For all of you faithful readers out there, I’ve been on a bit of a banana kick with recipes lately.  I’m throwing a curveball, or rather, an orange ball this time.  I’ve covered plenty of fruits in this column, strawberries, blueberries, the aforementioned banana, but never the trusty orange.  Maybe that’s because most people only get this […]

I’ve been ushering in winter by leaving all the windows open at night and getting the house down to 50 degrees during the day, just to get back in the slow cooker soups and stews of the colder months.  They are easy, free up most of your cooking day, and can be very healthy if you […]

Dear readers, we have been on a roll with both songs and bananas as of late. I’ll give you a break with the former this week, but we will stick with the latter for one more ride. Bananas are easy to get and relatively cheap as fruits go, they travel well, and contrary to rumors, don’t really […]

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 […]