Japanese BBQ Glazed Duck over Mashed Sweet Potatoes
We recently got back from our annual duck hunting trip to North Dakota. It wasn’t exactly our most successful hunting trip up there, we had multiple days of 80 degree beautiful sunny, cloudless, no wind days – which while gorgeous and somewhat unseasonably warm, isn’t exactly great duck hunting weather. We had not one but…
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…
Strawberry Nutella Panini
It’s June and that means in Minnesota it’s about to be strawberry season. We typically have a short strawberry season here and so we wanted to help you prepare for that by posting a few of our favorite strawberry recipes over the next couple weeks. That way you’ll be all set to head to a…
Sweet Potato Hash
A couple months ago, my friend Carmen was telling me about this new trick she found for poaching eggs in a mug in the microwave. And as part of that story, she mentioned that she served them over a sweet potato hash that she made with onions, red peppers and spinach – oh and of…
Broccoli Salad
You’re about to read a recipe that I’m going suggest that you take it with you to a Memorial Day weekend party. But before you read that, I’d like you to stop and take a moment to think about why we have this three day weekend. Yes, for many it marks the first day of…
