Trying to figure out what to make? Or maybe just some inspiration before going to the grocery store? This Recipes section chronicles everything that I make on a daily basis. The good, the not-quite-so-good, and the sheer and utter failures! I’m joking, of course. There are very few catastrophic failures that cannot be remedied with the right skill, coaching, and presence of good family, friends, pets, and compost bins! But, nevertheless. Cooking is about perseverance and having fun with it.
I’m constantly in search of a new and interesting recipes to make. Even a brief perusal of this Recipes section will give anyone an idea of how much I cook. After a 10, 11 hour shift at work cooking for other people all day? The first thing that I want to do when I get home, my feet aching on concrete floors and my entire body smelling of other people’s food and my own blood, sweat, and tears? Is not to put my feet up and relax! But to crank up the music in my kitchen, pour myself a glass of sauvignon blanc, and start slow cooking a curry! Or make macaroni and cheese from scratch. Or melting cheese all over every single leftover that I have in my fridge in a big plate of nachos.
It’s really why I started this blog. I wanted some way to chronicle my culinary endeavors and preserve them for future reference. After all, if I don’t write down what I did, why I did it, and take pictures for posterity’s sake? I will absolutely never be able to recreate it again. And, if I’m going to go to that much effort just to be able to recreate something that I made in the middle of the night after cracking into a bottle of wine? Maybe you can find some inspiration in it, too.
Part of the point of cooking is to have a community. And my motto is always, if you have to eat? You might as well eat well! So, I hope that this Recipes section can provide some of that community. And inspiration to cook to anyone beyond myself. My eternal desire is not to fall into complacency or boredom. So, if in any way my eternally expanding Recipes section is of any value to anyone beyond myself? I wish you all of the best luck!
I have done it. I have created a dish that utilizes not only absolutely everything that I have in my refrigerator. Because I am nothing if not a fan of utilizing leftovers! But I have managed to make a dish that uses every single one […]
It has been a week of salmon burgers! They’re one of my favorite things to make on the barbecue and we are in the very last throes of grilling season. I can’t believe that fall is almost upon us! Pretty soon the leaves will be […]
Yesterday I made Barbecue Salmon Burgers w/ Tartar Sauce & Tomatoes. So, naturally, the next morning I’m in the mood for salmon burgers with a runny egg. I’m a big fan of eggs on burgers. Even for dinner, I’ll slather an egg on top of […]
It is Labor Day weekend. What is the good old fashioned mid-Western thing to do? Obviously I am barbecuing and making burgers! I’ve recently acquired a barbecue and am taking any opportunity to use it. I don’t eat that much meat, though. So, my go-to […]
I’m not a big fan of mayonnaise. I make quite a few recipes without it. A lot of the time you can just omit the mayonnaise entirely and not really miss a beat. But, mayonnaise is a critical ingredient of tartar sauce! Without it you’re […]
I will be the first to admit that I am not great at making bread! No matter how many people have made it seem easy during quarantine, it is one of the more difficult culinary endeavors! And I have given up on the endeavor on […]
I have been on a Mexican food kick. I tend to do this in the late summer and early fall when all of the peppers and tomatoes start to ripen. But I woke up yesterday morning with the energy to make Slow Cooker Black Beans and […]
I am a big fan of slow cooker black beans. It might take 8 hours to make. But it’s an entirely hands off version of cooking beans that doesn’t mean that you have to soak them overnight or watch a pot slowly simmer for hours! […]
I’m plum out of avocado dip. It’s one of my favorite things to make lately. Any brief scroll through my posts over the last couple of months and you’ll see it absolutely everywhere! I can’t get enough of it and constantly keep my pantry stocked […]
IntI spent all of last year making enchilada sauce! And I have finally gotten to the point where my peppers and tomatoes are ripening. Wisconsin had a horrendous spring this year with snow in April and frost well into May! So, all of the slow […]
