So my Twitter frieds @geokaren and @cheryltan88 told me about this thing called #letslunch, which is where a bunch of food bloggers get together and talk about delicious lunch ideas.  This week’s topic: burgers or in my case, Spicy Pepper Cheeseburgers So, yeah, I’ve been watching a lot of Man vs. Food on the Travel […]

So last week, I blended #meatlessmonday and the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative together.  My goal: to provide eco-friendly, cheap (cheap as in less than $11.50 for a family of 4 cheap!) AND totally meatfree meals.  It seemed to work, so we’re back with another edition!  Tonight, I’ll be making: Garlic Pasta with Fresh Tomatoes […]

Hey everyone, Just wanted to let you know that tomorrow, July 30th, from 9-11 Eastern (8-10 Central and 6-8 for my West Coast peeps), there’s going to be a Twitter panel which covers (taken from the Share Our Strength site): The Ins & Outs of Food Blogging ~ Life As A Foodie Blogger Building & […]

It’s a special sauce, it Thousand Island, no it’s Fry Sauce! If you don’t live in Utah or if you haven’t seen Guy Fieri on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about right now.  It’s okay, I only recently learned of the existence of fry sauce and I might never […]

A few months ago, I wrote up  a recipe for Beef Mole using the Milagro Mole from Big Acres® .  In this recipe, I explained in no small detail how much I loved the Milagro Mole.  Well, after no small amount of pleading, Melanie was nice enough to send me another bottle so you can expect three new uses for […]

Except for the brief time I was vegan, breakfast burritos are king in my house.  When there’s nothing else to eat, we always a half dozen eggs, a pepper, and an onion.  My wife and I take turns transforming these ingredients into Egg and Vegetable Biscuits They’re really very simple.  Just make the veggies like you […]

So, I can’t really call this Recipe 5 of Shawna Coronado‘s and my 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative because it’s not really dinner, nor does it meet the rules of the challenge.  However, Shawna sent me this: A Radish, a Zucchini, and a Cucumber Walk Into a Brine… And asked me what  I would do […]

Looking for dinner for $11.50?  Well step right this way because today, we’re going to be feasting on: Cucumber Couscous Salad That’s right, my partner in the Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative, the totally outstanding Shawna Coronado, gave me cucumber and when life gives you cucumber, you make salad.  (Or pickles I guess.)  I know […]

Still hungry for delicious nude & eco-cheap dinners for less than $11.50?  Good, because today we’re making Egg Topped Zucchini Patties With Bacon! So, wait, what is this 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative you may ask?  Well, the constantly amazing gardener extraordinare Shawna Coronado has been doing her thang in her garden and flooding my kitchen […]

Edible Blossoms And we’re back with a second helping of the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative.  In case you missed the first installment, the Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative is all about using what comes out of our gardens to make delicious dinners for less than $11.50.  I shouldn’t say my garden since it […]