Canada’s 150th birthday is coming up! How are you planning to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Confederation? It’s amazing what differences an invisible border between us and our cousins in the south can do, but divisive it is, and it’s led to some interesting foods that we can call uniquely Canadian.
In Canada, eh…
- Milk might be something found the world over, but we confuse the south (and even some neighbours here in the north,) by purchasing our milk in bundles of 1.3L bags.
- Ketchup is totally a legit flavour of chips.
- We love our coffee so much, it must naturally be paired with chocolate for an afternoon snack, known as Coffee Crisp. (And we call ’em chocolate bars, not candy bars.)
- It’s been estimated that about 15% of Canadians visit Timmies daily, can you imagine how many whisper the code words “double-double” with their order? I’ll give you a hint: It’s uttered so frequently, that it graces the pages of a Canadian English Oxford dictionary.
- Butter tarts and poutine! If nothing else warrants a visit to Canada, these two Canadian foods are a must.
Want more? Here are 10 delicious recipes, and ultimately fun crafts that are all Canadian.
Butter Tarts from Ann’s Entitled Life
Canada Day Chocolate Covered Pretzels from Little Miss Kate
Canada Day Red Velvet Cake Pops from Ottawa Mommy Club
Canada Day Word Search from Thrifty Mommas Tips
Canadian Burger Recipes from Simply Stacie
Celebrate Canada Day with a Fun Noisemaker from Preschool Toolkit
Easy Poutine Recipe from The Starving Chef Blog
Handprint Canada Day Flag from Mom vs the Boys
Maple Glazed Pound Cake & Candied Bacon Pecans from The Weeknight Chef
Maple Leaf Sandwich Cookies from An Italian In My Kitchen
What is your favourite thing about Canada? Is it our colourful currency? Do you have a more than healthy penchant for the Canadian tuxedo?
Whatever makes you a Canuck, you do you, and have a fantastic Canada150!
Thanks for including my word search. I appreciate that! Hope you have a great weekend!
Thanks for sharing these awesome recipes and blog sites.This is a nice collection to refer to.
Butter tarts are a great Canada Day celebration desert, never would have thought of them.
Great looking recipes that I will have to try out.
Thanks for the list
Those Canadian facts are so accurate! Poutine is favourite food ever but i have yet to try making it myself! I’ll have to give The Starving Chef Blog’s recipe a try!
All of these look great!
So true, we definitely do like our Tim Hortons! haha (I say, while sipping my tim hortons french vanilla)
Butter tarts and poutine for sure but don’t forget the Nanaimo Bars and Beaver Tails too! 🙂
thanks for the list all great recipes, we love butter tarts
A great list of recipes! I am going to try the Canada Day Red Velvet Cake Pops.
Thanks for shring alll these great recipes !
Love these ideas, my favourite would be the Handprint Canada Day Flags.