Ingredients Archives - Lake Minnetonka Magazine

Bouquet Garni: What It Is and How To Use It

Bouquet Garni herbal bundles can offer just the right flavor boost to recipes. As gardens continue to offer their bounties, fresh takes on recipes...

Blackberry Bliss

Ingredients, Noteworthy, Recipes

Enjoy the fruits of the season. Blackberries are a great source of vitamins C and K and a good source of fiber, but mostly they’re just delicious....

There’s More Than One Way To Make a Bloody Mary

Ingredients, Recipes

Add a spirited mix into your recipes. Someone wants to move from the bar and into the kitchen—and her name is Mary, as in bloody mary. Talk about...

Dip into the Butter Board Trend

Entertain, Ingredients, Recipes

Churn up sweet and savory butter and cheese board recipes for your next gathering. Butter boards. There. We said it. You’ve seen them all over...

The Sweet History of Chocolate

Ingredients, Noteworthy

While studying abroad in Venezuela, I, along with other students, would take overnight buses to the coast. It was there where I discovered cacao...

Stop and Smell the Rosemary

Ingredients, Noteworthy, Recipes

Herbs are one of my all-time gardening favorites because most of them continue to grow and produce all season long. I’ve taken to growing more than...

Grilling Glossary for Summer

Education, Ingredients

What’s the word on your grilling skills? Word has it that it’s National Grilling Month. While the summer entertaining season is just heating up,...

Meet Your Local Cheesemonger

Ingredients, Noteworthy

There’s more to cheese than meets the cracker, just ask Gabby Lasersmith, specialty cheese manager at Kowalski’s Market in Excelsior. “I love cheese...

February is the Month for Pairings

Drinks, Ingredients, Noteworthy

Once in a while, moons align, and the right wine matches with great food. I hope you enjoy some of my favorites for food and wine pairings. Côtes du...

Take Stock and Punch Up the Protein in your Favorite Recipes

Ingredients, Noteworthy

The old adage and once popular book title Chicken Soup for the Soul is no joke. Turns out chicken broth truly is a restorative food. Dieticians...

Grain Elevators

Ingredients, Recipes

Add a touch of history and new flavor profiles to your menu. Why does pasta get so much of the culinary glory? Granted, it transforms dishes, comes...

Let’s Talk Turkey

Ingredients, Recipes

What do you really know about Thanksgiving’s ubiquitous dinner guest? Somewhere, someone in your family or friend circle (or maybe it’s you!) is...

Don’t skip a good, healthy breakfast.

Ingredients, Noteworthy, Recipes

For many of us, some form of cereal is a staple in the morning meal rotation. Boxed cold cereals and precooked grains are convenient and can be...

Herbal Remedies

Ingredients, Wellness

Soothe what ails you with nature’s pharmacy. In January—often a time of colds and sniffles—I look to a medicine shelf full of dried wild and weedy...

How to Fondue: Delicious Recipes and Helpful Tips for a Fun Night In

Entertain, Ingredients, Recipes

A couple of local food experts share their favorite fondue recipes and tips. Spending an evening gathered around a bubbling fondue pot of melted...

Preserve Your Summer Harvest for an Unexpected Winter Treat

Ingredients, Noteworthy

As the long darkness of winter sets in, many of us dream of summer. As the long darkness of winter sets in, many of us dream of summer. But when...

Local Dairy Farmer Starts Side Business Crafting Cheese Boards

Ingredients, Local Makers

The Grater Good offers beautifully-created artisan cheese and meat boards, hearty bread baskets and cheese tasting sessions. Between Hydes and Rice...