Happy Cinco de Mayo! Cinco de Mayo celebrates the day Mexico defeated the French at the battle of Puebla. But it quite possible that it’s celebrated more in America than in Mexico. It also happens to be my birthday and since I happen to love Mexican food, I decided to post a Mexican dish today….
Grilled Fajitas
It’s our Mom’s birthday today. Happy Birthday Mom! One of Mom’s standard contributions to the North Dakota hunting menu is fajitas. She has really figured out how to make good fajitas. But since today’s her birthday, and my dad is the grill master of their house, I wanted to give her a meal that she…
Smothered Chicken
Today’s recipe is all about comfort food for me. When I think of comfort food, I think back to my childhood and foods like chicken stuffed with Zup’s famous wild rice stuffing, which always led to chicken dumpling soup a couple days later, tuna casserole, pot roast, or what I’m going to show you today…
Chicken Enchiladas with Apple-Avocado Salsa
This is one of those recipes that I didn’t think I’d like until I tried it. We were shopping at Menard’s one day when I saw a Better Homes and Gardens Cook Book (#EarnsCommission). It was a red binder similar to my trusty Betty Crocker cookbook, so it became an impulse purchase along with whatever…
Slow Cooker Chicken and Dumplings
The North Dakota duck hunting season opens to non-residents this Saturday and I have hunting on the brain. I’d been thinking of some of my early hunting adventures. Before my Uncle Jake bought his farm in North Dakota, which in the fall becomes the Whitten family hunting shack, my Dad and I used to hunt…
Grilled Caprese Chicken
I love fresh mozzarella in any way shape or form I can get it. I love how ooey, gooey it gets when it’s melted on top of pizza or pasta, but I also love it’s creamy, slightly chewy texture when it’s served in a cold caprese salad or let’s face it when I snag a…
