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10 Great Canadian Breakfasts

, http://www.foodnetwork.ca/show...fasts/#!GCbreakfast1

t’s often said that breakfast is the most important meal of the day, and when you live in a country that produces breakfasts like these, there’s absolutely no reason to skip it.

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Rhino Coffee House's Maple Bacon Doughnut

Rhino Coffee House's Maple Bacon Doughnut

Per capita, Canada has more doughnut shops than any other country on earth. This number includes Tofino’s Rhino Coffee House, whose maple bacon doughnuts are quintessentially Canadian.

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Rhino Coffee House's Josie Jelly Doughnut

Rhino Coffee House's Josie Jelly Doughnut

Because Canada is a land of many tastes and many diets, Rhino Coffee House also serves a crispy-chewy-jelly-filled vegan doughnut, the Josie Jelly. This deep-fried treat is named after the town’s beloved mayor, Josie Osborne, but we promise – it will please no matter what your politics.

Get the recipe and read more about the inspiration behind the Josie Jelly.

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Angie's Full Platter Combo

Angie's Full Platter Combo

Angie’s diner, formally known as The Original Angie’s Since 1962, has been a Waterloo mainstay since the 60s. The popular joint is known for its classic diner breakfasts, served with a German twist. This Full Platter combo comes with Oktoberfest sausage, Krug’s smoked sausage (a local delicacy), hand-pounded pork schnitzel, eggs, toast and a slice of lemon.

Get Angie's quick and easy Pork Schnitzel recipe here.

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Park Cafe's Smoked Salmon Benny

Park Cafe's Smoked Salmon Benny

Saskatoon’s Park Cafe has been credited with revitalizing the once rundown Riversdale neighbourhood, but that’s not its only contribution to the greater good. In addition to serving standout standbys, like its smoked salmon Benny, the restaurant also smokes its own bacon, including beef bacon, back bacon, peameal and chicken bacon.

Read more about Park Cafe and get their Sunday best-seller recipe: pan-fried pickerel.

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Mallard Cottage's The Brakey Sppecial

Mallard Cottage's The Brakey Sppecial

Traditional Newfoundland fare goes gourmet at Chef Todd Perrin’s Mallard Cottage in Quidi Vidi. The former Top Chef Canada contestant uses local ingredients – think seal flipper, chanterelles and cod – in his ever-changing menu. The Brakey Special, pictured here, is a generous off-menu breakfast of the best, biggest and freshest daily fare. On this day it was eggs, seasoned potato wedges, sliced sausage, pancakes with butter, bacon and homemade preserves.

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Beautiful Berry Scones

Beautiful Berry Scones

The Waterloo County Quilters' Guild (WCQG) has been around since 1984, and patchwork blankets aren’t the only incredible handmade fare its crafty ladies produce. When Lynn visited she was treated to a delicious potluck, including these scrumptious berry scones.

See what else the WCQG baked up for Lynn’s visit.

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The Savy Sailor's Lunenburg Breakfast

The Savy Sailor's Lunenburg Breakfast

When in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia, start your day like a true Bluenoser with The Savvy Sailor’s Lunenburg Breakfast: a belly-filling platter of salted cod and bacon fishcakes, homemade baked beans, eggs and rhubarb relish.

Get the recipe for their famous rhubarb relish!

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Tall Grass Bakery's Cinnamon Buns

Tall Grass Bakery's Cinnamon Buns

There’s no better place in the world for fresh grains than Canada’s Prairie provinces, a fact the folks at Tall Grass Bakery in Winnipeg exploit to delicious effect. Their cinnamon buns are baked daily from fresh organic stone-ground wheat flour that’s milled on site.

Hungry? Here’s a tutorial on how to make cinnamon buns.

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Bernstein Deli's Latka Stackers

Bernstein Deli's Latka Stackers

Fried eggs on a flat top spell breakfast. Find classic diner fare at Winnipeg’s Bernstein Deli, plus local faves such as their Latka Stackers: a Reuben-esque tower of grilled corn beef, fried eggs, cheese and fresh latkes.

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Apple Fritters from The Fritter Co.

Apple Fritters from The Fritter Co.

No trip to Ontario’s St. Jacob’s Farmers’ Market is complete without sampling The Fritter Co.’s famous apple fritters. Fresh apple slices are ensconced in deep-fried clouds of sugar-rolled dough, and though you’ll spend more time queuing to get them than you will eating them, they’re absolutely worth the wait.

Read what else Lynn discovers at the famous St. Jacob’s Farmers’ Market.

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