First Annual Canadian Family Favourite Food Awards

We asked for your help, and once again, our readers didn’t disappoint! Nearly 6,000 of you scoured your fridges, your cupboards and your grocery carts and casted your vote for your family's favourite foods. We are proud to present our first ever Canadian Family Favourite Food Awards winners!

 
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Originally published December, 2009

Favourite Baking Mix

Betty Crocker Super Moist Cake

Use in this:

• Pear Upside-Down Cake

• Soft Serve Ice Cream Chocolate Cake Cones

• Pirate's Treasure Chest Cake

Favourite Flour

Robin Hood

Use in this:

• Cheese-Swirled Chocolate Bundt Cake

• Apple Oatmeal Pancakes

Favourite Cheese or Cheese Snacks

Black Diamond

Fun Fact

Consuming cheese after meals can help prevent tooth decay.

Use in this:

• Delicious Egg Pizza with Pepperoni and Cheese

• Super No-Bake Mac & Cheese

• Crispy Four-Cheese Puffs

• Grilled Cheese Sandwiches with Apple Chutney

• 21 Recipes to Make You Say Cheese!

Favourite Cereal

General Mills Cheerios

Favourite Granola or Cereal Bar

Quaker Granola Bar

Favourite Ready-to-Eat Dessert

McCain Deep ‘n Delicious Cakes

Favourite Seasoning or Spice

Club House La Grille

Use in this:

• Sweet Potato Fries

• Fiesta Meatballs

• Crunchy Oven-Fried Catfish

Favourite Dessert Mixes

Cool Whip

Use in this:

• Meringue with Spring Berries

Favourite Infant Food

Heinz Baby Cereals

Favourite Cookies

Mr. Christie Oreo

Use in this:

• No-Bake Oreo Balls

Favourite Chocolate Bar

Nestlé’s Kit Kat

Favourite Ketchup

Heinz

Fun Fact

It was first called catsup in 1690. The spelling “ketchup” wasn’t introduced until 1711.

Use in this:

• Three-Ingredient Sticky Baked Chicken

• Polka-Dot Tuna Burgers

• Tasty Thai Noodles

• Salmon Tacos & Mango Salsa

Favourite Mustard

French’s

Use in this:

• Family Prime Rib with Mustard Pepper Rub

• Mustard-Sage Pork Sauté

Favourite Relish

Bick’s

Favourite Pickles

Bick’s

Fun Fact

Because cucumber have seeds and grow from a plant’s flower, pickles are technically fruit.

Use in this:

• Sweet and Spicy Mayo

Favourite Salsa

Old El Paso

Fun Fact

May is national salsa month.

Use in this:

• Smoky Grilled Cheese and Salsa

Favourite Dip, Sauce or Marinade

Diana Sauce

Favourite Salad Dressing

Kraft Dressing

Fun Fact

Ranch is the most popular salad dressing, followed by Blue Cheese.

Favourite Mayonnaise

Hellmann’s

Use this in:

• Grilled Chicken and Sun-Dried Tomato Pesto

Favourite Rice or Side Dish

Uncle Ben’s Natural Select Rice

Use in this:

• Brown Rice Cheesy Peasy Pilaf

Favourite Canned Soup

Campbell’s Condensed Soup

Favourite Dry Soup

Lipton

Favourite Ready-to-Serve Soup

Campbell’s Chunky

Favourite Pankcakes, Waffles or Frozen Breakfast

Kelloggs’ Eggo Waffles

Favourite Pasta Sauce

Classico Red Sauces

Use in this:

• Ricotta-Stuffed Pasta Boats

• Rustic Sausage Polenta Lasagna

• Feta-Stuffed Flank Steak Braciole with Buttered Orecchiette

Favourite Pasta Noodles

Catelli Healthy Harvest

Fun Fact

There are over 500 pasta shapes. Translated into English, some are called “worms”, “little ears” and “twins”.

use in this:

• Easy Presto Pasta

• Mac and Cheese with French Toast Topping

• Spaghetti in a Lemon Sauce

Favourite Jam or Jelly

E.D. Smith

Use in this:

• Tropical Fruit Trifle

• French Toast Alphabet Sandwiches

Favourite Peanut Butter or Nut Butter

Kraft Peanut Butter

Fun Fact

One acre of peanuts will make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.

Use in this:

• Buzzy Bees

• Chunky Monkey

Favourite Honey

Billy Bee

Fun Fact

Ancient Egyptians paid their taxes in honey.

Use in this:

• Honey-Spiced Nut Mix

• Honey Hoisin Salmon and Mango Kabobs

• Honey Ricotta Fondue with Fruit Dippers

Favourite Syrup

Aunt Jemima

use on this:

• Best Pancake Recipe Ever

• Lazy Morning Waffles

• Apple Oatmeal Pancakes

Favourite Yogurt or Yogurt Drink

Danone Activia

Use in this:

• Fruity Yogurt Oatmeal

• Chocolate Yogurt Mousse Cups

• Chicken Waldorf Sandwich Kebobs with Yogurt Dip

Favourite Ice Cream or Sherbert

Breyers Double Churn

Serve with this:

• Chocolate Blueberry Squares

• Celebration Gingerbread Cake

• Spiced Chocolate Molten Lava Cakes

Favourite Milk

Beatrice 2%

Fun Fact

It takes about 350 squirts from a cow to get a gallon of milk.

Use in this:

• Double Cheese Potato Bake

Favourite Soya Product

So Good

Favourite Frozen Hamburger

President’s Choice Thick & Juicy Burgers

Favourite Frozen Chicken Fingers

Janes

Use in this:

• Bento Lunch

Favourite Fish Sticks

High Liner

Favourite Frozen Pizza

Delissio Rising Crust

Favourite Frozen Entrée

Stouffer’s Skillet Sensations

Favourite Convenience Entrée

Michelina’s

Favourite Frozen Fruit

Europe’s Best

Use in this:

• Grab-in-Go Mixed Fruit Burrito

• Banana Blueberry Smoothie

Favourite Frozen Vegetables

Green Giant

Use in this:

• Hearty Veggie Cheddar Soup

• Greek Garden Couscous

• Skillter Meatless Shepherd's Pie

Favourite Canned Meat or Protein

Clover Leaf

Use in this:

• Tuna Pesto Quesadilla

• Creamy Tuna Crêpes

Favourite Hot Dogs

Schneiders

Use in this:

• Bento Lunch

Favourite Bacon

Maple Leaf

use in this:

• Yummy Bacon and Cheddar Waffles

• Bacon-Wrapped Rib Eye with Blue Cheese Butter

• Bacon Brussels Sprouts

Favourite Packaged Cold Cuts

Maple Leaf

Use in this:

• Inside-Out Sandwich Wands

• New Orleans STyle Muffuletta Sandwich

• Fig, Ham and Cheese Sammies

Favourite Meat Substitute

Sunrise Extra Firm Tofu

Use in this:

• Tasty Thai Noodles

• No-Nut Pad Thai

• Asian Vegetable Stir Fry with Sugar Snap Peas and Baby Bok Choi

Favourite Bread or Bagels

Dempster’s

Use in this:

• Croque Monsieur

• Grilled Eggplant Pesto Sandwiches

• No-Fry Egg in the Hole

Favourite Crackers

Christie Premium Plus

Serve with this:

• Apple Pumpkin Butter

Favourite Fruit Juice

Tropicana 100% Juice

Use in this:

• Glazed Pears with Orange-Caramel Yogurt

• Scrumptious Spring Nest

• Summer Strawberry Tiramisu

Favourite Vegetable Juice

V8

Favourite Home-Brewed Coffee

Maxwell House

Enjoy with this:

• Strawberry Coffee Cake

• Wild Huckleberry Streusal Sunday Coffee Cake

Favourite Hot Chocolate

Nestlé Carnation Hot Chocolate Milk

Fun Fact

Aztec emperor Montezuma supposedly drank hot chocolate 50 times a day.

Favourite Iced Tea

Nestea

Favourite Powdered Drink Mixes

Crystal Light Singles

Favourite Tea

Tetley

Fun Fact

After water, tea is the most widely consumed beverage in the world. Beer comes third.

Use in this:

• Sparkling Cranberry Iced Tea

Favourite Soda

Coke

use in this:

• Cola-Braised Pulled Pork Carnitas

Favourite Bottled or Mineral Water

Aquafina

Favourite Popcorn

Orville Redenbacher’s

Fun Fact

Popcorn was the first food to be deliberately microwaved (in 1946).

Use in this:

• Movie-Night Snack Mix

• Chewy Gooey Popcorn Pops

Favourite Potato Chips

Frito Lay Lay’s

Fun Fact

Potato chips were invented in 1853 by chef George Crum, in Saratoga Springs, New York.

Serve with this:

• Cowboy Sloppy Joes

Favourite Dried Fruit or Nuts

Ocean Spray Craisins Sweetened Dried Cranberries

Use in this:

• Awesome Oatmeal Bars