Earlier this winter, our son Nicholas and his fiance’s dad Chad gave us a couple of bags of freshwater crappie fillets that they had caught ice fishing on Lake Mille Lacs radio.at free of charge. Crappies are a feisty freshwater species in the sunfish family. They are popular game fish that are often caught by anglers fishing with minnows, […]
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Bacon Wrapped Club Crackers
I have to give Ree Drummond (the Pioneer Woman from the Food Network) credit for this recipe, although I know she didn’t create it. I’ve also seen Paula Deen prepare them too children’s song. Back before the holidays, I watched an episode of Ree’s show when she said “Back in the early eighties, these little treats were […]
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Mussels are a type of shellfish. I prepared these Canadian Farmed variety before Christmas and am finally just getting to posting the recipe. I found them dirt cheap at Costco. Although I typically try to stay away from “farmed” fish, Mussel farming is, by definition, green and sustainable. Mussels cannot tolerate the discharge of sewage […]
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Bill and I eat a lot of stuffed peppers. We wanted to change things up and I created these using Pablano peppers (pronounced “po-BLAH-no”) instead of the usual bell peppers herunterladen. They are a mild chili pepper that originated in the state of Puebla, Mexico. They are used in one of my favorite Mexican classics; the chile […]
Read the rest of this entry »Simple Crock Pot Pulled Pork with Beer
I’ve been working on trying to make some dishes in smaller portions. I typically pull out my large 18 or 22 quart roasting pan when I make this dish, but since I was going to be hosting a smaller group, I made a smaller simple crock pot pulled pork diploma duo. You can use pork […]
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