by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Food Preservation, Recipes, Smoking & Curing
It’s salmon season up here in Fairbanks. My husband Joel came home about a week ago with 28 sockeye/red salmon from the Copper River! This year in addition to smoking and kippering the fillets myself, which I’ve written about before here, I decided to do...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, DIY Homesteading, Fermenting & Cheesemaking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I love sourdough bread. During the past year, I’ve been experimenting with ways to make a sourdough starter, not only start it but keep it alive. Here are nine ways to start and keep alive a sourdough starter. These methods are very easy and I bet you have at...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
I’m a huge fan of sourdough bread. I’ve always wanted to figure out how to make it so I can eat it whenever I want. So I finally did. I’m going to share with you a very simple and quick way to make sourdough bread. This recipe has all the flavor but...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Baking, Our Kitchen, Recipes
It’s happened again. I waited to until the last minute to decide what to make for a Thanksgiving side dish. It’s very common in Fairbanks to have Thanksgiving with friends instead of families because many peoples’ family live so very far away. So...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Our Kitchen, Recipes, Smoking & Curing, Turkeys
Thanksgiving is coming up, my husband’s favorite holiday. In our family, I’m in charge of Thanksgiving Turkey from start to finish and since I’m in charge I say “Let’s smoke it”. I love smoked turkey so much I’m going to convince you to smoke your turkey...
by April | Last Updated: Nov 15, 2024 | Recipes
What to do with the beet stems? That is the question. The beets themselves, easy. Beet greens, no problem. I love to cook and eat them both. But my question has always been, ‘What do I do with the beet stems’? In the past I’ve composted the stems....
