Freshly picked spruce tips season perfectly cooked halibut.

Spruce tips are easy to find here in Alaska when temperatures are just starting to get warmer and the forest is waking up. Their bright fresh flavor is citrusy with a touch of pine that complements fish beautifully in this Spruce Butter Halibut. Ingredients for Spruce Butter Halibut Handful of fresh spruce tips (approximately one…

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Freshly picked spruce tips sit in a bucket.

And lo, the winter is past! Summer in Alaska is just stunning. The weather is perfect. The days are long. Well, non stop daylight actually. And after a two week long springtime that consists of snow melting into boatloads of mud everything is finally GREEN! I am literally drawn outside into the forest by some…

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Get some extra superfoods in your diet with this recipe for Your Super Baked Apples which honestly is great in fall OR winter.

Your Super Baked Apples While we are enjoying the first snowfall of the season here in Alaska, the lower 48 is in the height of autumn so I thought I would share my Your Super Baked Apple recipe which honestly is great in fall OR winter. SO where ever you are and whatever the season…

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These recipes for warming fall drinks with Your Super superfoods are a delicious way to drink to good health!

For those who have never heard of Your Super they are organic superfood powders that can be used in everything from plain water to baked goods. I am usually big on whole foods and avoid supplements, but Your Super products have made a big difference in keeping me healthy and feeling good. Since I have…

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One of my most delightful discoveries in learning to forage here in Alaska is Labrador Tea. Labrador Tea is a common beverage among the Athabascan and Inuit tribes of North America. The plant is widely associated with a variety of health benefits though there is no scientific proof. Regardless, the aromatic flavor of the tea…

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What to do with Rose hips

Today is the day I take the leap and eat from the Alaska wild.  We are making wild rose hip tea and will forage for berries!  So here we are quarantining at this quaint little cabin in the woods of Alaska.  We have lots of time on our hands.  The girls have started school in…

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