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Cauliflower, onion and chickpeas make a tasty side dish
The produce aisle is a healthy budget cook’s best place to start a supermarket shopping trip. By loading…
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Cooking on deadline: Chicken Thighs with Onions, Olives
Passover comes in the spring, but there is often still a chill in the evening air as families…
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About the Northern Lights
North Nikiski March 27 The recent display of the Northern Lights right over the top of our little…
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Pioneer Potluck: Keeping Bob the Butcher on his feet
Rick’s Ranch North Nikiski, 1986-2017 Bob wears several hats. Bob the Builder. Bob’s Bonfires. Bob the Butcher-man. There…
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Pioneer Potluck: St. Patrick’s Day at 35 below
Rick’s Ranch, North Nikiski Late 1980s Bob is known for his bonfires for the past 30 years. We…
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On Valentine’s Day, ditch the box and make your love a cake
Have you been on the receiving end of a heart-shaped box? Maybe it was filled with jewelry, but…
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Egg, Sausage and Cheese Biscuits
1 (9.6) ounce package Jimmy Dean fully-cooked hearty sausage crumbles* 1¼ cups biscuit mix (like Bisquick) ½ stick…
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Cherry cupcake is just the thing for Valentine’s Day
This old-fashioned cherry cupcake is just the thing for Valentine’s Day. I’ve updated a cake that my mother…
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Preserve the past, safeguard the future with heirloom keeper recipes
For the holidays over the past few years, my friend, Lainey Smith, of Bluffton, has baked me a…
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Pioneer Potluck: About filling the memory jar. A sauna story.
Nikiski, Alaska 1986 to 1990 Building Christmas memories Christmas Eve 2016 Memory Number One: We once lived…
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Ricotta Cheese
Equipment 8 quart covered stainless steel saucepot with heavy bottom Thermometer (one that goes from 0 to 220…
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Worry free one-pan meals
For enthusiasts of one pot cooking (and who isn’t during the busy holiday season), Cook’s Country “One-Pan Wonders:…
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Sausage Lasanna
Do not use nonfat ricotta or fat-free mozzarella here. You will need a 12-inch ovensafe nonstick skillet for…
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Breakfast Pizza
Servings: 6 6 slices bacon 8 ounces (2 cups) mozzarella cheese, shredded 1 ounce (½ cup) Parmesan cheese,…
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Warm up from the cold with chicken stiry-fry
After the holidays, our appetites can go in a couple of different directions. On the one hand, after…
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Christmas spice cinnamon cloves nutmeg and ginger
The spices of the season include cinnamon, cloves, nutmeg and ginger. They are fragrant and exotic and anything…
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Pioneer Potluck: About Alaskan Christmas trees and doggie treats
Year, 1985 to 2016 Christmas trees and Doggie Treats. For the past few weeks I have been…
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Recipe for a happy Christmas found in thrift stores, consignment shops and speciality retailers
There’s a remedy for folks who find shopping for Christmas gifts stressful, especially at this late date. Even…
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Pioneer Potluck: About Christmas Trees
From the Colorado farm to the Alaskan way of life We have had various types of Christmas trees…
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Nordic-Ware cookie stamps
For best impressions, Nordic Ware suggests making cookie doughs “from scratch” for use with their cast aluminum cookie…