got on Pinterest looking up Canadian food recipes and reading articles about how Canadian's celebrate Canada Day, I went a little nuts ;)
I decorated, bought Canadian picture books, invited our families over, and served a few authentic Canadian dishes.
Here are a couple of things we ate...
All-Dressed Up Potato Chips:
If you have not sampled these... do. Like now. They are hard to find in the United States, but the ones pictured below, Ruffles brand, are sometimes at Meijer. If you see them, buy every bag they have. These potato chips are the best and they're even better IN Canada at Canadian grocery stores. At our Canadian shindig, these were the first food to run out.
Nanaimo Bars:
A Canadian dessert! Named for the town, Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, these bars did not disappoint. I would describe them as an almond joy mixed with a custard or cream-filled chocolate doughnut. I would've passed this recipe by if I wasn't trying to go Canadian and now I will definitely make them again.
Read about the history of the Nanaimo Bar here.
Get the recipe here.
Fresh Strawberry Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks:
While not an actual Canadian food, I had freshly picked strawberries at my house (thanks, Mom) and these delicious cookies were red and white so why not?!
Get the recipe here.
Among our other dishes were recipes that paid homage to maple syrup. We had maple baked beans and a salad complete with a maple syrup balsamic dressing, which was one of the best dressings I've ever had.
Get the salad dressing recipe here.
That very next week, I would be chowing down on maple cheddar cheese in Canada, which was OUT.OF.THIS.WORLD. The cheese was so good, in fact, that it was almost worth paying $12.50 Canadian (we never looked at the price tag...oops).
Celebrating Canada Day, or "Leaf Day" as my boys were calling it, will certainly be a tradition in the Hundt House. Canada has been too good to us not to celebrate.
I've been going to Canada for the last fifteen years to my parents' cottage on Lake Huron in Port Franks, Ontario and have grown an incredible deep love for the country and its people. Canada has, after all, produced the only place on earth where I can fully relax. For that, I will always be grateful.
We were not going to be at the cottage this year to celebrate Canada Day (July 1st), so we decided to celebrate it here at home and go as big as we could to show our respect and love.
It started with a joke that we were going to eat Tim Horton's, wear red and white, and say 'eh' a lot, but once I got on Pinterest looking up Canadian food recipes and reading articles about how Canadian's celebrate Canada Day, I went a little nuts ;)
I decorated, bought Canadian picture books, invited our families over, and served a few authentic Canadian dishes.
Here are a couple of things we ate...
All-Dressed Up Potato Chips:
If you have not sampled these... do. Like now. They are hard to find in the United States, but the ones pictured below, Ruffles brand, are sometimes at Meijer. If you see them, buy every bag they have. These potato chips are the best and they're even better IN Canada at Canadian grocery stores. At our Canadian shindig, these were the first food to run out.
Nanaimo Bars:
A Canadian dessert! Named for the town, Nanaimo, on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, these bars did not disappoint. I would describe them as an almond joy mixed with a custard or cream-filled chocolate doughnut. I would've passed this recipe by if I wasn't trying to go Canadian and now I will definitely make them again.
Read about the history of the Nanaimo Bar here.
Get the recipe here.
Fresh Strawberry Cookies With White Chocolate Chunks:
While not an actual Canadian food, I had freshly picked strawberries at my house (thanks, Mom) and these delicious cookies were red and white so why not?!
Get the recipe here.
Among our other dishes were recipes that paid homage to maple syrup. We had maple baked beans and a salad complete with a maple syrup balsamic dressing, which was one of the best dressings I've ever had.
Get the salad dressing recipe here.
That very next week, I would be chowing down on maple cheddar cheese in Canada, which was OUT.OF.THIS.WORLD. The cheese was so good, in fact, that it was almost worth paying $12.50 Canadian (we never looked at the price tag...oops).
Celebrating Canada Day, or "Leaf Day" as my boys were calling it, will certainly be a tradition in the Hundt House. Canada has been too good to us not to celebrate.
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