Turkey Roasting Tips

Roast your turkey to perfection with these tips. Thawing Thawing in the refrigerator Keep the turkey wrapped and place it in a pan. Let it stand in the refrigerator roughly 24 hours for each 5 pounds. Large turkeys should stand in refrigerator a maximum of 5 days. The giblets and neck, which are customarily packed in the neck and 

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Paleo Sweet Potato Casserole

Brighten up your meal with this sweet potato side, accented with tart cranberries. Ingredients 3 large sweet potatoes (3 pounds) 1 1/2 cups fresh or frozen cranberries 1 15 ounce can coconut milk, full fat 1 tablespoon maple syrup (optional) 1 teaspoon cinnamon 1/4 teaspoon allspice 1/4 teaspoon nutmeg 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup whole 

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Greenwald’s Greenhouse

Audene started asking her mother and grandmother about plants when she was a little girl. She told me, “I thought my grandmother would get sick of me asking her what every plant was, but she never did.” Audene’s mother and grandmother were avid gardeners, and she continued the green thumb goodness with opening Greenwald’s Greenhouse 

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Herbal Beauty

The calendula is a favorite of Melissa Kruse’s right now, an herb that she has been growing and harvesting for many of their product lines. She first fell in love with the beauty of herbs in 2003 while taking a summer course in Utah about different types of medicinal herbs, including the Yucca. “I was 

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Minnesota-style Battered Fish

Do you have a favorite fish-batter recipe? I grew up with a family fish batter of crushed saltine crackers, egg, and salt and pepper.  As the anglers are out catching pan fish and waiting for walleye season again, Jon has some awesome walleye in the cooler from the greater norths of Minnesota. Here’s a recipe 

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Top Spring Wellness Items

Carissa gathered her newest items in light of spring. Whether you are looking to spruce up your skin care routine or surprise that special someone with a gift, these featured items are sure to give a glow that beams into summer sandal weather. Weleda established itself in 1921. Since then, this company has tirelessly promoted 

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Game Day Charcuteries

What’s your favorite game-day snack? Jon made us a Charcuterie and Seacuterie.  Carr’s Entertainment Crackers compliment both boards. INGREDIENTS: SEACUTERIE Raspberries Tillamook Sharp Cheddar Carr Valley Pimento Spread Pickled Onions Northern Waters Smokehouse Lake Trout Olsen’s Pickled Herring on Seaweed Snacks Surimi Crab Sticks BelGioioso Fontina Metz’s Dill Cheese Curds (Final supply) Smoked Oysters CHARCUTERIE Andrew 

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Thanksgiving Stuffing, or Dressing?

It’s Thanksgiving week and the turkeys are here! What’s left to make? Many of us have pumpkin pies, green bean casserole, wild rice hotdish, sweet potatoes, but what about stuffing? Or is it dressing? This debate has been around since Marcus Gavius Apicius’s love of food in the first century included stuffing just about anything, 

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