Category: Recipes
Category: Recipes
Hello Fall!
September is upon us and summer is officially coming to a close as the last summer barbecues and outdoor gatherings are wrapping up in Minnesota. For many, this is a sad reality as the dreaded weather change is developing and just around the corner. For others, the excitement for Fall is here, which is one […]
Read more about Hello Fall!In Search of Wild Blueberries
Summertime is perhaps the sweetest season of all to those of us who live in “the north”. We endure 6 to 7 months of the year with snow on the ground, temperatures than can reach -25°F with windchills nearing -40°F on the darkest of winter nights. Spring and fall are short in Minnesota. Oh, but […]
Read more about In Search of Wild BlueberriesCreative Dishes you can make in the New Cookies & Cream Baking Pan
Ah, the classic chocolate cookie with milk. Combined as a cookies and cream dessert? Even better! Don’t like cookies? (That’s silly) Then try cake! Or Jello! That is what I thought when I saw this pan, but it didn’t stop there. Oh no. The possibilities are nearly endless. I made it a goal, more like […]
Read more about Creative Dishes you can make in the New Cookies & Cream Baking PanBaking With Mom
With Mother’s Day right around the corner, there is no better time than now to reminice about moments in the kitchen with Mom. Our special guest blogger, Sydney (age 11), loves baking with her Mom and spending time in the kitchen making memories. It is a great way to spend quality time with her family making […]
Read more about Baking With MomPerfecting the “Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie”
Throwing together a batch of chocolate chip cookies is second nature to me. However, whipping up a batch of “healthy” chocolate chip cookies seems to require a bachelor’s degree in culinary science. Unfortunately, that is not what I went to school for. Luckily I do spend majority of my free time in the kitchen baking. […]
Read more about Perfecting the “Healthy Chocolate Chip Cookie”Popovers are easier than you think
For some quick drama at the dinner table, you can’t beat popovers. When these puffy, golden, odd-shaped orbs emerge from the oven you look like a genius in the kitchen! And they’re really very easy to make, once you have the right recipe, the right technique and the popover pan from Nordic Ware. When I […]
Read more about Popovers are easier than you thinkCranberry Bean Believer
When we moved into our house the first project we invested in that gave me joy was working on the garden. While replacing the water heater was indeed an investment I found it extremely unsatisfying. You don’t invite dinner guests to an unfinished basement with a glass of wine to chat and relax amongst the beauty […]
Read more about Cranberry Bean BelieverReminiscing about Rhubarb
It always makes me so happy after a long winter to see little green nubbins of rhubarb leaves poking up through the soil in my garden. My hardy little rhubarb plant can always be counted on to spring to life before any other plants or bulbs have sprouted. I’ve learned that rhubarb is one of […]
Read more about Reminiscing about RhubarbDutch Oven Baked Bread
A few years ago I (and most of the country) discovered the book “Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day” by Jeff Hertzberg and Zoe Francois. I love the recipes in the book and I think their stored dough technique works well. You store the raw dough in your refrigerator and make a loaf as […]
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