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Yum! Longtime friend Roxanne Wilbur offered to bring us peaches from her travels over the mountains. From a case of peaches, I made three batches of jam, a galette and a peach cobbler. This recipe...

Try this raisin bread with the subtle flavor of pumpkin pie spice. This is a bread-machine recipe that makes a snack bread and is great toasted in the morning. It is made with milk, egg and brown...

I learned about frying food coated with cornmeal from visiting my sister, Mary Jane, in Arkansas. Eating out in Arkansas and Missouri, we ordered catfish. I enjoyed the crunchy coating of cornmeal on...

Fresh from your garden. Italian parsley is easy to grow in a sunny, well drained location. We have an abundance of flat Italian parsley this year. Italian parsley reseeds itself so we have a nice...

Summertime is perfect for trying new dressing or dips to go with fresh vegetables. This recipe can also be used to spread on sandwiches or served with deep fried cod. You can also add it to a wrap...

Cucumber Radish Salad. After slicing the cucumbers, lightly salt them. No need to drain off the salted cucumber juice. You want it to mingle with the fresh squeezed lemon juice. The result is...

Red currants are in season and friends are harvesting their red currant bushes. What better way to prolong the delicious richness of flavor, than making jelly. They remind me of the wild high bush...

These fresh ingredients create a saucy salsa. I used vine ripened tomatoes. A Roma tomato has a thicker pulp if you prefer a thicker salsa. Just three Serrano hot peppers, with the seeds, gives this...

Grilled vegetables on an indoor electric grill. The surprise ingredient to grilling vegetables is white balsamic vinegar. It lightens the flavor. Splash it on but not heavily. The vegetables' flavor...

Goulash is a family recipe. My adopted father was Polish American. This meal was a regular favorite and adapted to our Alaskan lifestyle. My mother made this with moose burger. My polish grandmother,...

Made with berries. It's June and fresh berry season. To make room in our freezer, I pulled out several containers of frozen berries from last season. I found strawberries, raspberries, blueberries...

Any chili sauce will work. I used one from Vietnam found in an Asian store or Asian aisle of the grocery store. This recipe can be simply made. Scoop and plop the Mayo and chili garlic sauce. Add the...

Fresh local seafood is wonderful! I pulled out my largest aluminum bowl to hold the shrimp. Alive, jumping around. I kept them in the bowl until ready to cook. I cooked them immediately. I pulled out...

My first harvest of rhubarb this year yielded 8 cups chopped. To harvest, I twist and pull from the base of each stalk. Then I cut off and discard the leaves. I keep the lower base in water to keep...

Red potatoes are our favorite. Asparagus is one of our favorite vegetables. A hot oven on a cool day with herbs wafting throughout the house is very pleasant. With plenty of herbs, salt is not...

We are blessed to have family members who fish, hunt and gather Yes, springtime! Love the flowering trees, shrubs and fields. Springtime foods available include asparagus. The robust asparagus,...

We are blessed to have family members who fish, hunt and gather wild berries. That's a triple blessing! We live in a giving community. This halibut was gifted to my husband, Kevin, and I by our...

Quiche is one of my favorite breakfast foods. Adding smoked salmon makes it even better! Use a moist smoked salmon. You can substitute the cream with milk. Ingredients Pie Crust (single) Smoked Salmon...

You can make this recipe and add to rice, pasta, gnocchi (featured in pic), scrambled eggs or vegetables. You can adjust the flavors by the type of spices or herbs you add. Always make it fresh. We...

I snacked on two of these slices. I now have snacks for a few days. Way better to grab a slice or two of these instead of chips. These turn out soft on the inside with a slight crunch on the outside....

A no fuss recipe to cook kale. It's softened just enough. I used curly kale and left in the rib of each leaf, cutting just the stem at the bottom. I freeze the raw stems to later make vegetable...

Panko is a type of breadcrumb. It is consistent in texture and crisps up real nice when coating chicken to roast. I use bone-in chicken thighs. Panko can be used to coat fish and pork chops. I buy a f...

These huckleberries were picked by our family who live in Eastern Washington. They made a light sugar syrup and water bath canned them. To be used later in pies. We were fortunate to be gifted two...

The sour and tart taste of fresh cranberries, in this recipe, is softened by adding brown sugar. It also depends on how many crushed cranberries you put in each spoonful. Served with a side of rice,...

There was a time I would gag cooking and eating parsnips. I avoided them for years and years. They grow locally here in Skagit Valley and my preference is fresh local organic produce. I used more...