Last year for Christmas I got the most amazing Secret Santa gift from one of my foodie friends who obviously knows me pretty well. The gift was a Himalayan salt block (#EarnsCommission) that is used a cooking vessel. Cook on salt? Huh? At first I was just as confused until my good friend google came…
Is there anything better than sitting next to a bonfire. Maybe, sitting next to a bonfire and roasting s’mores. There are few things that from a culinary perspective say summer to me more than s’mores. And that’s a flavor and a feeling that I wanted to re-create as the Minnesota weather starts turning cooler and…
Sometimes I see a recipe in a cookbook or cooking magazine and I have to make it right away. This was one of those recipes. I found it in the September 2014 issue of Cooking Light, ripped it out, made it a few days later and it’s become one of my favorite quick and easy…
Anyone else besides me want to admit to a little over indulgence on Thanksgiving yesterday? That means today is probably a good day to have a salad. And just because we’re having a salad doesn’t mean it’s not going to be tasty – trust me there will be no feeling of sacrifice. We’re even going…
Apple pies are probably the quintessential pie of fall and winter. It’s apple season and quite frankly what’s better than a slice of warm apple pie with a nice scoop of vanilla (or for a special treat some of Tory’s homemade cinnamon ice-cream) on top?! When I make fruit pies, I like to make a…
The spaghetti squash is really sort of magical. On the outside, it just looks like a plain yellow squash, not even textured or patterned like its other squash relatives, but once you cut open the spaghetti squash you will realize how special this one is. The meat inside is not like the other squashes, it…