“A Grouse Dinner” – Cathie Archbould, Photographer
RECIPES
Mains
Braised Specklebelly Goose
Moose Steak with Yukon Rub
Gnocchi in Mushroom Sauce
Chickweed and Herb Fritata
Brian Phelan's Rappie Pie
Pork Hocks, Cabbage and Rye Berry Casserole
Traditional Seal Meat
Saskatoon Berry and Birch Syrup Roast
Side Dishes
Dandelion Salad with Crispy Onions and Garlic
Freezing Nettle or Other Wild Greens
New Potatoes in Wild Onion and Pumpkin Seed Pesto
Northern Hollandaise Sauce
Marianne’s Warm Potato Salad
Sauce Béarnaise – Yukon Style
Saskatoon Berry Salad Dressing
Bread and Tomato Salad
Wild Mushroom and Barley Risotto
Savoury Snacks, Appetizers, and Condiments
Fish Skin Crackers
Nettle Fireweed Shoot Spanakopita with Spruce Tip Infused Butter
Homemade Ketchup -–Yukon Style
Simple Tomato Jam
Breakfasts
Mashed Potato Cakes
Potato and Carrot Latkes
Breakfast Clafouti
Whole Wheat Crêpes with Berry Sauce
100% Local Yukon Waffles
Breakfast of Champions
Sweets
Candied Spruce Tips
Birch Syrup Creamsicles
Crustless Pumpkin Pie — Northern Style
Halloween Candy
Token Gesture Custard
Sugar Beet Sugar and Syrup
Yukon Shortbread
Birch Brittle
Steamed Christmas Pudding with Hard Sauce
Birch Syrup Shortbreads
Beet and Saskatoon Berry Muffins
Creamy Birch Syrup Frosting
Birch Syrup Ice Cream
Choux Pastry Cream Puffs
Bread & Crackers
Yukon Sourdough Bread
Yukon Sourdough Starter
Fresh Kohlrabi crackers
Top of the World Cloud Bread
Soups
Sunflower Seed Soup
Zero Waste Leek, Zucchini and Potato Soup
Beverages & Refreshers
Spruce Tip Spritzer
Low Bush Cranberry Refresher
Nettle Juice
Homemade Rhubarb Vinegar
Birch Eggnog
Stinging Nettle Birch Tip Latté
Rhubarb Sparkle
Rhubarb Syrup
Don't Judge a Vegetable By Its Peel
Tips
Celery : Can be chopped and frozen for the winter (no need to blanch) and then added to soups, stews, stir-fry, etc.
Celeriac Root : A root vegetable, keeps well in cold storage all winter. Peel it and chop it and use it in place of fresh celery in cooking (soups, stews). Excellent combined with potatoes when cooking mashed potatoes!
Bell Peppers : Can be sliced or kept whole and frozen for the winter. No need to blanch. Good in stir-fry, soups, spaghetti sauce, stews, scrambled eggs....anything you would cook with fresh peppers.
How do you cook smelts that run up the Seguin River in the spring?
Well, from my memory as a kid growing up in Parry Sound, folks simply fried them up whole! Happy to know of other ways.