Seasonal Recipes

campfire cooking 101 :: chili con carne

2 September 2011
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We recently took a back-woods camping trip.  We were hoping for more of a back-country experience, but it was decidedly much more back-woods. Our adventure took place in the Nez Perce National Forest at a location in which we were lead to believe was more remote and secluded than it truly was.  The lack of [...]

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a balsamic strawberry bloody mary

27 July 2011
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because some days are just meant to be started with vodka.  That is just how it is. When I search back in the depths of my memory I remember hot summer mornings at my grandparent’s house in the tiny town of Darrington, in the foothills of the Cascade mountains.  The mornings were started with a [...]

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wild blackberry banana ice cream ~ it’s vegan

17 June 2011
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Hello summer vacation.  It is hard to believe that it has been a week already. Yesterday my son wanted to make ice cream, banana ice cream, for his brother.  Isn’t that sweet?  His brother became a brace-face and now his mouth is very tender.  This recipe was a total accident.  I still am shocked at [...]

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{meatless monday} farro for a pharaoh salad recipe

13 June 2011
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Get it, Pharaoh or farro?! (yes, I know, I’m geeky.) I’ve been searching high and low for this raved about grain that seems to be so elusive.  I was not about to plonk down 10-20 smakeroos for a mail order of a “lowly grain”.  Finally I found some in the bulk section of the local [...]

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bourbon 5-spice BBQ ribs [for Memorial Day]

27 May 2011
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Wow your neighbors with these one-napkin ribs.  Picture your neighbors grilling up some grocery store standard hotdogs and the scent of these bourbon ribs is wafting over the fence into Joe the Plumber’s backyard and making him oh-so-jealous!  Mmm, I can smell them now. I’ve got a great idea for making ribs an even better [...]

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embrace the morning: green smoothie

17 May 2011
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I was inspired by a segment I saw on the Today Show yesterday called Beating the Bloat.  I hate that feeling and according to Kimberly Snyder eating fruit on an empty stomach is a way to avoid that problem and to jump start weight loss. She reasons that fruit digests quickly and if you eat [...]

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baked papaya from Charles Thompson of 100Miles.com

2 February 2011
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Wondering where capers come from? It is not from papayas, that is for sure. Thank heavens I jumped at the chance to attend the International Food Blogger Conference (IFBC), May 2009 in Seattle.  Besides getting the most amazing goodie bag I met some of the greatest people.  One of those that I was luckiest to [...]

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lentil soup with options and observations

13 January 2011
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Life is what happens when you have other plans That was the saying on the back of a sugar packet I received at a restaurant in Pretoria, South Africa about 14 years ago and it has become the motto of my life.  This was not the post I had intended to write next, but corrupt [...]

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quick apple tart

24 November 2010
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Are you pie crust challenged or those just looking for something a little different or lighter than a traditional pie?  This would look wonderful as an addition to your regular Thanksgiving desert options. This is the ticket. It is a perfect fall sweet. It takes just a few minutes to make and it is lighter [...]

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waldorf salad meets 2010

26 September 2010
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It is hard to believe that a salad that was made famous by the Waldorf Hotel Restaurant in the 1890′s, now the infamous Waldorf Astoria, has turned into a ho-hum potluck classic.  I have a new version here that will relaunch this into your repertoire.  This is a feel good salad that tingles with bright [...]

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wild strawberry ice (cream) recipe

25 August 2010
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As a child I was the weird one, I did not like ice cream. If it was take it or leave it, I usually left it. I tended to prefer sherbet over it’s creamier, heavier cousin.  The only times that I remember getting an option was at Grandma’s house. I hated going to grandma’s as [...]

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