South Dakota Recipes

Light, delicate semisweet cookies.

This is the best homemade vanilla ice cream I've ever had. The honey and brown sugar give it a rich, buttery taste that can't be beat.

Squash and zucchini are layered along with slices of tomatoes and sweet onion in a buttery, Romano cheese sauce to form a wonderfully tasty casserole.

Spinach salad with cantaloupe, avocado, red peppers, and mint. Truly a refreshing summer delight! Serve with crusty French bread and a lovely buttery chardonnay.

Very healthy and tasty sweet potatoes that will be a great addition to any meal. Very easy!

Cooking peeled potatoes in the pan around the roast is yummy. The only other things you need are gravy made from the pan drippings and a fresh vegetable.

Fresh ginger, candied ginger, and ground ginger join forces in these spicy cookies.

Squash and zucchini wrapped in a foil package on the grill. Great when served with steak.

This is a recipe created by Russian German immigrants. It is very popular in the Nebraska, South Dakota region where I am from. Cabbage and ground beef are encased in a neat little bread package.

My cousins grew up on a reservation in South Dakota, and this is how we always made our fry bread (with yeast).

A delicious Bundt cake using ground almonds, sliced almonds, and almond extract.

A wonderful cake to serve as a special breakfast with coffee or tea. This takes a little time to prepare, definitely worth it.