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…
Creamy Lemon Bucatini with Roasted Asparagus
It’s the middle of grilling season and most nights we have the grill out, but every once and a while there comes a cool or rainy summer day that thwarts our efforts to make the most of using the outdoors as an extension of our kitchen. On days like this try this creamy lemon pasta…
Herby Chicken Skewers with Blueberry Salsa
I may have mentioned before that I have a slight addiction to cookbooks and cooking magazines. I’ll read my cookbooks cover to cover like a novel and love ripping recipe ideas out of the magazines. Most of them end up in a folder for me to pour over when I plan meals for the week,…
Ginger Lemonade
The other weekend, I was in the kitchen cooking something and had queued up an episode of The Kitchen on my DVR to play while I cooked. I have my DVR set to record three minutes before and after each show, and the last three minutes of the previous show ended with the host making…
Blueberry and Wheat Bulgur Summer Salad
Whenever I have been over served on alcoholic beverages (usually self-served…) I always crave fruity or juicy things the next day. I also usually have intense urges to be in a lake or similar body of water. I assume this is because I’m dehydrated and my body just wants to suck up all the moisture…
Breakfast Burritos
The first time I had a breakfast burrito was in Phoenix with my friend Dan. We used to work together and he would always talk about these breakfast burritos he got across the street from our office at the City Hall cafeteria. We’d been working together for probably 3 or more years before I finally…
Individual Strawberry Shortcake Trifles
It’s strawberry season in Minnesota. During strawberry season on most years, my husband and I make a trip to a local strawberry farm and pick way too many strawberries. This leaves us with the rather tasty problem of what to make with all the strawberries. I made these individuals strawberry trifles for an Easter dessert…
