MadMadViking June Adventures – The Big Fishing Trip

Dog on the boat in Montana

June Is A Great Month For Adventures In The PNW Personally I love the protracted Spring season that the PNW offers. It starts early in the coastal lowlands and then creeps its way up the hills into the mountains over the course of the whole summer really. It isn’t until late August that the peaks […]

Cliff’s Smoked Chicken Thighs

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An incredibly easy smoked chicken recipe for your Traeger (or other pellet smoker). An easy mix of spices and a few hours in your favorite smoker will give you some amazing spiced chicken thighs. If you don’t have a smoker, you can cheat and use indirect heat on your grill or even just bake them in your oven.

Chicken Vino Bianco

MadMadViking's Chicken Vino Bianco

This is my interpretation of Olive Garden’s Chicken Vino Bianco that my wife loves, but isn’t on their menu any more.  I’ve made some adjustments to make it a little more MadMadViking style. Print Recipe Chicken Vino Bianco Relatively simple chicken dish that looks harder than it really is. Easy way to impress dates. You […]

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup Recipe

Crock Pot Chicken Taco Soup

As our youngest daughter has gotten older she has gotten into more sports which means Mom and Dad get to sit in the stands and cheer while she plays. The problem being is that we are all hungry and tired when we get home, especially on the cold Fall nights. The solution is our trusty […]

Yonanas Berry Cream Pie Recipe

Interesting and more healthy way to do dessert using bananas and berries run through a Yonana machine. Print Recipe Yonanas Berry Cream Pie Anyone can throw some frozen bananas and some fruit into a Yonanas machine and churn out a bowl of deliciousness. But what else can you do with a Yonana machine? Here is […]

Chocolate Drop Cookies

Here is a recipe that I haven’t got a chance to try yet, and furthermore it doesn’t have chocolate chips in it, but it does have chocolate in the batter, and it sounds good. The lack of salt in the batter concerns me, so if someone gets a chance to let me know what they think of this recipe it would be greatly appreciated!

Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

This Basic Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe Is Perfect For Experimentation Wanting to build your perfect chocolate chip cookie? This basic recipe is ideal for customization. First, you should check out the science behind baking cookies. Customize Your Cookies You can tweak the recipe below to make them just exactly how you want. Browner cookies: Set the […]

The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookie Recipe

Here it is! The truly great chocolate chip cookie recipe. Rumored to me to originally have been the template for the cookies sold by one of those fancy New York Department stores. I can’t divulge my source (mainly because I don’t remember it), but here it is, pared down to workable size for you to enjoy!