Recipes
Dutch Oven Tips! Cooking River-style with Confluences River Expeditions
Dutch ovens (D.O.’s) are a staple of many river kitchens. The Confluences river kitchen is no exception. We usually employ 3-4 dutch ovens a night, each specifically tasked with creating a delicious part of our elaborate river meals. They allow us to turn any camp into a five star restaurant! Dutch ovens have a long,…
Read MoreSpare Ribs and Sauerkraut in Scotch Ale
Mom’s Spare Ribs and Sauerkraut With a Scottish Kick Spare ribs and sauerkraut make me think of my mom, Dorothy Wright. Her recipe – with my Scotch Ale twist – is a definite comfort food. I very seldom use a recipe, or I start with a recipe and soon make it my own with additions…
Read MoreRefried Beans from Scratch
Nothing Like It – Refried Beans Made From Scratch There is nothing like the taste of refried beans made from scratch – just writing about them gives me cravings… I first learned how to make refried beans at Trini and Carmen’s, a wonderful Mexican restaurant I worked at in Pontiac, Michigan in the 70’s. I…
Read MoreChicken enchiladas
Chicken Enchiladas – Heavenly My son, Duncan, ordered up chicken enchiladas for his 16th birthday. I do not make them very often since they are a lot of work and it doesn’t take long before they are just a memory…but I have to say that the best part of making the meal was working with…
Read MoreHam and Bean Soup – the perfect comfort food…
Ham and Bean Soup – Step_by-Step Instructions The first hint of cold weather makes me itch to make ham and bean soup. I love to fill the house with the mouth-watering smell of bones cooking to make the broth. This is true comfort food. My first pot of soup this year was ham and bean.…
Read MoreBrown Ale Teriyaki Chicken
Brown Ale Teriyaki Chicken With All the Fixin’s It’s that time of year. You can hear your BBQ grill calling your name in hushed tones. Maybe you haven’t used it in several months and you feel guilty about ignoring your cooking partner. Or maybe you’re a four season griller, like we are just North of…
Read MoreCowboy Cookie Recipe
Delicious Cowboy Cookie Recipe Step-by-Step Silver Cloud serves these mouth-watering cookies on its Main Salmon River whitewater rafting trips. We make tons of dough at the beginning of the season and roll them into logs to freeze. Then, before each trip, we bake a batch for our first day lunch. Our guests love them and…
Read MoreRoast Pork with Brown Ale Dinner and Beer Pairings
Brown Ale Roasted Pork Dinner with Craft Beer Pairings Mary and I enjoy spending time cooking together so the kitchen has turned out to be a focal point in our house. We always cook from scratch – meaning it takes time – and it’s yummy. After our kids get home from school, we reconnect and…
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