Here in Alaska, many of us shop at Costco or Sam's Club to stock up on bulk items. The only problem is, sometimes it's hard to use all the fresh produce before it goes bad. Case in point, avocados. They all ripen at the same time! What better way to use them up than with an easy Guacamole ...
Savory Favorites
Green Chili Cheese Dutch Oven Chicken
One of our family's favorite outdoor meals is Dutch Oven Chicken. It has been since I was really young. I remember my grandparents putting a big dutch oven chock full of poultry on an open fire, which turned out kind of like fried chicken! No charcoal back then, it was all natural ...
Cooking King Crab Legs: Part 2
I have a love/hate affair with crab. The pain, the agony, the joy and the ecstasy! No pain, no gain right? And yes, it's a mess...there's no clean, civil crab eating in this house! Last week, I shared Part I of Cooking King Crab Legs where I explained how to prepare it using a microwave. Very ...
Cooking King Crab Legs: Part 1
I was pondering the other day, one of those strange topics that kind of just sticks in your brain. Is there a perfect bite of food? A food so delicious it's splendid in it's natural state, no ingredients added. A food so addicting that you crave it, seek it, and dream about it? Two foods came to ...
Want Moist Turkey? Try Turkey Brine
Jeff and I were reminiscing as we shopped for Thanksgiving dinner, about legendary intolerable turkey tales of old. (You have to shop early in Alaska or there may not be anything left!) Every family has a turkey story... that one holiday when the bird was so dry it sucked every bit of moisture from ...
Thanksgiving Recipes: Whipped Yams
Thanksgiving: Warm Family Traditions Thanksgiving to me means love, family, food and wonderful memories. Over the years as myself, sister Karen, and brothers Russell and Dennis, have moved away from home and raised our own families, there is one thing we can count on every other year when it is ...