The spaghetti squash is really sort of magical. On the outside, it just looks like a plain yellow squash, not even textured or patterned like its other squash relatives, but once you cut open the spaghetti squash you will realize how special this one is. The meat inside is not like the other squashes, it…
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…
Chipotle Flank Steak Tacos with Pineapple Salsa
My husband isn’t really a fan of pineapple, so when he suggested this recipe for flank steak tacos with a grilled pineapple salsa from Eating Well, I wasn’t going to argue. In fact, I put it on the menu and bought all the ingredients before he could change his mind! We’ve made this a few…
Chicken Tacos with Grilled Corn & Avocado Salsa
First things first. Happy Anniversary to our parents! They’ve been married 34 year today!! We love tacos. Any kind of tacos. Although we grew up eating classic tacos, I’ve since come to think of tacos as sort of a blank canvas. You need a tortilla, a protein, a sauce, and some sort of veggie or…
Grilled Rainbow Trout with Cilantro Jalapeno Relish
So far this summer has been full of outdoor adventures with a lot of fishing trips. One weekend Aj and I decided we wanted to try trout fishing so we brought the canoe to one of the trout ponds by our house, no luck. The next day we tried another trout pond on the other…
