So here I am, trying to find uses for all the strawberries I picked. I was thinking about when you go to pancake houses and you get all the flavored syrups to choose from. One of my favorite memories of these types of restaurants was stopping at the Village Inn in Virginia, MN as a…
It’s June and that means in Minnesota it’s about to be strawberry season. We typically have a short strawberry season here and so we wanted to help you prepare for that by posting a few of our favorite strawberry recipes over the next couple weeks. That way you’ll be all set to head to a…
A couple months ago, my friend Carmen was telling me about this new trick she found for poaching eggs in a mug in the microwave. And as part of that story, she mentioned that she served them over a sweet potato hash that she made with onions, red peppers and spinach – oh and of…
It’s only the third week of May and my rhubarb plant is already a few feet tall (when you count the leaves) and I can pull off thick two foot tall stalks of rhubarb. How is this even possible with the weird, cold spring we’ve had this year? But when the plant is producing that…
I’m becoming a pretty big fan of breakfast for dinner, especially on those nights when my husband is traveling and I’m home alone. When you have to take care of our dog and two cats on your own before starting dinner it really adds time to your night – and they won’t let you forget…
I’d never had a breakfast quesadilla before I decided to make one for myself. I was actually planning to make myself a breakfast burrito but found myself out of potatoes and I couldn’t bear to make a burrito without potatoes or hashbrowns. So, what else could I do with a large tortilla and all the…