What is arugula? Arugula is a peppery flavored green often used in Italian cuisine and available around the world. It dates back to early Roman times when it was considered a medicinal herb and an aphrodisiac. It's coloring is a deep green and it has both pointy and round leaves with deep notches up and down the stems. It can be eaten raw in salads but also cooked in a variety of recipes. What does Arugula taste like? Arugula has a tart, peppery flavor that is perfect for a salad. … [Read More...]
Ina Garten Chicken Thighs w/ Creamy Mustard Sauce Recipe
Ina Garten's Chicken Thighs with Creamy Mustard Sauce This chicken thigh recipe is one of my favorite Ina Garten Barefoot Contessa Recipes. Of course, as always, I end up adjusting it and putting my own touches on the recipe to fit my style. But it is a tasty, economical and easy way to include chicken in your meal line-up. Why use chicken thighs? Chicken thighs can be used in all the ways that chicken breasts can. Chicken thighs are the lightest of the dark meat of a chicken Thighs … [Read More...]
Best New England Clam Chowder Recipe
An authentic New England Clam Chowder starts with the ingredients On a chilly New England night there is nothing more heartwarming and deliciously filling than a steaming bowl of New England clam chowder. As you search the Internet for an authentic New England Clam Chowder recipe, you will find there are a lot of them out there but as a life-long New Englander I will tell you that the true recipe is very simple. And its simplicity is what makes this recipe the best in my opinion. Follow … [Read More...]
KitchenAid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipe
Making Homemade Bread with your KitchenAid Mixer is Easy This KitchenAid Honey Oatmeal Bread Recipe is easy and delicious. Traditionally making homemade bread was a pretty laborious job. Kneading the bread was a real physical workout. And then KitchenAid added the “dough hook” to their stand mixer and making bread became a far more reasonable endeavor. The dough hook attachment is part of the standard mixer package and I use mine all the time as everybody in the Thompson family is a huge fan … [Read More...]
Best Slow Cooker French Onion Soup
The Lowly Onion Becomes Slow Cooker Crockpot French Onion Soup This recipe for Slow Cooker French Onion Soup allows the lowly onion, the bridesmaid never the bride of the culinary world, to show off its star quality. How many savory recipes, particularly soup recipes, can you think of that don't include the onion? Not many! It always seems to be there....the little background note that is sliced and diced into obscurity in thousands of recipes. Poor little onion, a … [Read More...]
Boston Baked Beans Recipe
Homemade Boston Baked Beans are so darn' good! Homemade Boston Baked Beans are far more yummy than canned beans and worth the small extra effort to prepare them. This Boston Baked Bean recipe is all about easy comfort food. When I was a kid growing up here in New England, every Saturday supper we had "beans and franks" and brown bread. There is a reason that Boston is referred to often as "Beantown" and this traditional recipe is a New England classic. What are the best beans to use for … [Read More...]
Easy Creamy Butternut Squash Soup
Creamy Butternut Squash Soup Try this Easy Creamy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe for a fall evening pleaser or a perfect course for Thanksgiving Dinner This Creamy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe is a Thompson family favorite. I have to admit that I love all the members of the squash/pumpkin family and for that reason I have a great collection of squash and pumpkin recipes. They are satisfyingly filling and hence the perfect chilly weather foods. The bright color, the texture, … [Read More...]
Slow Cooker Olive Garden Zuppa Toscana Soup
Olive Garden eat your heart out - it's Slow Cooker Zuppa Toscana Soup for supper! Winter seems like a soup fest! If I have a fire burning in the kitchen wood stove, I will leave pot of soup simmering on it. But even in the winter, I don't always have the time to babysit the kitchen woodstove so I rely on my slow cooker. Crock pot cookin' is a favorite of mine year-round. And I love it for soups - soups are so good when they have been slow cooking all day. It gives the flavors a chance … [Read More...]
Twice Baked Potatoes
Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe - A step by step tutorial Twice baked potatoes are definitely worth the extra effort. This is a potato recipe that you can easily change up with different flavors and toppings so after you get the basics down, get creative. Food should not only be good, it should be fun! Here in Aroostook County, Maine, potatoes are big business and a way of life. We have enormous commercial potato farms so the availability of the "spud" is plentiful to say the … [Read More...]
Easy Moist Pistachio Muffin Recipe
Green is Good - especially when it's a moist Pistachio Muffin! I love the pistachio flavor, be it in ice cream, pudding, or in the yummy results of this Pistachio Muffin Recipe. The first time I ever had pistachio ice cream, as a kid, I thought it was maraschino cherry ice cream and they had got the color wrong. To this day, pistachio "anything" reminds me of that wonderful ice cream sundae topping treat - the maraschino cherry! Pistachios are good for … [Read More...]
Wilderness Camping in the North Maine Woods
This post is a sponsored post in collaboration with the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife. Although I was compensated for this post all thoughts and opinions are mine. Wilderness Camping in the North Maine Woods can be the ultimate family vacation - AllinfortheMaineOutdoors Do want to give your family the ultimate outdoor vacation? Then pack up the family vehicle with camping essentials and take a trip to the North Maine Woods for a wilderness camping adventure. Camping … [Read More...]
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