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Not a lot of peaches are grown in Alaska, but that doesn’t stop us from enjoying fresh, juicy ones that are shipped in! This no bake fresh peach pie with graham cracker crust may be the easiest dessert recipe ever. Unless, you just eat the sweet peach! No Bake Fresh Peach Pie This recipe for…
Summer harvest and foraging are in full swing right now with dip netting for salmon open and an abundance of berries in the hills! To celebrate, here’s an easy Alaskan Blueberry Cake made from scratch. It’s perfect for Dutch oven outdoors, or bake indoors. Blueberry picking in Alaska… Yah, it’s a big deal! And not…
The iconic spring flavors of strawberries and rhubarb are perfect together in this Strawberry Rhubarb Crisp recipe. It’s ideal for early season outdoor Dutch oven cooking, or bake indoors and serve with a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Strawberries and Rhubarb Is there anything more bright and cheery in the food world for spring eats? …
Believe that outdoor Dutch Oven cooking needs to shut down during winter in colder regions? Think again! In Alaska, we are cooking Dutch Oven recipes like Cherry Crisp outdoors year round. And if it’s too wild and wooly? There’s no reason you can’t cook with a Dutch Oven indoors. In fact, I’ll be writing a post…
Making your own Fruit Glaze As I was walking through Costco one day looking for a dessert to bring to a holiday function, a tart loaded with fruit and shiny fruit glaze caught my eye. So I purchased it…and the kids devoured it before I ever made it to the party. The joys of teenagers and…
Easy Cheesecake Recipe About a month ago, we went berry picking near Girdwood and found ourselves with an abundance of salmonberries. Trying to think of a quick way to use them, we whipped up a favorite easy cheesecake recipe and topped it with fresh salmonberries and blueberries. SOOO GOOD! I use the term “cheesecake” loosely when I…
So, before Conchs in Key West start emailing me nasty threats. OF COURSE Key Lime Pie is not native to Alaska! Do you know how well a lime tree would grow here? I will say however, that Key Lime Pie is in short supply in The Last Frontier. There are many desperate people just craving…
This summer, I’ve shared two of the easiest Dutch oven recipes we love: Perfect Pineapple Upside Down Cake, and Dutch Oven Potatoes to get anyone unfamiliar with dutch oven cooking off on the right foot. This recipe for Dutch Oven Blueberry Cobbler is the third in the “easy” series before diving into scratch cooking. It works…
When I was younger, I spent 3 whole summers during college living in the wilderness or on a river. The primary method of cooking was by Dutch Oven. Just the thought of it evokes memories of campfire smells, laughter, good friends and fabulous dutch oven cookin’. As we’ve raised our family, dutch oven cooking is…