by Kelsey | Dec 22, 2023 | Alaska Life, Lifestyle
Since I’ve lived in Alaska one of the most common questions I get is, ‘how do you survive the winter?’ Now, if you follow me on Instagram you might assume that I enjoy winter. I always have to some extent, but surviving a 6+ month winter is a totally different ball...
by Kelsey | Dec 9, 2023 | Kitchen
If you’ve poked around my content enough, you know that I like cooking and eating from scratch. The main reason I started cooking everything from scratch is because of the crazy stuff they are putting in our food these days. I’ve been on my own journey of diets...
by Kelsey | Nov 27, 2023 | Adventures, Alaska Life
One of my favorite things about fall is helping Jimmy process a moose. It’s a huge job – the average bull moose yields 500 pounds of meat, but it’s extremely rewarding. *Details for butchering tools are at the end of this post.* The Hunt As you might assume...
by Kelsey | Nov 6, 2023 | Food Preservation, Recipes
Bone broth! It’s everywhere. The superfood you should be drinking everyday, according to ‘them’. Whoever ‘they’ are. When I originally tried bone broth, I wasn’t really keen on drinking it, but I would use it in recipes, when making rice, etc just for the health...
by Kelsey | Oct 25, 2023 | Adventures
The salmon run is somewhat of a cultural experience every summer. Salmon fishing is a huge industry in Alaska and the red salmon that spawns here is coveted all over the world. Jimmy and I go out to the Copper River every year to get our share of fish. Ways to harvest...