Travel Canada13 Great Canadian Golf Courses Under $100 These hidden gems—one from each Canadian province—aren’t fancy or famous, but they’re all excellent options and you can play them for under $100 per person, assuming you bring your clubs and are willing to walk. As always, call ahead if you need to reserve rentals or carts.
Home ImprovementAn Expert Reveals the Secrets of Cottage Maintenance Whether you call your place a cottage, a camp or a country home, the technical challenges of keeping the property up remain more or less the same. Here are some tips to get cottage season off to a good start.
Cooking TipsTop 10 Recipes of 2012 Hungry for fresh food ideas in the New Year? From decadent desserts to appetizers, to delicious main courses, discover the ten recipes our readers loved most in 2012.
RecipesEggs, Greens and Cheese Tortilla This quick and easy egg and tortilla rollup is equally tasty warm out of the pan or sliced up and packed in a lunchbox. Don’t hesitate to play around with the filling based on what you have in the fridge. More often than not, I grate up odds and ends from my cheese drawer and throw in a handful of greens that are a bit too wilted to eat raw but are perfectly good to eat warmed.
RecipesLemon Ricotta Pancakes Fresh ricotta is a magical thing, but if you can’t get your hands on any, use the best whole-milk ricotta you can find. I routinely double this recipe and freeze what I don’t pack for lunch, so that I have a stash of pancakes on hand at all times.
RecipesOne-Pot Mac and Cheese “Who likes cleaning up after making mac and cheese? Not this girl. This one-pot mac and cheese is a family favourite, and my 3-year-old is thrilled to see it coming to the dinner table. We love to add sliced smoked sausage to this creamy mac recipe!” —Ashley Lecker, Green Bay, Wisconsin
RecipesEasy Sweet-and-Sour Meatballs “The already prepared meatballs make this a very easy and quick supper. You can use your own homemade meatballs or store-bought if you’re in a pinch.” —Ruth Andrewson, Leavenworth, Washington
RecipesPotato Salmon Casserole “I like to experiment with cooking new things, which is how I came up with this tasty dish. It’s a great way to work salmon into your menu.” — Laura Varney, Batavia, Ohio
RecipesCornflake Chicken “I took a recipe off a box of baking mix and altered it to make the prep easier. The result was this moist oven-fried cornflake chicken with a thick golden coating that’s a lot crisper than the original.” — Angela Capettini, Boynton Beach, Florida
RecipesFirefighter’s Chicken Spaghetti “I’m always in the kitchen making dishes for my family, neighbours or the local fire department to try. My husband is a firefighter in our town, and this chicken spaghetti recipe is a favourite there.” — Krista Davis-Keith, New Castle, Indiana