Albóndigas means meatballs in Spanish. So Albóndigas soup means meatball soup. But it’s so much more than just meatball soup. It’s got great flavorful broth that tastes of cumin, chipotle and oregano with shredded rice, carrots and zucchini. Seriously, I almost don’t even need the meatballs but they were pretty awesome too with some garlic…
Crockpot Waterfowl Chili
My man has been pulling his weight by doing the man thing, going out and gathering meat for winter. By that I mean, he’s been out duck hunting with his buddies, and bringing home fresh wild duck to eat. I love to duck hunt too, but I don’t really love to eat duck. There are…
Hazelnut, Toffee & Chocolate Chip Cookies
Happy Birthday Dad! Since it’s your birthday, I wanted to share one of your “new favorite” cookies! I originally flagged this cookie recipe to make a few years ago because I know my mom likes Heath candy. Low and behold was I surprised when my dad took his first bite and exclaimed “these are my…
The Ultimate Breakfast Panini
My husband been traveling for work a lot lately and that gives me the opportunity to cook things he doesn’t or can’t eat. Although he likes eggs, he can’t eat them. This means breakfast for dinner takes on a whole new meaning for me, an opportunity to indulge in one of my favorite meals or variants…
How to: Bake Bacon
I’ve never met anyone who doesn’t like bacon, at least I hadn’t until I met my friend Jenn. But that’s all good, because it means when we go out for breakfast , she gives me her bacon. Now as much as I like eating bacon, cooking it is another story. Standing over the stove, hot…
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…
Carne Asada Style Slow Cooker Goose
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. One of my favorite traditions at duck camp is planning one or more meals where we eat what we’re hunting for. For years all we did was roast…
Craisin Chicken Salad Wraps
One day, Derek and I were looking for something on the lighter side to have for dinner. We thought about chicken salad, but we don’t like the standard mayo based chicken salads. But, what about Greek yogurt, crunchy apples and some sweet craisins? We looked for and found some ideas, but nothing that looked perfect. …
Special K Bars
We just got back from our first hunting trip of the season – early goose in North Dakota. This is also our hottest hunting trip of the year, and as I’m getting all the food and goodies ready, I like to have a couple options that I don’t need to bake in the oven. So…
Vanilla Herbal Iced Tea
I think I’ve made it pretty clear in previous posts that I LOVE vanilla. I also have made mention that Dana is the nicer sister. Because Dana is the nicer sister, happens to be a really good gift giver, and is well aware of my obsession with vanilla, she got me an entire recipe book…
