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…
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. …
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…
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…
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…
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…