From the blog...
A Super Bowl Salad
No sour grapes for us Mn.Vikings Fans! We are putting on our Minnesota Nice aprons and graciously hosting this years 2018 Super Bowl Extravaganza right here in the Twin Cities! Minnesotans are rolling out the purple & gold carpet (tee hee) and welcoming football fans from all over the world to our Winter Wonderland. The Twin Cities has spent countless hours planning some really creative & amazing activities for our guests to enjoy! Music, Food,...
Fresh Citrus & Roasted Shrimp Salad
You will definitely make a big enough splash & wash away any winter blues with this bright and beautiful pink grapefruit & roasted wild caught shrimp salad! I like to cook & eat by the season, and it is definitely Citrus Season! The Ruby Reds from Florida are exceptionally sweet and juicy delicious this year and fortunately, I received a basket as a New Year's gift from a generous Minnesota snowbird, so we are making...
Holiday Miracles to Share
I can feel the hustle and bustle of the Holidays all around me, and I usually can't wait to come up with new recipe ideas I can share with customers to make their Holiday entertaining more interesting, tastier, healthier, and of course, less stressful & more convenient, but this year I was pretty slow on the uptake because of a little surgery. After a busy and spectacular Thanksgiving, I decided it was time to have some surgery...
Time to Celebrate Apple Season
Lunch & Hoch Orchard Apples! Yummy Apple & Wild Rice Broccoli Slaw-great side dish for Thanksgiving... Crisp fall air means sweater weather, raking leaves, and of course, picking & eating locally grown apples! There are well over 100 orchards in Minnesota. All have Autumn Calendars with special events, hayrides, corn mazes, cider houses & a variety of apple picking and apple tastings for families and foodies alike! One of my favorite apple varieties is the...
Salad Girl, Dumpling, & Strand Minne-soba Noodle Salad
Salad Girl + Dumpling & Strand Minnesoba Noodle Salad! Ingredients One 9 oz Package Dumpling & Strand Wild Rice MinneSoba Noodles cooked following package instructions and cooled and snipped into 2 inch strands with kitchen scissors 4 cups Dino Kale snipped off the rib and leaf snipped into 2 inch bite sized pieces 2 cups Sugar Snap Peas cut in diaganol 1/2 cup fresh spring chives chopped fine 1/2 cup fresh mint chopped fine 1/2...