Carnitas were never top of my list of things to order at Mexican restaurants until a few years ago, when I was traveling to Charlotte to facilitate new hire training. My co-trainer and I took our new class of associates out to dinner at a Mexican restaurant one night. She had been to this particular…
We had a fun year hunting early goose this year up in North Dakota. Over the summer we made our own A-frame blinds where you can sit up on comfy chairs while hunting geese, it was fun anticipating how it would go and customizing the blinds to how we like to hunt and the number…
I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE almond flavored treats. Almond croissants, the almond frosting that my Nana makes on Yulekaag, Sand Bakkels, Swedish Sugar Toast, and Swedish Kringler. Do you see the trend here too? I think my Swedish-Norwegian heritage must have something to do with my love of almond flavor. I don’t know that almond is…
This time of year you can find lugs of fresh pears ripe and ready for canning. I only know that term because we’ve purchased them in years past and brought them home for my mother-in-law to can when she wasn’t able to get them in our hometown. Although you can usually find them year round,…
My sister in law got confirmed last year and after confirmation we went out to lunch at Barrio to celebrate. Most of us tried a variety of their street tacos but I also got a bowl of their Fresh Corn Chowder which they describe as “fresh corn soup is served with roasted corn and roasted…
I kept telling my husband that I was going to wait until fall to post this salad with maple balsamic salad until he asked me a really good question, “Why, isn’t maple season in the spring?” Point taken. So I realize it isn’t spring anymore, but it’s not fall yet either. So here it is,…