Happy #MeatlessMonday! Today we’re talking about Cooking with Your Kids and making Apple, Banana, and Peanut Butter Sandwiches Yes, this recipe is very simple, but it’s important to know that there are fun, meatless alternatives we can give our kids that aren’t fried or full of sugar. Sure, some peanut butters are little more than […]
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Abuelo’s I Just Don’t Know What to Do About You
Abuelo’s…Did I Talk Bad About You In a Former Life? You may be wondering what this is all about. Frankly, I am of two minds about Abuelo’s Mexican Food Restaurant. (Though, technically, this applies only to the restaurant in Kansas City since it’s the only one at which I’ve ever dined.) 50% of my brain says: […]
Tribal Moose BBQ Meatballs
When sent a bottle of Tribal Moose Cranberry BBQ Sauce, what can you do but make BBQ Meatballs Nothing, right? Okay, I get it. If this were Iron Chef, I’d probably not score too high in the inventiveness department, but I wanted BBQ meatballs and I had a great BBQ sauce. Ergo, Tribal Moose BBQ […]
Paul Sorvino Food’s Authentic Neapolitan and Pasta alla Vodka Sauces
It’s one thing to get to be sent marinara and vodka sauces. It’s another to be sent Paul Sorvino’s authentic neapolitian marinara and vodka sauces. Now, I’m not one to go ga ga for a movie star, but I really like the movies Goodfellas and Bulworth (both starring Mister Sorvino) so it was kind of […]
Cooking The Cowboy Way & Jackstack’s Hickory Pit Baked Beans
Cooking the Cowboy Way The good folks at Andrews McMeel sent me Cooking the Cowboy Way: Recipes Inspired by Campfires, Chuck Wagons, and Ranch Kitchens by Grady Spears with June Naylor to review. This may have something to do with my previous comments regarding the impossibility of dissolving my marriage on the grounds of my wife […]
Aunt Else’s Aebleskiver
Who’s ready for aebleskiver? What, you’ve never heard of aebleskiver? Well, you won’t be able to say that anymore after we talk about Aunt Else’s Aebleskiver Okay, I wouldn’t be surprised if you had never heard of aebleskiver. I hadn’t until a chance viewing of The Best Thing I Ever Ate on Food Network in […]
Big Acres Gourmet Products Milagro Mole Brushed Shrimp
Mole sauce tastes good on beef, burgers, and pork, why not Milagro Mole Brushed Shrimp Yes, sadly we have come to the final part of the trinity: the last delicious meal I made from one single bottle of @melanieyunk’s delicious mole sauce that she gave me. Now, this is the second bottle of Big Acres […]
Cucumber Fettuccini With Le Grand Garden Pesto Sauce
So, for the past few days, we’ve been talking about Le Grand’s delicious sauces. (Read here for an introduction to Le Grand’s gourmet raw sauces.) Yesterday, we made braised meatballs in sun-dried tomato pesto, today we’re going to try something different: Cucumber “Fettuccini” with Le Grand Garden Pesto Sauce So I think in my intro, I said […]
Tanka Bars
For those of you still not on Twitter, what are you waiting for? If you don’t Tweet, you might not have ever heard of: Tanka Bars At least I know I wouldn’t have heard of them. However, it seems like at least half their marketing team has Twitter accounts, so one day I asked Linda, […]
The American Restaurant (or The Best Lamb I Ever Had)
Fine dining is very much alive in Kansas City, MO at The American Restaurant. Located right next to Crown Center, The American is making a name for Kansas City upscale/fine dining cuisine and serves wonderful contemporary American food. The American and Chef Debbie Gold Returning to helm the kitchen at The American is Chef Debbie […]