We’re smack in the middle of waterfowl season – we just wrapped up early goose earlier in the month and are looking forward to duck season starting. Â One of my favorite traditions at duck camp is planning one or more meals where we eat what we’re hunting for. Â For years all we did was roast…
My mom’s family has a serious obsession with ketchup. When they were little, they all got a bottle of ketchup in their Christmas stocking (there were 10 of them…) so they didn’t need to share. Â These days they all go out for brunch after Sunday Mass, and when the restaurant stopped carrying Heinz ketchup (gasp!),…
It’s Memorial weekend this coming weekend. In Minnesota, it’s also the first big weekend of the summer to head ‘Up North’ to your cabin. We’re lucky to be able to head up to my parent’s house on a lake near Ely.  They almost always have informal gatherings at the lake on summer holidays like this. …
Derek and I both really like Mexican flavors. So one day as we were trying to plan meals for the week we started talking about needing a slow cooker meal for one night and talking about enjoying Mexican flavors, Derek comes upon this list of 20 Slow Cooker Mexican Favorites on Better Home and Gardens…
My mom can make a pot roast in an hour, and don’t get me wrong it’s good. It was one of Tory’s favorite meals growing up and probably one of the few meals that both we actually really liked (a huge win at dinner time for our parents). But then I got a slow cooker…
A week ago we were in North Dakota for early Canadian Goose season. It was awesome – the weather was great, we got some good shooting, and had a great time together. One of our North Dakota traditions is that for at least one meal, we cook and enjoy whatever it is we were hunting…