Salad dressing is an interesting thing.  Most people’s only experience with it is the bottled kind.  If you are one of those people, then I feel sorry for you.  Salad dressing can be downright exciting with a little experimentation and a few quality ingredients.  Recently, I was re-reading past issues of the magazines I subscribe [...]

  I will admit I love kitchen gadgets.  Not useless ones that fill up the kitchen drawer, but useful ones that I use each and every day.  Some of my favorites are the Microplane zester, my Polder coach timer, the Zeroll ice cream scoop, my Salter Kitchen scale, my thermometers (candy and instant) and my [...]

  Breakfast is the most important meal of the day, or so they say.  I tend to agree.  I love breakfast in all of it’s incarnations.  I love omelets, waffles, french toast, fruit salad, breakfast sandwiches, and the like.  There’s something so wonderful about a nice cup of freshly squeezed juice and a little something [...]

One of the most difficult things about making veggie burgers is getting them to hold together.  Recipes use all sorts of binders to try and get veggie burgers to stay together, including bread, rice, eggs, and in this case oatmeal.  To be honest using oatmeal as a binder is the last thing that would have [...]

One of the reasons people hate salad is the idea that salads are flavorless and boring.  A bowl of anemic iceberg lettuce with a couple of slices of tomato comes to mind when I think of boring salad.  Iceberg lettuce has it’s place, but there are so many other options iceberg is honestly one of [...]

Recently I stumbled across a number of fun accessories to make cooking in your kitchen with the IPad so much easier.  One of the hard things about using an app in the kitchen is keeping your Ipad standing on the counter. Belkin Fridge Mount (photo from Amazon.com)   The first one is the Belkin Fridge [...]

In the REMV app there is a recipe for pot pies.  It mentions the recipe for the sweet potato biscuits could be found here.  These biscuits are an awesome topper for these pot pies, but they would work wonderfully for a number of things.  You could easily change out the cheese to cheddar and add [...]

A good cook knows the adage of want not waste not better than most.  One of the best things about cooking for yourself is finding ways to make the most of the items you have in your pantry or fridge.  I have a serious love of jamming.  It started a few years ago and I [...]

I absolutely love soup.  I love all varieties from creamy soups to thick and hearty chilis and stews.  Often times the only problem I find with vegetarian soups is the lack of flavor.  Some come across as watery, others as bland, and others have mushy vegetables.  I can see how people would hate any soup [...]

Recently a very dear friend of mine has been dealing with food allergies.  It’s  been a difficult process for him to change his diet over.  I guess the problem comes from loving baked goods.  I can see how hard it would be to be without baked goods for the rest of my life.  I consider [...]