Well, it seems we are hitting a running theme of getting a song stuck in your head three weeks in a row. Why not? Cooking is always better when some tunes are playing. So anyone familiar with Van Halen’s self titled album from 1978 will be very familiar with today’s topic…ice cream. That’s right, stop […]

For any faithful readers of this column, last week I was responsible for placing an earworm in your head all day in the form of Adam Sandler’s immortal song Lunch Lady Land. Folks, I have bad news. Another earworm will be required this week, courtesy of one Mr. John Francis Bongiovi, or for any philistines […]

Sing it with me…sloppy joes, slop, sloppy joes, come on…and you’re welcome for having that stuck in your head the rest of the day.  It’s a great song for a great lunch, albeit one loaded in sugars and simple carbs made in the traditional lunch lady way. We can do better. Back in my BC […]

Chicken fajitas are one of the few things I can order from a restaurant these days that fit my lifestyle… barely.  Restaurants still use prison chickens that never get to move once in their life and go from chick to broiler so fast it looks like a time lapse video.  They also use enough salt […]

Unstuffed Chicken Breasts Do you ever find yourself with grand, ambitious plans, and then have to pivot or reduce those plans due to time constraints or some other factors? Whether it’s working out or cooking, being flexible is key.  That came into play last weekend.  I had these grand plans of making stuffed chicken breasts […]

When I go to town early in the morning on weekends, I notice the parking lots of the breakfast restaurants like IHOP are packed. The same goes for the drive-thru at the fast food places. It always comes as a surprise for me, because if there’s one meal that even novice cooks can handle, it’s […]

As a kid, I missed no opportunity to snarf down any junk food I could get my Cheetos-dust-and-Hostess-cupcake-icing-covered little mitts on. A two-liter of Coca-Cola was also required to wash it down. No wonder my face looks like I’ve had an allergic reaction to bee stings in all my childhood photos. If you were the […]

Real food, real simple, and really cold Real food is harder and harder to find these days.  A quick check of ingredients will show fake this and artificial that and who knows what else.  For example, most syrup is just high fructose corn syrup with fake maple flavor. Nilla Wafer cookies have no vanilla in them […]

Jason says make these Tortillas & Taco Meat using addition by subtraction! I’ve dedicated many articles to expound upon all the beneficial nutrients and disease fighting properties in natural foods cooking.  Your eyes have surely crossed at all the lists of omega 3 this and anti-inflammatory that and compounds yada yada yada.  The problem is that […]

If it ain’t broccoli, don’t fix it It’s funny now to think about the list of foods I absolutely dreaded as a kid, compared to what I eat now. Veggies like Brussels sprouts, cauliflower, and broccoli were the stuff of dinnertime nightmares. Living out in the boondocks, I would daydream about living in town close […]