Favorites April 2015
“These are the Best Days of our Lives” This calligraphy is what I wake up to in the morning and see before going to sleep every night. My friends Greg and Jenny brought it back from China and now it lives in …
Author: Ruth
Roasted Chicory
Coffee lover that I am, I have to secretly admit I’ve been enjoying this dark liquid lately. That’s right, roasted chicory is carving a new spot in my heart. It has similar components to a coffee description–acidity, body, aroma, bitterness, sweetness, aftertaste–and a deep rich satisfaction that …
Spring Pea Soup
Yay, another pea soup! I knew that was what you were going to say. We’ve had a week of spring-emerging: from chill to rain to sunny days which means the buds and grass are finally beginning to explode in greenery. I even saw blooming …
Cabbage Parsnip Slaw
Many gardeners in these cold climates overwinter their parsnips in the ground, letting the back-and-forth thawing-and-cooling spring weather sweeten their starches into sugars. So when little else is local in early April of the upper Midwest…parsnips can be found. Related and similar to carrots (they look like an albino carrot), …
Flourless Peanut Butter Chocolate Chip Cookies
It’s now day five after making these cookies and the one I just ate was still soft and delicious. Who needs flour?!? The most difficult part is that I’m trying to save some for a sister’s get-together later this week and I’m really not so sure …
Congratulations
Here’s the deal…I don’t have a recipe. We came home to a maelstrom of paperwork and whatnot and I cannot get it together to cook anything other than squash, pintos and the last of the frozen catering leftovers. So instead here is a celebration …
Favorites February 2015
It was a beautiful day in northern Wisconsin last Saturday for the 42nd American Birkebeiner marathon. We had a two day window on Friday and Saturday with temperatures in the teens —the days preceding and days after the race eked out highs of only …
Chia Breakfast Drink
I’m beginning to understand why people do this. A year ago I signed up for my first cross country ski race on a 12.5 kilometer classic-only course. Having started this sport as a not-so-young adult it was not an obvious trajectory for me …
Liptauer Cheese
I finally got a good photo of the Ukrainian jackets at the International Paralymic Championships here at Telemark, they’re beautiful. I wish I would have had a cool jacket to trade with him… Twenty countries! For more amazing footage check out the …
Minnesota Wild Rice Soup
A few more shots of ABR in Ironwood, Michigan. Datsa lotta wood. I forgot to bring my coffee cup out to the ski-in cabin the first night so I made it in a jar in the morning. The heavy cream went in …
Nutritional Yeast
The International Paralympic Committee’s Nordic Skiing World Championships, right here at Telemark Lodge in Cable, Wisconsin near our winter home-base. The paralympic equivalent to the World Cup, this is the championships for athletes from around the world competing in biathlon and cross country skiing. …
Turnip Chevre Gratin with Peas
. Once again it’s the time of year when we pack up the trusty (and a little rusty) 4Runner with food and gear and turn her nose northward. For months we’ve been reading the tales of snow in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan and have tried …
Faroe Island Oat Cake
On my way to bed recently I happened to glance at this window…what an incredible creation! The streetlight gives the orange hue, but the morning sunlight would erase this temporary masterpiece so there was to be no waiting until daylight. I know that my …
Kale Sausage Soup
This may be a good meal for the post-holiday recovery. Brothy with good protein and the vitamin punch of kale, your liver will thank you. This is also a favorite of my friend Mary Kay and one that we’ve eaten as she’s been on this stem …
Favorites December 2014
Hmm… Crystal Caves in Naica, Mexico? An inside peek at the Ice Caves on Lake Superior? Tibetan quartz? Bolivian Salt crystals?? As the world turns… May you create the time for what matters most to you during this new Revolution of …
Pepita Dip
If it’s going to continue to be gray outside, it might as well snow a little—and it is! White flakes are showering down and I’m grateful for even a small change in these overcast days. Here’s a tasty and healthy little snack for the holidays. …
Sweet Soup (Søtsuppe)
“When it is dark enough, you can see the stars.” — Ralph Waldo Emerson. . This week’s quote can be taken different ways, but it seemed good for the long nights of the solstice season. Our weather pattern has been stuck in a dreary, foggy, …
Crawfish Étouffée
I have been spending quite a bit of time lately with my dear friend Mary Kay from south Mississippi while she is in the upper midwest. Recently she wanted to give back to her friends here in the northland the experience of Mississippi/Louisiana hospitality, so …