Everyone loves cake. Even the so-called Shirtless Chef loves cake. Any time I am in a Sam’s Club, I have to avert my eyes when passing the bakery to avoid looking directly at the strawberry cream cake. It’s for the safety of both myself and my fellow shoppers. Fortunately, I know too much about the […]

Now that the hotter months are approaching, cooler meals start to show up more on the menu. Chicken Salad is a good summer option. It’s creamy and delicious, while also packed with protein and healthy fats, if you take the time to make it yourself. It’s funny that whenever I started cooking, chicken salad was […]

I know some of the recipes I have used for this article can seem a bit long and involved. Making every component from scratch instead of just ripping open a pouch will have that effect. So today, I thought I’d give you one of those quick weeknight dinners that is easy to make and that […]

You’ve probably all seen the cliche Italian dinner commercial where a chef proudly declares “Now that’s a spicy meatball!” I’ve never had a meatball made for an Italian dish that is actually spicy, nor would I really want that in a tomato based pasta dish, so I guess that saying will always just be a […]

Here’s another true confession from my dark days of cooking past. I thought the only way to make any dish was to buy a box kit. You know, Hamburger Helper, taco kits, lasagna kits, you name it. If we didn’t have a box for it with prepackaged ingredients full of highly questionable preservatives and lab […]

The recipe this week caused a lot of strife in our house back in the day. Mexican casserole… if you like seasoned meat, cheese, salsa, and crunchy chips, it would just make sense that you’d like Mexican casserole. Any sane, rational person would find no reasonable argument on that point, right? I’m betting that argument […]