Savour the Season with Sustainable Holiday Recipes

Simplify your holiday routine by allowing the younger members of your family to take the lead in the kitchen.  While they create lasting memories and adopt environmentally friendly practices, you can focus on the main event.

Canadian high school student and sustainability advocate Lacia-Paige Cummings curated a holiday menu that encourages kids to join in the kitchen amid the holiday hustle and bustle. Lacia’s holiday menu highlights locally sourced and seasonal ingredients, and creative ways to repurpose holiday leftovers into delicious meals that the whole family will enjoy.

Lacia’s dedication to sustainability earned her recognition from Tre Stelle’s Cheese4Change sustainable food youth program, where she emerged as a winner from hundreds of entries submitted by Canadian students across the nation. This yearly competition encourages students to share their eco-friendly recipes, with cash prizes of $500 for winning students and $5,000 for winning schools!

Following her significant achievement, Lacia was motivated to create a sustainable holiday menu committed to the planet and saving everyone time during the holiday season! She selected an appetizer, dessert and breakfast option from Bites by Tre Stelle that everyone will love…the planet included!

Lacia’s Holiday Menu

Wonton Napoleons with Herbed Tre Stelle Ricotta 

19 wonton wrappers

3 tbsp unsalted butter, melted

Salt and freshly fround black pepper

1 cup Tre Stelle Ricotta Cheese

2 tbsp basil pesto sauce

12 small basil leaves (for garnish, optional)

12 small roasted red peppers (for garnish, optional)

For detailed instructions visit the APP here or website here

 

Ricotta Brulée Toasties

1 pound cake or any cake leftover from party

½ cup Tre Stelle Ricotta Cheese

2 tbsp demerara sugar

Fresh fruit for garnish (in-season, locally sourced)

For detailed instructions visit the APP here or website here

 

Cranberry Mascarpone “Trees”

3 egg yolks

1 cup icing sugar, divided

2/3 cup whipping cream (35%)

1 (225 g tub) Tre Stelle Mascarpone

16 grahams crackers

1 cup frozen cranberries or leftover cranberry sauce

¾ cup water

For detailed instructions visit the APP here or website here

For more information or to enter Cheese4Change, visit www.trestelle.ca/cheese4change

Nadia Elkharadly

Nadia Elkharadly

Nadia Elkharadly is the Co-Founder and Managing Editor of Addicted Magazine. Her myriad of addictions include music, fashion, travel, technology, boxing and trying to make the world a better place. Nadia is also a feminist, an animal lover, and a neverending dreamer. Keep up with her on social media through @thenadiae.
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