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The Wilderness Wife

Best Easy Recipes and Crafts for the Busy Mom


Best Slow Cooker French Onion Soup

by Sheryl Thompson 45 Comments

A bowl of steaming Slow Cooker French Onion Soup with a slice of crusty french bread and melted cheese on top.

The Lowly Onion Becomes Slow Cooker French Onion SoupThis 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 … [Read more...]

Easy Creamy Butternut Squash Soup

by Sheryl Thompson 130 Comments

A steaming bowl of Butternut Squash soup with crispy croutons.

Creamy Butternut Squash SoupTry this Easy Creamy Butternut Squash Soup Recipe for a fall evening pleaser or a perfect course for Thanksgiving DinnerThis 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 … [Read more...]

Twice Baked Potatoes

by Sheryl Thompson 8 Comments

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Twice Baked Potatoes Recipe - A step by step tutorialTwice 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 … [Read more...]

A new twist on Cranberry Pumpkin Bread – Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread

by Sheryl Thompson 33 Comments

Loaf of Cranberry Pumpkin Seed Artisan Yeast Bread sliced on a wooden cutting board.

  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 … [Read more...]

Nutty Pumpkin Cranberry Bread – What a Way to Go Crazy!!!

by Sheryl Thompson 31 Comments

Pumpkin cranberry bread on a white plate with a cup of coffee and a mini pumpkin

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 … [Read more...]

Chunky Pumpkin Chutney …say that 3 times fast!

by Sheryl Thompson 44 Comments

Pumpkin Chutney being served as the condiment with a plate of fall roasted vegetables for a perfect vegan meal

Chunky Pumpkin Chutney .....great way to use up pumpkins from the patch! Chunky Pumpkin Chutney ... say that 3 times fast! It's a great fall condiment and the perfect way to use up any fresh pumpkin flesh you have like from making a Jack-O-Lantern. If you don't know what a chutney is here's the scoop (no pun intended).What the heck is a Chunky Pumpkin … [Read more...]

You can’t beat Pickled Beets!

by Sheryl Thompson 38 Comments

Beets fresh from the garden resting on a cutting board and jars of canned pickled beets in back of a glass dish full of sliced pickled beets.

Best Pickled Beets Recipe for your garden harvest!Today I have all my water bath canning equipment out ready to can some pickled beets. This week we can start harvesting our beets.  We are guilty of sneaking a few smaller ones the last few weeks and boiling them with the greens still attached.  Cooked this easy way and just served with butter, salt, and pepper on … [Read more...]

Easy Microwave Herbed Potatoes

by Sheryl Thompson 17 Comments

This potato recipe is perfect for those nights that it's a marathon race to get dinner on the table, or actually its more like a sprint! In my repertoire of quick sides is a quick and easy favorite, Microwave Herbed Potatoes cooked in record time in the microwave. I have to admit that I don't cook a lot with microwave but in the warm summer months, its a great … [Read more...]

French Baguette Recipe

by Sheryl Thompson 4 Comments

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My hubby loves this Crusty French Baguette Recipe! One of Bill's favorite breads is the crusty French Baguette and he says that my recipe is one of the best he has ever had. I had never made a French Baguette until we moved here to remote northern Maine.  Bakeries were plentiful in southern New Hampshire where we grew up so I never had the need.  But here in northern Maine … [Read more...]

Basic Pancake Recipe – Fluffy and Delicious

by Sheryl Thompson 25 Comments

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My Grandmother's Basic Pancake Recipe Your basic pancake, flapjack, griddle cake....whatever you choose to call them, are an American breakfast favorite.  Everyone has their favorite childhood memory of those luscious little cakey disks smothered in maple syrup.  Such a popular breakfast food and yet most Americans make them from premixed ingredients in a … [Read more...]

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