Palak Tofu I have been doing #meatlessmonday for a few months now.  I love doing a meatfree dish every Monday for you, but I also love getting my weekly Meatless Monday email filled with new meatfree recipes.  (If you’re interested, you can sign up at meatlessmonday.com.) I got really excited by today’s email because it had […]

So @CarissaRogers asked about how to make a chipotle dip and @Kate_Saunders asked if the recipe was on my blog.   It wasn’t.  It is now!  Chipotle Mayo (And/Or Dip) This same recipe can be used for mayo or dip, all that changes is the base.  Use mayonnaise as the base for chipotle mayo(duh) and sour cream […]

Okay, real quick, for this week of Fantasy Top Chef, we have retroactively changed the score.  There are now points for winning a Quickfire and the Elimination challenge.  Which means the scores now look like this: Me: 2 Karen: 2 Josh: 2 Elise: 2 Colleen: 2 Debbie: 2 Michele: 3 This of course does not […]

We’ve got more Milagro Mole goodness from our friends at Big Acres® Gourmet Foods.  Tonight, why not try Milagro Mole Hamburgers Getting bored with your regular hamburger?  Looking for a new twist to bring that excitement back to the same old same old?  I was once like you friend and then I found Big Acres Milagro Mole!!  Now look at […]

Okay, we’re back with the 10th installment of the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative.  This is the tenth time I’ve taken Shawna Coronado‘s delicious garden produce and I’ve made dinner for a family of four for under $11.50.  Tonight we’re doing: A Tomato Dinner I mean just look at those tomatoes.  How could they […]

Okay, first post of the night. Fantasy Top Chef I wanted to give everyone a quick update on the game.  Here are the teams: My mighty Culinary Gladiators: Robin Michael V The rest of the less talented culinary gladiators: Karen (blog): Jennifer C Jennifer Z   Josh (blog): Bryan V Jesse   Elise (blog): Ashley […]

Yes, I realize it’s a day late.  But I like my #meatlessmonday posts and I LOVE Creamy Potato Leek Soup Actually, this little dinner is my wife’s specialty.  I merely suggest it and then sit back, kick my feet up, and get served a steaming  bowl of deliciousness about thirty minutes later.  Still, I know […]

Okay, fantasy sports fans, have I got a game for you!!  More drama than fantasy football, more amazing than fantasy golf, it’s Fantasy Top Chef Okay, let me say that I am in NO way affiliated with Bravo TV, Top Chef, or any of its affiliates, nor am I encouraging gambling or anything like that […]

What do you get when you mix a French crepe and a Russian blini? A Crepini from Crepini Cafe! I will admit, I had never heard of Crepinis until I met @CrepiniCafe on Twitter or their website CrepiniCafe.com.  She started telling me about crepini, these delicious crepe-like foods she makes.  Some are savory, some are sweet.  […]

You may or may not know that today is Shawna Coronado’s birthday.  (If you want, click on that link and go wish her a happy b-day.  I’ll still be here!) Anyway, rather that doing something sensible like giving her a gift, I figured I would take all of her delicious nude vegetables (that means no […]