Recipes

Ah a nip in the air, the smell of the wood stove, leaves crunching underfoot! A favourite time of year for me, and with the cooler weather, I find myself turning my attention to comfort foods. Over the past couple of weeks, our farm kitchen has been churning out pot roast, meat pies, stew and dumplings, fresh-baked bread, strudel, cider donuts just to name a few. All recipes that both warm the cockles of my heart and force me to loosen the notch on my belt, and so begins the fall and winter battle of the bulge. As my attention...

Introduction: In 1492 Columbus sailed the ocean blue. This simple rhyme has long aided schoolchildren nationwide in remembering the year that European explorers discovered the Americas. Discussions about the explorations of the Vikings aside, 1492 is the first time the Old World (Europe) really started interacting with the New World (the Americas) in an incontrovertible way. The simple childrens rhyme fails to grasp the true enormity of what would become the first empire on which the sun never set (a title most commonly used to refer to the later British empire). Christopher Columbus himself was Italian but he sailed at...

This vegan tikka Masala is made with hearty roasted vegetables like squash, peppers, carrots, zucchini and onion. It is as filling as any meal with meat and even better for your body! Vegan Tikka Masala As a flexitarian (someone whos diet mostly consists of vegetables but occasionally enjoys meat) myself, this dish was a dream come true! It is hearty and filling enough to be an entire meal. Plus, the flavor is so bold that you dont miss the meat. It couldnt be more simple to make and you can definitely get creative with what vegetables you include. Roasting the...

Yay for pumpkin season! I love pumpkin season and all the coziness that this season brings. I have been waiting for fall since I stumbled upon this recipe Baked Sweet Brown Pumpkin Mushroom from Cooking Without Limits. I told myself that I will make time to bake a whole pumpkin this fall using the recipe as my inspiration. And I did it! I did not follow her recipe that calls for sour cream. I had to create my own because I am lactose-intolerant. (Yes, pretty sad but thank God for coconut milk!) I also stuffed mine with rice and I...

Instant Pot Venison Chops with Sauted Mushrooms While I was prepping for this blog, I kept trying to figure out what I should do for my first recipe. Should it be my famous grilled potatoes, my go to pasta salad I dont know where youre at, but in the upper Midwest it is cooled outside, so grilling and a cold pasta salad does not seem right. Then I looked at the calendar and remembered what is coming up in Minnesota this weekend. Deer Hunting. In my family it is a tradition that my Dad has passed down to my Brother...