~oreo and heath ice cream pie~ “Chocolate is a perfect food, as wholesome as it is delicious, a beneficent restorer of exhausted power. It is the best friend of those engaged in literary pursuits.” – Baron Justus von Liebig Gracie requested this ice cream pie in lieu of a birthday cake this year. It really…
~Byerly’s wild rice chicken salad~ The deli counter at Byerly’s grocery store is a favorite lunch spot for a lot of people I know. This salad is what they return for. It’s creamy, sweet, crunchy, and filling. It’s full of wonderful flavors: earthy wild rice, fragrant tarragon, crunchy cashews, and green grapes. What can I…
~easy no-bake blueberries & cream pie~ I’ve made this yummy, no-bake pie lots and lots of times. I’ve used raspberries, blackberries, strawberries, peaches, star fruit, mango and lemon pie filling. Yesterday I made it with blueberries and Hafi’s Swedish “Queen’s Blend Preserves.” It’s easy to get creative with this little recipe. Have fun! you’ll need:…
~spiced peach salad~ “I drink the sunshine showered past her lips As roses drain the dewdrop as it drips. The ripest peach is highest on the tree, And so mine eyes gaze upward eagerly.” ~James Whitcomb Riley This is a light, refreshing fruit salad for summer. Juicy peaches floating in spicy peach jell-o with a…
Who remembers Crabtree’s Kitchen located in Marine on St. Croix? Originally this pioneer building was a general store, boat works, gas station and even a prohibition brewery! In 1949 Crabtree’s moved in as a convenient roadside cafe. A place where people who were enjoying a drive in the scenic St. Croix River valley could stop…
This is a healthy, refreshing summer dessert. We served it to our dinner guests last night and everyone loved it! Simply use a melon baller to create melon balls OR cube your favorite kind of melon. I used half of a small, seedless watermelon, half of a honeydew melon, and half of a cantaloupe.…
~sel de rose caramels~ Well, it’s not quite time for the roses to bloom yet and I am a tiny bit impatient to make my rose miel (honey) for scones. In the mean time, I decided to cook up a little something with this beautiful rose salt, sel de rose, that my friend Jana gave…
~gypsy carrots~ This is a recipe I developed after many visits to a local Mexican restaurant where they serve these carrots wrapped in warm corn tortillas with grilled shrimp and fried onions. It took a few tries, but after the last taste test I’m sure I got it right. They’re delicious and addictive. In 2…
Tonight I’m making Swiss meatloaf for dinner. It’s a recipe loosely adapted from one of my favorite cookbooks, Cooking From Quilt Country by Marcia Adams. I purchased a copy of the book while on a little road trip to Harmony Minnesota with my grandma Darling. That was over 20 years ago while I was pregnant…
I’ve been having so much fun using the recipes from “Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day.” To make the bagels shown in this post, you’ll need to read the basics outlined in the book and make the master batch of dough…and then follow the instructions for making the Cinnamon Raisin Bagels on pages 74-76.…