Who doesn’t love a decadent slice of chocolate cheesecake? With the aid of the Thermomix, this dessert becomes even more accessible to recreate in y ...
Do you ever find yourself craving that authentic Italian flavor but think it's too complicated or time-consuming to make at home? Well, today we're go ...
nThe lemon ice cream with evaporated milk is a delicious and easy recipe to make, perfect for citrus flavor lovers. This dessert is very popular for i ...
Who doesn’t love a decadent slice of chocolate cheesecake? With the aid of the Thermomix, this dessert becomes even more accessible to recreate in y ...
Recently my wife was craving a bit of beef and so we were bouncing ideas off of one another ads to what to make for dinner, and one that contained bee ...
If you have never heard of pajeon, I don’t blame you. It’s a Korean ethnic dish typically known as a green onion pancake, however you ca ...
Another season gone by. This time it was summer and that means our garden was in full blossom throughout the summer months and did we ever get a big h ...
When you read the title, you may ask yourself ‘Really, 40 cloves of garlic"’ and the answer is yes, really there are 40 cloves of garlic ...
Spring is finally springing in Wisconsin. Another hibernation season is almost over. No more snow, and therefore a lack of weather that as Wisconsinit ...
On my last visit to my favorite Mexican grocery/tacqueria, I decided to order my favorite tacos, three of them to be precise. I’m a creature of ...
Athara is a Filipino side dish, or condiment, that is pickled and contains an array of awesome vegetables, including my favorite, unripened green papa ...
Kaldereta is probably something, at least for most Americans, you have not heard about. It’s a Filipino, maybe some say Spanish recipe that dat ...
I often think what is my favorite food(s), and as I typically default to pizza, on average, I tend to also swerve over to pizza. Any kind of pizza wil ...
It seems as though every time around this year I decide to make a family favorite, holiday snack. Well this year, since Thanksgiving I’ve made ...
You may be saying ‘Tiro, what"â€. Say it a few more times, then about 5 minutes later you may be saying “Tiro, what"†again. ...
I’ll be the first to admit that I am a sucker for baklava. I typically only make baklava once or twice throughout the year, but when I do I kno ...
We have been in transition from Summer to Winter here in Wisconsin. I’m not entirely certain where Fall is, or went but it doesn’t feel ...
I have come to grips that I actually do like sweet treats. For years I would simply bypass dessert at holiday parties, social gatherings, and for the ...
Fall is no doubt my favorite time, or should I say time of weather, of year. I love the cooler temperatures, and the colors in Wisconsin but what I am ...
I’ve known about a Filipino dessert called Halo Halo (hollow hollow) for nearly 16 years now, possibly longer. I’ve only heard stories a ...
I am always open arms when it comes to offering up a new recipe that I ‘think’ my family might enjoy, especially my daughter. I’ve ...
I think about the ...
I’ll admit I’ve been a little delayed on posting any recipes but I guarantee you I’ve been cooking multiple meals a day, everyday ...
Every year I call it quits on cooking certain things. It’s kind of a beautiful thing in a way. Meaning, the seasons of Wisconsin are a true del ...
Can you believe I have been posting recipes since May 2007" It was a simple Asparagus and Goat Cheese Tart that got me started. I will be honest with ...
Cabbage rolls are something I did not grow up eating, but something I thought about quiet a bit during my adult life. Not sure why the cabbage rolls w ...
When this 2020 lock down started for us, much like many of you I’m sure, I took quick inventory of my pantry, refrigerator, and freezer and too ...
We love potatoes, and pretty much everything that you can make with a potato. As my wife is a lover of the sweet potato (me, not so much but don� ...
These are crazy times, and I suspect that things will only get a bit more crazy. I’ve said it to my family a couple of times already, and simpl ...
I know, I know, I know. I haven’t posted in quiet some time, and I ‘somewhat’ apologize for that. It’s not that I have forg ...
Are you familiar with that show “Ugly Delicious†on Netflix" Part of the description of Ugly Delicious is “All the flavor. None of t ...
Pizza Potato Skins The best of both worlds. Pizza and potato skins combined as one. A great game day appetizer. 1 potato 2 tbsp unsalted b ...
It’s hard to beat a good bowl of soup. Some say ‘cup’ of soup, but I’ve never really sat down and had just a cup without go ...
Gosh I love a meatball, and gosh darn it I love enchiladas. One of my kids however is not a fan of meatballs. I can’t blame that and I also env ...
A funny thing occurred to me the other week while having a conversation with my mom. Often times we discuss food, as many people probably do, but duri ...
I love a good sandwich, and I’ll admit I don’t eat them as often as I like. I’m a sucker for a Vietnamese banh mi, even a dagwood ...
The idea of vinegar, and probably more so the idea of ‘acidity’ was never really something that I grew up with. I remember it (I think) b ...
Whenever I have Thai food on my mind, I personally always lean towards a couple of items; laap (larb) or som tam (papaya salad) and both with sticky r ...
Pizza is something I talk about a lot. I know that at least once a week I say it out loud, either to myself or others. ‘I could eat pizza everyd ...
I don’t know what the hell has came over me lately. For nearly the last 12 months I have been in need of, or have a huge desire to consume dess ...
The blondie. It’s a treat that you do not see that often, but at first taste you most likely recognize. I made blondies about nine years ago, a ...
Over the last couple of weeks we decided to start our final harvest and breakdown of our vegetable and herb garden. It was a bit sad to say the least, ...
Have I mentioned that our garden has been nothing but pure joy this summer" My wife and I took a chance, built a couple of garden boxes, threw some se ...
Instant ramen. What is a kid (or adult) to do when it comes down to this fairly dirt cheap square shaped puck of dried noodles" Well, lots of things. ...
I’m not sure what it is about this time of year, beyond the heat and humidity, that I always think of fresh citrus drinks. My default concoctio ...
There is something about this pie that just screams summer. Not only that but it is a pie that takes no time at all to put together, and really it is ...
I recently asked my oldest kid what his favorite cookie was. For whatever reason I seem to default a lot of my sweet questions to my daughter as she s ...
I remember years ago when I was into juicing. A juicer was given to me as a gift, and it would be my first time ‘juicing’. I actually enj ...
For whatever reason, I have been purchasing a lot of fruit from Costco. Of all places, Costco. My wife and daughter have been plowing down fruit like ...
If you probably saw tocino on a menu as a breakfast side item you would probably say something like ‘what the heck is tocino"’ and quickl ...
It’s one of my favorite drinks. It is something the waitresses bring to me when I arrive and have not ordered. It’s extremely delicious, ...
I’ll start by asking a question. Panna cotta, why have I not paid more attention to you" It’s weird how I think of making certain things ...
It’s seems as though some form of rice is on our dinner table at least a few times a week. Whether it is a steaming bowl of plain jasmine rice, ...
I know it has been a while since I last posted, and my apologies. I am still cooking and keeping busy but writing about something that I have made, at ...
My kid has been coming home on a regular basis for most of his junior year in high school. I always think how rad would that have been when I was in s ...
Bubble tea or Boba tea" However you define it there is something completely addicting about a simple addition to a drink. Tapioca pearls. I was first ...
Pudding Pie. I just love the sound of it. What I did not know is that I would love this simple pie so much that I don’t know why I have never ...
That title is a mouthful. Literally! I’m that person that thinks about a ...
I grew up on White Castle sliders for the most part. I know that we probably ate them at least four times a year, primarily during road trips to our 5 ...
It’s a combination that I will always love. It’s the simplicity of peanuts and red hots that reminds me of my childhood days, and in par ...
I’ve posted about the patty melt, what seems like many moons ago, and it may very well be one of my favorite burgers. There is something about ...
I have mentioned this before, and since we are still fairly embedded in soup season in the Midwest, ...
I live a fairly standard, and boring life at this point in time. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t get that bored and I do everything I can to ...
I talk a lot about tacos. I often say that if there was one thing I could eat every single day that it would be a taco. Then days later I might say pi ...
I probably say this too often when I reflect on some of my favorite sandwiches, in particular breakfast sandwiches of which a bacon, egg, and cheese i ...
It seems that I am always buying too many bananas. Honestly I love bananas but I’m more into throwing one in an afternoon smoothie rather than ...
Lately I have been reading through a Kindle purchase I made some time before the holidays. The book is Hawker Fare: Stories & Recipes from a Refugee C ...
Often times I head over to our bookshelves and bring down a book or two. Typically these are recipe books but I am known other work/production related ...
I’m late to this game. The game of sous-vide, the method of cooking in which food is placed in a plastic, vacuum sealed bag which is cooked in ...
First off, Happy New Year! I know… it feels like an eternity since I last posted a delicious recipe. I am not tired by any means, but we have be ...
I grew up eating this style of cookie. Granted my grandma made some darn good, and probably the best oatmeal cookies that I have ever eaten, but my da ...
Please don’t get bored with me. I know I am posting more and more cookie recipes that I recently made, but it is the season, and I promise I wi ...
I counted 21 total different kinds of holiday cookies that I baked or ‘formed’ these past couple of weeks. Can you believe that" I didnâ ...
Are you like me who makes a quick list before heading into a store" I’ve been that way for some time and my lists that I keep during the week a ...
Butter. Sugar. Flour. Baking Soda. Baking Powder. Eggs. Extracts. Those are the basic ingredients that I have been dealing with for nearly three weeks ...
We have been waking up for a few weeks now with part of our kitchen counter top covered in holiday baking ingredients. It is now starting to dwindle d ...
It is holiday season, and one thing that I probably would never thought I would really get into from a cooking experience is baking cookies. I think t ...
I’m a big fan of good jerky. Do you find that it is typically a ‘guy’ thing to eat jerky" For whatever reason it seems that I rar ...
Lately I have been thrown a few challenges. Some major ones such as battling cancer, and some minor ones such as how to scale down feeding a family. S ...
Oh how do I love a good fried potato. I actually really don’t care what type of potato is served, but if it is golden brown and delicious, Iâ� ...
Bistek Tagalog… What the heck is bistek tagalog you might be wandering" Thankfully I took about 11 years of Spanish, so I know a few things. Kid ...
Don’t knock us, but I will admit that as often as we have things on our meal rotation such as ‘Taco (whatever day), breakfast for dinner, ...
I’m not sure if Kellog’s came up with the idea of Rice Krispies treats before thinking of just coming up with the idea of pouring cereal ...
It seems as though I have always had a love for chili peppers. I assume that I got this love by watching, learning, and probably tasting hot sauces at ...
I often wish that there would always be a pot of soup of the stove. Warm and ready to go any time of the day, all day, and every day. How cool would ...
I recently came across, what I thought was a posting from TastyKitchen.com, a resource I have been a contributor and friend of for many years. It was ...
I told you that I am a sucker for tacos. It’s no joke, and I often reiterate to my wife that if I could eat anything any day of the week it wou ...
I often find it funny on all of the posts for ‘Taco Tuesday’. Granted I love the name and the idea of it all, especially if you are plann ...
As you probably know, I am a fan of all sorts of ethnic cuisines, probably more so than the standard American foods (granted my last meal will be frie ...
Summer is almost over, and many of us in Wisconsin are starting to feel that gloom upon us. In all honesty my wife love summer, but love fall even mor ...
My wife and I go through this dilemma, probably like most of you, about once every couple of weeks and that is that we really consider eating ‘m ...
These past few weeks I have been craving all sorts of foods, most likely because I am limited in going out for some of my favorite things like tacos, ...
I have always been curious when my Filipino relatives discuss food, whether things they are making at home, or things to try when travelling to the Ph ...
It was not too long ago where our families got together for an early summertime barbecue, or cookout if you will. I tend not to be a snob when it come ...
