My husband and I both work for companies that have offices in Denver and have made a few work trips out there together. On one of those trips we found Biker Jim’s Gourmet Dogs, a restaurant that sells a unique variety of locally made brats/hot dogs. Many of them are made with wild game like…
Slow Cooker Hawaiian Goose
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…
Brisket Mac ‘n Cheese
Mac ‘n cheese is one of the quintessential comfort foods and definitely tops my list. Although I grew up eating a basic mac ‘n cheese, from my Aunt ‘Thann’s recipe (that we’ll post sometime soon), I’ve since discovered that her recipe is the perfect vehicle for experimenting and adding extra flavors. Whether it’s changing up…
Roasted Broccoli
I’ve always like broccoli best raw, I think it smells sort of funny when it’s cooked. The only way I have really liked cooked broccoli in the past is smothered with melted cheese. That was until I was introduced to roasted broccoli. SO. FREAKING. GOOD. I would have never guessed that broccoli could be addicting; this…
Fresh from the Garden Tomato Soup
I grew tomatoes in containers on my deck for the first time this summer, and boy was I surprised at how many I got. I’ve been trying to come up with different uses for all of them and figured that it wouldn’t be right if I didn’t include fresh tomato soup in my experiments. I…
Chicken Wild Rice Soup
It was a typical August weekend in Minnesota. The weather was in the mid-eighties, it was sunny, and humid – like stepping out the door felt like stepping into a sauna- humid. And the husband was gone. So what did I decide to do? I made soup. Yes, you heard me right and before you…
Blueberry Crescent Rolls
It’s blueberry season in Minnesota. The end of July brings many families out to the blueberry patches to pick enough blueberries to last until next season. I remember being forced to do this as a child. My mom would give us Kemp’s ice cream buckets with a round hole cut in the top, we would…
Grilled Banana Sundaes
The other day after the sister and I made pizza, we were in the mood for a little dessert and still in the mood to grill. I happened to have some bananas so we decided to grill them and throw them on top of some ice-cream for a simple dessert. To keep things simple (and…
Chicken, Peach & Gorgonzola Pizza
With both of the men in our lives gone for the weekend, the sister and I made plans to spend the afternoon shopping and grab lunch at Punch Pizza, this awesome Napoleon style pizza place. Somewhere along the way we both decided to spend the day cleaning our respective houses (yeah….I don’t understand how it happened…
Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
When I was growing up, whenever we had parties down at the lake we always had a tray of fruit and to go with it this yummy, creamy, sweet, marshmallowy, dip. Now I bring it with me to our hunting camps each fall and both my uncle and sister admit that the fruit merely serves…
