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The Wilderness Wife

Best Easy Recipes and Crafts for the Busy Mom


KitchenAid Basic White Bread Recipe

by Sheryl Thompson 42 Comments

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A Great Basic White Bread Recipe from KitchenAidMy KitchenAid Stand Mixer, my best friend when I'm baking Bread, deserves a Gold Watch or least a decent burial......Update- June 2021 - she's still working, bless her little KitchenAid motor!Please note that this is not a paid sponsored post but just a case of giving credit where credit is due!27 34 … [Read more...]

Basic Easy Coleslaw Recipe

by Sheryl Thompson 1 Comment

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Coleslaw - what can be said about it?Numerous clichés lend themselves to describing coleslaw - "always a bridesmaid, never the bride" or "best supporting actor in a cast of thousands". It is always cast in a supporting role but coleslaw fills a need in so many meal plans.  Coleslaw is there to cleanse and awake the palate in a meal heavily laden with greasy fried … [Read more...]

Sister Jo’s Zucchini Relish- a recipe to use large zucchini

by Sheryl Thompson 57 Comments

This tasty zucchini relish recipe is my favorite condiment and helps me use up all those huge zucchini from the garden.

Zucchini relish is the perfect canning recipe to use up Monster Zucchini!This recipe for Zucchini Relish is the perfect way to use up extra zucchini. Zucchini are without a doubt the most prolific vegetable in the garden. Think about it!  The vegetable everybody wants to give you from their garden is ZUCCHINI SQUASH.  And they almost never give you the nice small … [Read more...]

Thrillin’ Grillin’- Grilled Beef, Chicken & Vegetable Kebabs

by Sheryl Thompson 20 Comments

vegetable kebabs ready for the grill setting on a wooden table

It's Grillin' Season - Shish Kebab Time!Tonight we had grilled chicken and veggie kebabs and they were delicious. It's grillin' season here in the North Maine Woods. For a while we thought the grilling season never would arrive as we had a long cold spring but finally we've been able to fire up the gas grill. I love cooking on our Weber gas grill. It's convenient, … [Read more...]

Quick Easy Cucumber Salad

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Quick, Easy and Healthy Cucumber SaladA good recipe doesn't have to be complicated or difficult. This quick and easy cucumber salad definitely isn't complicated - just simple ingredients with simple preparation! And that is perfect fare for a hot summer day. When its hot and muggy all I want is cool, quick and simple so I can stay "cool as a cucumber".Best … [Read more...]

Best Grilled Chicken Marinade – Grillin’ can be thrillin’ and easy!

by Sheryl Thompson 2 Comments

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Best Grilled Chicken Marinade - and its so easy!It's summer and this grilled chicken marinade is one of my go to recipes because it's tasty (chicken is kind of bland and needs some flavor help), and grilling doesn't heat up my kitchen. Another plus is that its not the usual beef and pork that we do so often on the backyard barbecue grill.  Don't get me wrong! I … [Read more...]

Sauteed Fiddleheads

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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 … [Read more...]

Bread & Butter Fiddlehead Pickles

by Sheryl Thompson 2 Comments

Fiddleheads just harvested

Fiddlehead Pickles are delicious and easy to make!Fiddlehead pickles are yummy and worth the effort. You process fiddlehead pickles 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 … [Read more...]

Bacon Wrapped Asparagus

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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 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 … [Read more...]

Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham

by Sheryl Thompson 4 Comments

A beautiful mahogany colored baked spiral ham glazed with an orange Bourbon sauce

My Favorite Spiral Ham Recipe - Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral HamWithout a doubt, my Slow Cooker Bourbon Glazed Spiral Ham Recipe is one of my favorite baked ham recipes. The spiral ham lends 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 … [Read more...]

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