Summer Panzanella Salad with Arugula

The popular Tuscan Panzanella is a salad made of toasted bread, fresh tomatoes and onions that characterizes a summer in Central Italy. We love the high proportion of toasty bread (obviously) and of course, that it’s a delicious way to use up that lingering loaf sitting on your counter. Shake up your summer dinner routine…

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Hot Dogs with Onion & Stone Ground Mustard Relish

I LOVE tangy condiments on hot dogs – mustard, onions, pickles, sauerkraut – you name it. We took advantage of a few of those favorites to make a quick relish with our favorite grainy mustard, sweet onions and dill pickles. We used a cast iron grill pan to grill our hot dogs indoors for a…

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Spicy Shrimp Tacos

Who doesn’t love tacos? You’ll definitely love these deliciously fresh shrimp tacos. With spicy shrimp, creamy cilantro sauce, and homemade mango salsa, you’ll find that these tacos will make the menu every week!

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Veggie Appetizer Pizza

This appetizer pizza is more exciting than a classic relish tray, featuring fresh veggies in very flavorful bite-size pieces. With beautiful colors and an easily adjustable ingredient list, add this to your party and dinner rotation. Dinner? Just put a fried egg on top for an easy meal!

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Norwegian Saffroned Root Veggie Mash

Many thanks to the Brookings Arts Council and Michael Johnson from the Pheasant Restuarant & Lounge for this great virtual cooking class. This root mash is a great accompaniment to the Norwegian meatball with gjetost gravy recipe. Cutting the hard veggies smaller and the softer veggies larger helps them all finish cooking at about the…

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Christmas Beef Wellington

If you want to truly impress your loved ones this year, give them the gift of Christmas Beef Wellington. Bursting with flavors of seared tender beef, spicy mustard, mushrooms duxelles, and savory prosciutto, this is one traditional Christmas dish you can’t miss this year. If there ever was a way to end 2021 with a…

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Chicken Pot Pie

I love chicken pot pie. Make a batch and snuggle up with a creamy filling of rotisserie chicken (easy!), veggies and a puff pastry crust (also easy!).

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The Best Butternut Squash Soup

Fall is one of the best times of the year with its crisp, cool air and beautiful changing leaves. With cooler weather coming into town, almost nothing tastes as comforting as a piping hot bowl of butternut squash soup. With perfectly seasoned roasted vegetables mixed with cream, this heart-warming recipe is sure to give you…

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