Thompson-Okanagan residents offer up their Christmas morning recipes

For the second year in a row, Thompson-Okanagan residents say wife-saver is the biggest Christmas morning hit.

The dish is quite versatile. It can be kept simple with break, eggs, onion, cheese, ham and cornflakes or fancied up with different vegetables.

Our classic recipe and other fan favourites of the year can be found below:

Christy Danielson’s Belgium waffles

Although Danielson isn’t giving up her grandmother’s recipe, her Belgium waffles come with warm vanilla pudding, fresh fruit compote, hash browns and sausages or bacon.

Find a similar recipe here.

FILE PHOTO – Waffles | Credit: Pexels

Sharon White’s quiche

White said quiche is a good Christmas morning classic. This savoury egg custard is baked in a flaky pie crust and can include a variety of meats, seafoods and vegetables. Buy the pie crust to save yourself some time on Christmas. The recipe can be found here.

FILE PHOTO – Quiche | Credit: Pexels

Kathy Humphrey’s crepes

An easy French breakfast staple, crepes take only a few minutes to make and can be filled with anything savoury or sweet. Here’s a recipe that uses leftover eggnog.

FILE PHOTO – Crepes | Credit: Pexels

Dena Sayers Pagnotta’s breakfast casserole

Much like a wifesaver, this casserole uses simple breakfast ingredients for a cheesy, delicious meal. Take cheese, hash browns, Italian sausage milk, eggs and onion to bring this dish to life. Sayers’ favourite recipe can be found here.

FILE PHOTO – Casserole | Credit: cooking.lovetoknow.com

Do you have a recipe that you would like to share with us? Send us an email at news@infonews.ca.


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Carli Berry
Carli Berry

Carli Berry has been telling stories in the Okanagan for the past three years and after finding her footing in the newspaper industry, joined the Infonews team in January 2020. Recipient of the 2019 MA Murray award for feature writing, Carli is passionate about stories that involve housing, business and the environment. Born on Vancouver Island, she is happy to say Okanagan Lake reminds, her slightly, of the ocean. Carli can be reached at (250) 864-7494 or email cberry@infonews.ca.

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