Sign up for NellieBellie.com emails and get delicious Midwest recipes delivered straight to your inbox. With a focus on simple, flavorful ingredients and comforting dishes, their recipes are sure to please. Don't miss out on the opportunity to add some Midwestern flair to your recipe box!
You Think You Know Minnesota Salads? Guess Again.
|
Kicking off our Minnesota Salad Series is a dish that’s as controversial as it is tasty: the Grape Salad. Yes, the New York Times picked it as Minnesota’s culinary emblem, and we’re still scratching our heads over here in MN. I mean, if you grew up here you've probably had it but to say it best represents MN is a very, very big stretch. That said, it IS tasty. Maybe....why they chose it?
Teaser Ingredients:
Curious to see why this dish got all the fame? I have the original recipe from what is believed to be the original starting point of this recipe in MN. That, I'm sure, will be strongly challenged by the grape salad die-hards (really, though, are there really any of those?)
Here’s to starting conversations and salads with a bit of controversy, Nellie |
NellieBellie: Community-Tested Family Recipes
Sign up for NellieBellie.com emails and get delicious Midwest recipes delivered straight to your inbox. With a focus on simple, flavorful ingredients and comforting dishes, their recipes are sure to please. Don't miss out on the opportunity to add some Midwestern flair to your recipe box!
Homemade Tater Tots Now this one comes with a little secret. I made these over and over last year for a reason I haven't really shared about yet- let's just say it involved a competition cooking show. The whole story is coming soon. For now, the tots recipe is up. The Best Homemade Tater Tots → Hey friend, Remember when I told you my ferritin was a 5? When the normal range starts at 50 and my body was apparently running entirely on spite and coffee? Well. I went back for labs this week. It's...
skip to the end for what to eat because you have to feed yourself and your people. Hey friend, I've missed you. And I owe you an explanation for my disappearing act. Five weeks of Fridays. Still smiling. Barely. Here's the short version: my body staged a full-on revolt. Turns out I've had severely low iron. Like, embarrassingly, how-are-you-still-standing low. My ferritin level (that's your stored iron) was a 5. FIVE. The normal range starts at 50. I had apparently been running on fumes for...
New Recipe You love the idea of Swedish Meatballs but not the reality of...the balls. You'll love this Swedish Meatball Gravy Skillet! Swedish Meatball Gravy Skillet Recipe How To Make Boxed Cornbread Even More Awesome Got a box of Jiffy Cornbread mix? We have a whole bunch of hacks for taking that box of cornbread mix and turning it into something amazing! Get the hacks Coming up Welp, get your aprons ready. We have a spring baking challenge in the works! Stay tuned! Nellie 1st. Street S.,...