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strawberry avocado salsa with grilled salmon

June 16, 2013 by 3 Comments
strawberry avocado salsa salmon

How was your weekend?  Mine was great!  Aside from getting to celebrate Father's Day with my dad (yay!), it was also the weekend for our 2nd annual family bike ride.  Last year our ride got rained out and we only made it 7 out of the 40 miles, so this year we were extra determined to make it the entire way. Saturday in the Twin Cities started out beautiful. Weather Channel even told me there was 0% chance of rain until 5:00 when there was a wimpy 20% chance.  I was excited for a sunny day … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: avocado, dinner, featured, main dish, salmon, seafood, strawberries

brown butter & toffee chocolate chip cookies

June 14, 2013 by 6 Comments
brown butter choc chip cookies

Ahhh, weekend.  You're so nice.  You're so pleasant.  I just love you.  Why can't you always be here when I need you?  I mean, you're just full of such great things.  Like sleeping in and lazy morning breakfast.  And sometimes long runs and bike rides.  Usually you're plentiful of  glasses of wine and bottles of beer.  But I can always, always count on you for good  food...especially dessert. While I usually reserve my baking for the weekends, I just couldn't help myself this week … [Continue reading...]

Filed Under: chocolate, cookies, dinner, featured, toffee, Uncategorized

strawberry lime margaritas

June 12, 2013 by 10 Comments
strawberry lime margarita

Last weekend at the cabin, Marc and I took advantage of a drizzly afternoon to make some guacamole, a batch of from-scratch margaritas, and have a little Ticket To Ride battle.  Have you ever played this game?  Oh man is it fun.  We were introduced to it by a group of friends and since receiving [...]

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Filed Under: alcohol, drink, featured, lime, strawberries

goat cheese and honey spread

June 10, 2013 by 5 Comments
mascarpone goat cheese and honey dip

This weekend Marc, Maddie, and I said ‘adios’ to the cities and headed North to the Ellingson family cabin.  One of my favorite things to do at the cabin, besides hiking and relaxing, is (you guessed it) cooking!  Usually breakfast and dinner are the two main meals of the day, and we end up snacking [...]

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Filed Under: appetizer, featured, goat cheese, vegetarian

friday faves

June 7, 2013 by 8 Comments
blueberry lime margaritas

Well hey there, Friday.  So good to see you.  I’m especially excited for this weekend because not only is it a three-day weekend for me, but I get to spend the entire weekend with my favorites, Marc and Maddie.  We’re headed up North to the cabin this weekend for some hiking (weather permitting), some cooking, [...]

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Filed Under: friday faves
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