Okay, I’ve been derelict in my duties to update Fantasy Top Chef scores.  Real quick, here’s the score update: Me: 17 Michele: 15 Josh: 12 Debbie: 11 Karen: 10 Elise: 8 Colleen: 8 Who rocks Fantasy Top Chef?  Me!! Actually, in all fairness to my other players, I think I’ve learned something about Fantasy Top […]

Just in time for football season!!  How about serving up a big plate of Vegetarian Chili-Cheese Nachos! This is actually one of my favorite go-to football meals because it’s really easy to make, it’s ready in about 30 minutes, and it’s something I can fix the carnivores and the vegheads alike.  And, oh yeah, did […]

Yes, you heard right… It’s Cannelloni Time Y’all (BTW, I can say y’all.  I’m from Kansas.) Anyway, my friend Karen was bragging that she was making fresh cannelloni from scratch tonight (bragger) and I admit, it made me really hungry.  And it got me thinking, this is #meatlessmonday, I could do a meatless version that would […]

Fantasy Top Chef and Cevice Fantasy Top Chef Okay, the scores for this week: Me: 12 Michele: 11 Josh: 10 Debbie: 9 Karen: 7 Elise: 7 Colleen: 6 Notice I’m still ahead?  Yeah me, too.  Actually being this far ahead is getting boring.  Can’t anyone stop me?  No?! Actually, I might be able to stop […]

So, yesterday we talked about Le Grand’s line of gourmet raw sauces (you can see all my thoughts here).  Now, it’s time to cook with some of these delicious sauces. So today, we’re going to make: Meatballs Braised in Sun-dried Tomato Pesto I actually got this idea from the Le Grand website.  On the site, Le […]

One of my tweeps, Jen Woo, approached me a while back about a company called Le Grand’s line of gourmet raw sauces, asking if I had ever tried them.  When I indicated that I had not, a five-pack of sauces showed up at my door, just begging me to cook with them. I have to be […]

Okay, sorry I didn’t actually post this on the day of the episode, but here are the scores for this week are: Me: 11 Michele: 9 Josh: 8 Debbie: 7 Karen: 6 Elise: 6 Colleen: 5 Again, I should be feel something (other than pure glee) about the fact I am in first place by […]

Penny’s Low Fat Desserts Recently, one of my tweeps, PennysLowFatDes (the Twitter alter ego of Penny’s Low Fat Desserts) sent me a sample of some of her famous low fat cookies for me and my wife to try.  They sent us Chocolate Peanut Butter Cookies and Oatmeal Raisin Cookies .  Within in 10 minutes of me getting home the […]

Sorry, I had my own buffet to prepare for tomorrow so any sort of real blogging will have to wait.  Here are the standings:  Me: 8 Karen: 5 Josh: 7 Elise: 5 Colleen: 4 Debbie: 6 Michele: 6 I should be ashamed I’m in first place.  But I’m not. More tomorrow.   For now, go check […]

Do you want to eat healthy?  Are you concerned about the environment?  Maybe it’s time you think green.  That’s why I put together an eBook called Greening Your Diet which you can download by clicking the link to the left.  In it, you will find 10 recipes in three categories: Low meat – recipes with little meat you […]