Earlier this summer we had quite the adventure in Ely. Derek & I were caught in a fast moving storm that produced straight-line winds. The portage to the lake we had been fishing on was covered with over twenty trees – all in a just a few minutes. The next day after the storm, we…
Chocolate Chip Peanut Butter Mousse Phyllo Cups
Peanut butter and chocolate has to be one of my favorite combinations. And I know that I’m not alone or Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups wouldn’t be so popular! As I was paging through Kraft Food & Families Fall 2015 magazine and noticed these Peanut Butter-Chocolate Mousse Cups I saw one of my favorite flavors combined…
Slow Cooker Chicken Gyros
Slow cookers are great for anyone who works full time because dinner is on the table pretty much when you get home. But they are also great in the summer because you don’t need to heat up an oven or turn on the stove. We have come to love slow cookers when we’re hunting and…
Grilled Corn & Zucchini Salad
The fourth of July is coming up this weekend and my favorite part about the fourth is hanging around at the lake and grilling out. My parents host an annual open house party for friends and family to stop by. Usually it turns out into a giant pot luck with everything bringing something. This grilled…
Strawberry Syrup
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…
Grilled New Potatoes with Herb Dressing
This year for Easter, we decided we wanted to do some grilling. A little bit of a risky thing to do in Minnesota that time of year – yes you can always grill (provided your grill isn’t buried under the snow), but would it be a nice day to be standing out over the grill? …
How To: Freeze Strawberries
Now that you have a couple good ideas for using fresh picked strawberries, it’s time to start thinking about heading to a strawberry farm for the morning and doing a little pick-your-own. There are some great places around the state, PickYourOwn is a great website to look up options near you. We’re lucky enough to…
Rhubarb Cobbler
There are a couple of drive-in movie theatres left in Minnesota. One summer a couple years ago, Tory, AJ, Derek & I loaded up our trucks and headed to the drive-in. Now the movies don’t start until dark which at high sun can be at 10 PM but they open the gates at 7 PM. …
Strawberry Lemonade
One of my favorite drinks to make in the summer time is fresh lemonade. I love fresh lemonade and I love experimenting with different flavors like the ginger lemonade I posted last year. I realize that strawberry lemonade isn’t exactly a new flavor combination but it’s one of my favorites and it’s also a great…
Grilled Mango Chicken Tortillas
I often find that I’m not extremely hungry on a lot of summer nights, especially when it’s hot out or when we’ve been doing a lot of work in the yard. You’d think that I would work up an appetite but I think the heat knocks it back down. So I look for nice, light…
