Dale Carson

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Native Cooking: High Plains Pudding Using Chokecherries

Wild Food, Forage, Foraging, Native Cooking, Dale Carson, Native American Foods, Foraged Foods, Indigenous Ingredients, Squash Blossoms, Day Lilies
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Native Cooking: Foraging and Frying Wild Food

Native Cooking, Native Eating, Healthy Eating, Picnic, Dale Carson, Potato Chips, Native American History, Native American Cooking, Native Recipes, Peanut Butter, Native Foods
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Native Cooking: Packing a Healthy Picnic

Granola is just one easy Native American recipe for kids that parents can let children of all ages participate in the preparation of.
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An Easy Native American Recipe for Kids: Granola

This oyster recipe calls for bacon and white cheddar, and they can be either grilled or even broiled.
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Native Cooking: Wow Them With Simple Appetizers

Pumpkin bread is a fall favorite.
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Native Cooking: Halloween Has Changed, But Fall Classics Are Forever

Is orange the new green? So many orange veggies are packed with nutritious benefits, including pumpkins, it sure seems that way.
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Native Cooking: Is Orange the New Green? Pumpkins Pack a Nutritious Punch

Eggs provide some of the highest quality protein in any one food. For breakfast try them on an english muffin with salmon, or alone.
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Native Cooking: Simple Ways to Add Protein to Breakfast and Lunch

This sweet and salty popcorn recipe that includes peanuts and pine nuts, and is easy to make and take along to any party this summer.
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Native Cooking: Popsicles, Popcorn With Peanuts, and Other Summer Favorites

A lot of people call it “life itself,” “the source of life,” or “sacred mother corn.” Corn can be used for more than just cooking.
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Native Cooking: Corn Fritters and A Brief History of the Indigenous Staple

Strawberry bread is a good summer bread option. The frosting is an optional add-on.
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Native Cooking: 2 Tasty Fruit Breads for Summer

This is The Bison Council's version of a bison salad, all of which are yummy.
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Native Cooking: B Is for Bison! Try It Over Salad

You can grow as little or as much as you want depending on the size of your windowsill.
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Native Cooking: How Does Your Windowsill Garden Grow?

Nasturtium is one of many edible flowers.
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Native Cooking: Stop and Smell the Flowers, Then Have Some for Lunch

Chili peppers are a popular spice—100 of the 200 varieties of chiles are indigenous to Mexico.
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Native Cooking: Add Some Flavor With a Homemade Spice Blend

Farmers are seen here harvesting Saffron in Iran. Because the herb has to be hand-harvested it is one of the most expensive.
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Native Cooking: All About Herbs

Corn chowder can warm your family and friends up during the winter, and bring them to the table.
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Native Cooking: Bring Them to the Table With Corn Chowder

There are many ways to stuff a date. One of the easiest is using goat or cream cheese and topping it with a walnut.
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Native Cooking: A New Year Means a Fresh Start

Put breakfast burritos on your holiday menu.
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Native Cooking: Surprise Holiday Guests With Breakfast Burritos

Cranberries are loaded with vitamin C, and have many other health benefits. Why not make a cranberry bread for friends and family?
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Native Cooking: Use Cranberries for Bread This Season, They Pack a Vitamin C Punch

Read on for some handy holiday potato tips.
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Native Cooking: 16 Helpful Holiday Hints

The Russet is the most popular potato in the United States.
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All About Potatoes: From Russet to Yukon Gold

A fall comfort staple is pumpkin soup. Check out our recipe here.
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Native Cooking: 3 Fall Comfort Recipes, from Pumpkin Soup to Pudding

Buy winter squash varieties while prices are lower.
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Native Cooking: Time for Squash, Chestnuts, and Some Cranberry Quick Bread

Apricots are halved and left in the sun to dry. This is on a much larger scale, but you can do it at home as well.
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6 Native Alternatives to Junk Food

Apples and grapes appear on the "Dirty Dozen" list, and things like cantaloupe and pineapple appear on the "Clean Fifteen" list.
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Native Cooking: Clean Eating, the ‘Dirty Dozen,’ and Sweet Potato Mash

A quick brush of olive oil and sprinkle of seasoning and eggplant is ready to be grilled.
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Native Cooking: 2 Fresh Summer Salads and Grilled Veggies

Guacamole is a quick and easy snack sure to please many a hungry guest.
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Native Cooking: From Savory to Sweet, 5 Easy Snack Recipes

New England clam chowder containing milk or cream is just one way to enjoy this tasty meal.
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Native Cooking: Is It Chowder, or Chowdah?

Just about any kind of vegetable can be thrown on the grill in a grill pan.
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Native Cooking: Tips, Tricks, and Twice-Baked Potatoes on the Grill

It's the time of year for farmer's markets. Get out and get your fresh produce to support your local growers.
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Native Cooking: Checking Out Local Farmer’s Markets, and Cooking Fresh Green Beans

A jicama salad is both healthy and refreshing for a picnic.
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Native Cooking: A Picnic-Perfect Jicama Salad

How about making mom some orange muffins for Mother's Day this weekend?
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Native Cooking: 4 Easy Dishes You Can Prepare for Your Mom This Mother’s Day

An example of an asparagus quiche, which our Dale Carson teaches us to make here.
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Native Cooking: When Spring Hits, It’s Time for Asparagus

An example of johnnycakes made in a cast iron skillet, like in the recipe below.
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Native Cooking: Some Comfort Food for Those Still Chilly Temps

Eating paleo can be as easy as making a yummy beef or buffalo stew.
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Start Eating Paleo Today: An Easy Beef Stew and a Fresh Fruit Salad

Want to try eating paleo? Start with some sweet potato recipes, they're a superfood.
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Native Cooking: Eating Paleo Starting With Sweet Potatoes, a Superfood

Sitting around the fireplace with a hot beverage is as good a place as any to tell stories.
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Stories: They Teach and Entertain

This is just one of many examples of the ways to stuff a date. AmeesSavoryDish.com gives an example of a mascarpone stuffed date with a maple drizzle, link below.
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Native Cooking: Some Killer Appetizers For The Holidays

The Food Recovery Network wonders what you're doing with your leftovers.
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Waste Not When Others Want: Food Recovery Efforts Are Necessary

Check out this recipe for a mashed root medley combining potatoes and parsnips.
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Native Cooking: Thanksgiving Is for Family, Try These Recipes Together

Butternut Squash serves as the base for one of these deliciously creamy fall soups.
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Native Cooking: Nothing Says Comfort Like These Fall Soups

Almonds are chock full of nutrition. Grab a handful and go!
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Native Cooking: A Is for Almonds, D Is for Drought

A coastal Washington cranberry bog.
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Native Cooking: Mixing Up Something New With Cranberries

We should not be honoring Columbus, though monuments to him are all over the country. Including this on in Columbus, Ohio..
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Let’s Not Celebrate the 'Mascot of American Colonialism'

Yerba mansa is a multi-purpose medicinal herb.
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10 Common Ailments Eased By Native Remedies

This image of another variation on sweet potato soup is from TheVegan8.com, which provides 8-ingredient vegan recipes.
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Native Cooking: What Is a Vegetarian?

Jerusalem artichoke flowers.
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Sunchoke Recipes: Wild Wonderful Fall Salad and Pickles

These rose hips were found growing on the beach at Bluff Point State Park in Groton, Connecticut.
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Rose Hips: A Stroll on the Beach Can Ease Arthritis and Cure the Sniffles

Will Merydith: "Harvested our Dakota Corn and made our first batch of popcorn. About two ears will produce enough kernels to pop our regular portion of popcorn (on large bowl, or 6 small bowls). The kernels are black/blue, making the popcorn look black/white. Tastes great! A little more texture than our store bought popcorn and a bit more flavor."
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Poppin' Corn for Thousands of Years