The first time I made this recipe was for North Dakota. I made it ahead of time as a side and figured that we could just heat it up when we were ready to eat. Well as it turns out, I liked it even better when I had it up there than when I tasted…
Blueberry Lemon Sherbet
Well here I am with a freezer full of blueberries and a new ice-cream cookbook Tory gave me for my birthday. It only makes sense that I tried an ice-cream? Or rather a sherbet. The cool thing about Hello, My Name Is Ice Cream (#CommissionsEarned) if you’re a food geek like me is that the…
Mini Blueberry Hand Pies
Last year was a bumper crop for wild Minnesota blueberries. I think we picked about 7 buckets in a weekend, maybe more. We picked almost 4 Saturday and were going to head home Sunday after checking game cameras at the land, when we stopped to check out a tip from my mother-in-law to give to…
Copycat Butcher’s Bistro Fry Sauce
Back when Derek was traveling to Denver two weeks a month, he and the crew he traveled with became regulars every Wednesday night at small restaurant called Butcher’s Bistro. I was lucky enough to join them a few times and absolutely fell in love with their steak frites. The steak was a ‘steak de jour’…
Sriracha Chicken Lettuce Wraps
That day when your husband walks up to you and says, “Let’s make lettuce wraps for lunch.” And you are almost too stunned to stay something because you had thought of making lettuce wraps before but didn’t think the idea would fly. So of course you immediately jump on board and the two of you…
Strawberries & Cream Popsicles
It’s one of my favorite times of year again – strawberry picking time. And since we’re starting to see some warm days or hot days [Minnesota hot, not Southern hot], a popsicle is the perfect way to use some fresh strawberries. Last year I made Strawberry Mojito Popsicles that were full of fresh strawberries and…
