I’m into easy these days. Chasing a 3-year-old around day and night, super busy at work, and just finishing up remodeling our kitchen I want delicious and I want simple. My daughter and wife each have a sweet tooth of epic proportion so it’s always my job to delivery, only problem is I don’t have…
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How to Make Churros
These may be my new favorite, especially with coffee in the morning, and how I’ll show you how to make churros and just how easy they are to prepare. Last summer I was in Columbus, Ohio tearing up the town looking for the very best in all things culinary. I took one of those food…
Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich with Kale
If you aren’t Italian you’ve probably not fried up eggplant too often. That’s ok if you haven’t because now’s your chance to make this amazing Eggplant Parmesan Sandwich with Kale. Start by making a very simple, yet delicious, marinara sauce consisting of Hunt’s Diced Tomatoes, onions, garlic, dry basil and oregano. Easy and amazing, the only…
Overnight Chocolate Quinoa Pudding
If you want quick, easy and delicious in the morning then this Overnight Chocolate Quinoa Pudding recipe is for you! While the chocolate quinoa pudding is delicious by itself it is even more amazing when peanut butter, bananas and honey are mixed in. Just mix together some almond milk, yogurt, cooked quinoa a 1 packed of…
Banana Oat Muffins Recipe
Prepare for your mind to be blow in this Banana Oat Muffins Recipe! I use it all, including the banana peel! I know what you’re thinking, “What in the world are you doing?” Well I’m hear to help start a new trend where in fact we are one of the only countries that doesn’t eat the…
Lentil and Sweet Potato Chili Recipe
Every year I promise to eat a little better and I suppose this Lentil and Sweet Potato Chili Recipe will help kick things off! It’s not only delicious it’s super comforting during those long and cold winter days! It all starts with the sweet potatoes. Now you can certainly leave the peel on the sweets, which…
Pea and Pesto Naan Bread Recipe
When it comes to serving food over the holidays, I am all about easy and tasty! The last thing I want to do is cook for days on end with no opportunity to enjoy the bigger picture with friends and family. Appetizers are every bit as important as the main dishes that will be served,…
Loaded Mashed Potato Pierogies Recipe
Move over baked potato bar and make room for this Pierogi Bar! If you want to impress some folks at your next tailgate, then this recipe is it! The trick to making super tasty pierogis is in the mashed potatoes. Make sure they’re seasoned and make sure they are loaded with fat,…
Coconut Smoothie with Fresh Berries and Granola
Even though I don’t have any kids at school age, yet, I’m trying to get my self back in a rhythm of getting up early, working out eating breakfast. The summer has just been crazy busy and the gym and eating right have been put on the back burner, and I for one can definitely…
Peaches and Cream Muesli Cereal Recipe
If you read my Muesli Blackberry Crisp Recipe post you may have picked up that I am now insanely obsessed with Bob’s Red Mill® Muesli Old Fashion Cereal. I wasn’t kidding! My wife, my daughter, and me especially, have seriously found a new breakfast love. My kid really likes raisins so this is huge that…
Tabouleh Quinoa Salad Recipe with Fried Feta Cheese
I’ve always said that you have to master the classics before it’s time to move on and start adding your twists, but my tune has changed a bit in the past year. While that is certainly a traditional way to think in a professional food setting, it’s really no longer feasible. I’m not going to…
Bourbon and Salted Caramel Homemade Popcorn Recipe
Oh man did I have fun making this homemade popcorn recipe. The chance to add bourbon and salted caramel to anything is always moved to the top of the priority list in my kitchen and wow was it perfect when tossed with some popped popcorn. At first I wanted to just to bourbon caramel popcorn…
Blueberry and Banana Coconut Pancakes with Maple Butter
Every time I travel I am in search of 2 things, the best pizza and the best pancakes. I have tried literally every type of pancake out there. Gluten free, paleo, buttermilk, chocolate chip, you name it I’ve had it. The one thing that I am always bummed about is that all of them are…
Asiago-Lemon Flax Seed Crackers with Roasted Vegetables
Today marks a first for me… I made homemade crackers. Not only did I make homemade crackers, I made Flax Seed crackers! My wife was ecstatic because she absolutely loves flaxseed crackers and couldn’t even believe that I made them. Not only was I shocked at how easy they were to make, I was even…
Chia Seed Pudding Recipe with Apples and Cherries
With the New Year in full effect I am doing my darndest to be mindful of what I am eating. It’s just so hard sometimes to eat well and make time for the gym when you are constantly on the go, and with a 2 year old. Not too mention what I do for a…
Mixed Berry and Banana Smoothie with Spinach
Everyone sets the reoccurring New Year’s resolution to eat healthier and get to the gym, including me. With a 2 year-old it can be so hard to eat really well and find time to get to the gym, to put in a good work out. While the gym is important, eating well is about 70%…
Vegetables and Brown Rice Bowl Recipe
Staying on par with this whole 21 Days of Healthy Eating that I am doing I came up with this Vegetables and Brown Rice Bowl Recipe. Really it was handed to me given I used a ton of the left over vegetables from the Spinach Salad with Parmesan Vinaigrette I made earlier this week. Just like everyone…
Kale Smoothie Recipe with Fruit
I know, I know it’s green and looks a little crazy but DUDE it is really REALLY good I promise. I would never put something out there that I was not proud for someone else to try. The kale flavor is so subtle that to the untrained palette you may never even know it’s there….
Mediterranean Vegetable and Bean Salad Recipe
So I hooked up this Mediterranean Vegetable and Bean Salad Recipe to go alongside this Mediterranean Grilled Rack of Lamb Lollipops Recipe and dang was it awesome. My wife actually doesn’t like lamb (I know…) but put some roasted sliced chicken in it and she absolutely love it! It’s really easy to make and literally would be a…
Restaurant Style Salsa Recipe
So I was hooking up these Beer Battered Recipe Fish Tacos with Avocado Lime Sauce and dang it I wanted some chips and salsa! Chips I had, salsa I did not. Well, I’d like to think I’m savvy enough in the kitchen that I can whip up my own salsa so I came up with…
Caribbean Rice and Beans Recipe
If you’ve never had an authentic Caribbean Rice and Beans Recipe, I highly recommend trying it. It’s very easy to prepare and really really tasty! The coconut milk just makes the rice so rich and creamy, it’s amazing. Really I think this recipe would go with plenty of other dishes that aren’t indigenous to the Caribbean…
Butter Bean Recipe with Corn, Tomatoes and Bacon
While I was making this Grilled Pork Tenderloin Recipe with Roasted Pineapple Salsa I knew I had to serve it with some veggies, so I whipped up this Butter Bean Recipe with Corn, Tomatoes and Bacon. Crazy easy and really quickly prepared from start to finish. I cooked all of the vegetables in the rendered bacon fat for…
Lemon Asparagus Recipe with Prosciutto
Not much to say about this really other than it’s dang tasty and ridiculously easy to make. Few ingredients done well often lead to amazing flavors and this recipe of 6 ingredients does exactly that. This Lemon Asparagus Recipe with Prosciutto honestly goes fantastic with just about everything. I paired it up with this Grilled Porks…
Fried Green Beans Recipe
Ever since I bought a deep fryer I feel like I have to try everything in it. I haven’t made fried green beans in at least 10 years, and it was back when I was in the restaurant industry. So now that I have this thing, it was time to hook’em up! This is a…