Sauteed Fiddleheads - a quick and healthy vegetable side dishSauteed fiddleheads are a very healthy dish as fiddleheads contain Vitamin A, Vitamin C, potassium, iron, antioxidants, omega-3 fatty acids but you must use care in preparing them. Important - Because of where they grow, in wet marsh areas frequented by animals such as beaver and muskrats, there is the potential that they can harbor bacteria and the parasite giardia. For that reason you should never eat fiddleheads raw and you … [Read More...]
Bread & Butter Fiddlehead Pickles
Fiddlehead Pickles are delicious and easy to make!Fiddlehead pickles are yummy and worth the effort. You process them using the water bath canning method. Water bath canning is not difficult and is a great way to preserve food when it is in season and abundant. For me the canning season starts in the spring and carries on throughout the summer and right into fall when I preserve the last of the produce from our garden.The most important thing about canning is cleanliness! You … [Read More...]
“They’re here!” Time to fight the flea and tick battle!
Boehringer Ingelheim AH USA, reached out to bloggers like me to share our thoughts about FRONTLINE® Plus. As a participant, I received compensation for my time. Boehringer Ingelheim AH USA did not tell me what to say about FRONTLINE® Plus or my experience. Boehringer Ingelheim AH USA believes that consumers and bloggers are free to form their own opinions and share them in their own words. #PetApproved #CollectiveBiasIt’s spring and it’s that time of the year when I start to worry about flea … [Read More...]
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus
Bacon Wrapped Asparagus Spears are a great spring sideBacon Wrapped Asparagus is one of my favorite spring recipes. Its great as an appetizer or a vegetable side dish. This asparagus recipe is quick and easy taking just a few minutes to prep and has a cooking time of 15-20 minutes. I love serving it as an appetizer for a Mother's Day Brunch or a side for Easter Dinner.Preparation for this Asparagus recipe couldn't be easier......The preparation for asparagus recipe is quick and … [Read More...]
A #NeverBackDown Day is Saved with help from Aleve
Disclosure: I received compensation from Aleve to write this post. All opinions are entirely my own. #NeverBackDown #Aleve #CollectiveBias #advertisement Planning for a busy day ahead I’ve always been the ALL-IN/FOCUS ON THE GOAL type person. Whether it’s a large life-changing goal or just a daily planned schedule, I tend to focus on the tasks at hand and will drive myself to get them done no matter what. I never back down from the challenge I’m up against. Defeat just isn’t in my vocabulary, … [Read More...]
Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham
My Favorite Spiral Ham Recipe - Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham Without a doubt, my Slow Cooker Bourbaon Glazed Spiral Ham Recipe is one of my favorite baked ham recipes. The spiral ham leand itself to being cooked in a slow cooker because when a spiral ham is cooked in a conventional oven it can get very dried out. Crockpot cooking will make the ham incredibly moist and tender. Also cooking your ham in your Crockpot frees up your conventional oven for sides like Twice Baked Potatoes, … [Read More...]
A new twist on Cranberry Pumpkin Bread – Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread
Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread - a new twist on that holiday favorite - Cranberry Pumpkin Bread! Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread makes an delicious addition to Thanksgiving dinner or any fall meal. Everyone thinks that making a yeast bread is a lot of work and incredibly time consuming. Years ago, before wonderful appliances like my KitchenAid stand mixer, it was a lot more work making bread. I can remember my grandmother kneading bread on her vintage bread … [Read More...]
Stuffed Baked Apples Dessert Recipe
Stuffed Baked Apples - An Easy Quick Apple Dessert Stuffed Baked Apples are healthy, and they are easy to make. It's autumn and apples are in abundance! There are chilly fall days when I want an easy apple dessert that's warm and delicious but I don't have time for complicated recipes with pie crust and such. One of the "weapons" in my dessert arsenal is Baked Apples and Stuffed Baked Apples even adds more to the deliciousness. I have a number of baked apple recipes because it is a recipe … [Read More...]
Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Bread – What a Way to Go Crazy!!!
Pumpkin Cranberry Bread ..... It's a Fall thing!!!! There’s nothing that says “autumn” like pumpkin. Visually it matches the orange tones of the changing foliage. Its texture makes it a great choice for moist, filling comfort foods. Add in some cranberries and some nuts and you have one of my favorite fall baking recipes, Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Bread. It's one my favorites because it is a tasty, quick, easy and so moist! It’s a must have on Thanksgiving Day here at the Thompson house. I love … [Read More...]
Tasty Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe
This Tasty Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe is big on flavor with a great texture! This is my favorite Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe. I've tried quite a few over the years and this one is a culmination of those trials. I have taken an ingredient from here and another from there, added a couple of extra steps and came up with what I consider a superior Orange Cranberry Muffin Recipe. The sour cream in this recipe adds an extra layer of tangy flavor and richness to this recipe. Cranberries and … [Read More...]
Easy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto Recipe
Slow Cooker Easy Pumpkin Risotto This wicked easy Slow Cooker Pumpkin Risotto Recipe will take all the fear out of cooking risotto. Risotto, that yummy gourmet comfort food, has intimidated a lot of cooks, including me. After seeing an enraged, cursing Chef Gordon Ramsey throw a sauté pan full of risotto into the garbage while Hell’s Kitchen competitors look on with wide eyed shock, you definitely get the impression that you should be terrified to attempt risotto. Risotto also gets a bad rap … [Read More...]