Smoked Pulled Pork
Pulled pork is the first thing I became really comfortable smoking and being able to achieve a consistent end product. Dare I say perfect? I mean, the recipe is made the way, I really like it so I guess it’s perfect for me. And it’s become pretty popular with whomever, I have made it for…
Chicken Wild Rice Soup
It was a typical August weekend in Minnesota. The weather was in the mid-eighties, it was sunny, and humid – like stepping out the door felt like stepping into a sauna- humid. And the husband was gone. So what did I decide to do? I made soup. Yes, you heard me right and before you…
Blueberry Crescent Rolls
It’s blueberry season in Minnesota. The end of July brings many families out to the blueberry patches to pick enough blueberries to last until next season. I remember being forced to do this as a child. My mom would give us Kemp’s ice cream buckets with a round hole cut in the top, we would…
Grilled Banana Sundaes
The other day after the sister and I made pizza, we were in the mood for a little dessert and still in the mood to grill. I happened to have some bananas so we decided to grill them and throw them on top of some ice-cream for a simple dessert. To keep things simple (and…
Chicken, Peach & Gorgonzola Pizza
With both of the men in our lives gone for the weekend, the sister and I made plans to spend the afternoon shopping and grab lunch at Punch Pizza, this awesome Napoleon style pizza place. Somewhere along the way we both decided to spend the day cleaning our respective houses (yeah….I don’t understand how it happened…
Cream Cheese Fruit Dip
When I was growing up, whenever we had parties down at the lake we always had a tray of fruit and to go with it this yummy, creamy, sweet, marshmallowy, dip. Now I bring it with me to our hunting camps each fall and both my uncle and sister admit that the fruit merely serves…
Cherry-Key Lime Pie
The receptionist at my work likes to celebrate holidays, usually with“misery loves company” lunches- on days such as the day before Thanksgiving or Christmas Eve. These are the days that most people at the office take off, and she is still stuck answering the phones, thus “misery loves company.” For Valentine’s Day she does a pie…
