This month's featured gadget is the immersion or stick blender. Immersion blenders gained popularity in home kitchens in the United Sate...

Hummus is an easy to prepare dish originating from the Middle East. It is served as a common part of everyday meals as both a dip for vegeta...

Sometimes I open the fridge and know exactly what I want to make. Other times, I stand there looking at what I have and hope for inspiratio...

Burgers and fries. Nothing is more American than a greasy burger and a mound of fries to go along with it. There's a reason why burger j...

Quick dinners are essential in our house. Weeknights are especially hectic. Between work, school, and extracurricular activities, dinner nee...

Three days after Thanksgiving and I still had a bag of turkey left. Most of the white meat had been used up for sandwiches, but there was st...

Although this weekend was a  three day weekend for me, I still had a ridiculous number of tasks to accomplish. As a result, I needed a very ...

One dish dinners are a staple in our household. This dish is one of those one-pot meals that was originally created out of necessity. In thi...

Today I have been asked to not only share my recipe for Red Chicken with you, my loyal readers, but also with the followers of  The Sexy Sin...

Saturday mornings at the Omaha Farmer's Market  mean fresh vegetables on my table on Saturday nights.  This week, I was able to find som...

My wife and I are huge fans of mushrooms, and over the last few years, our daughter has started to like them as well.  We like them on pizza...

Coffee has been referred to by many as the nectar of the gods.  Since the 15th century, coffee has steadily increased in popularity until th...

I originally found this recipe about 5 years ago in a cookbook about Italian cooking.  Since then, I have made this too many times to count....

Simple pasta dishes are a favorite in our household.  They are excellent for a light lunch, or as a side dish with dinner.  One of our stapl...

Although my wife loves nearly everything chocolate, she finds chocolate fudge to be too rich.  I agree with her, plus the process of making ...

This past week, I was looking for a quick side dish to make with an Italian dinner I was making.  I had picked up a bunch of Roma tomatoes a...

During the week, with everyone being on slightly different schedules, breakfast is usually a quick muffin or bowl of cereal.  However, on th...

Alfredo sauce is by far my favorite pasta sauce. I like it served simply over some fettuccine, sometimes even with some grilled chicken and ...

We love rice.  We eat it a lot.  Usually I just cook up a batch of plain white or brown rice and use it as a bed for some sort of stew or st...

Zucchini and yellow summer squash are two of my favorite vegetables due to their versatility.  They can be steamed, breaded and fried, added...