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North Country Kitchen, by Yvona Fast

Winter carnival thermos warm-ups

It’s Carnival Time! So many fun-filled outdoor events! This winter has been unrelentingly cold. It’s great for snow activities like skiing, snowshoeing, sledding and skating. But it’s good to have a hot beverage to warm up with! To help you stay warm, bring along a thermos! A ...

Sausage: Making your own

Sausage is a great convenience food. The pork meat is well seasoned with herbs and spices. You can use it in soups, skillets, casseroles ... There are two main types of sausages: fresh and cured. Fresh sausage includes breakfast sausage and Italian sausage. These have to be cooked before ...

Time for chili

Brr! It was a cold weekend in the Adirondacks. When the weather chills, we crave wholesome, starchy food. Enter chili, with bold spices and fresh flavor. Chili is always a crowd pleaser — and everyone has a unique recipe. Vegetarian, vegan, paleo, meat — they’re all different. Even the ...

Chicken soup many ways

Its Flu Season, and time for Chicken Soup. At my house in winter, chicken soup was known as Jewish Penicillin and was most often served when someone was sick. For variety, it was made with egg noodles or matzo balls. A steaming bowl of chicken soup always makes you feel better! My Italian ...

After the holidays: Sensible eating

Whatever you celebrate, the holiday season is behind us. It’s time to put away all the cookies and sugary sweets and return to a healthier, more sensible way of eating: more greens and veggies, fewer carbs, a little protein from fish, eggs, pulses (beans, peas and lentils) and maybe a ...

Wishing you a sweet Epiphany

Epiphany concludes the Christmas holiday season. Also known as the Twelfth Day of Christmas, this day commemorates the day the Three Kings from the East arrived in Bethlehem, bearing their gifts of gold, frankincense and myrrh. Most European countries have traditional sweets for Epiphany. ...