Sweet peppers, chicken, onions and tortillas. All that’s missing is the seasoning to make a simple, tasty and healthy family dinner. BONUS! It’s also a really quick dinner! For fajitas you’ll need: One whole boneless skinless chicken breast, cut into thin strips. The one I had was quite large, a whole pound of meat – … Continue reading
Here in Northern California, we are blessed with some of the best corn ever. Hailing from the farms of Brentwood, this corn has got to be some of the sweetest I’ve ever had. But how can you bring out the very best of the fresh corn flavor? Grilling it in the husk! That’s right. I … Continue reading
Just when you think I had jumped the shark with my Combo Pizza Pot Stickers, I bring you another crazy fusion dish – Fudge Wontons. This fudge isn’t anything fancy, just the regular recipe off the back of the Kraft marshmallow crème container. You could always use store bought fudge if you don’t feel up … Continue reading
Oatmeal Scotchies really do vanish as they come out of the oven! This recipe is nothing special or fancy – in fact it is simply the Quaker Oats Vanishing Oatmeal Cookies recipe with butterscotch chips mixed into the batter! You can get the original Vanishing Oatmeal Cookie recipe here. I really do mean the original … Continue reading
Last night I was baking cookies with my friend and neighbor, Mary. We made some traditional chocolate chip cookies, but also some butterscotch chip cookies. Both were grubbin’! We split the batch. Tonight, only about two +/- of each were left. I couldn’t let them go to waste but knew the quality would degrade over … Continue reading
Okay, I know, it’s from a blue box, but even pre-packaged foods can be elevated and made more nourishing with some imagination and a handful of stuff from your fridge. Today I had what was left of some sad looking mushrooms and a few strips of bacon, all of which had to be eaten. Enter … Continue reading
Sometimes cooking food on the BBQ just seems to make things better. Like tonight’s garlic bread, which was cooked on the grill – I swear it came out better than oven baked. Crisp outside, soft inside and a great melty, garlic butter flavor. What other delicious grilled things have I been missing out on?!? Garlic … Continue reading
As the 2015 Eldorado BBQ, Brews and Blues festival marks its 20th year June 19th and 20th, CPM is sure to be in attendance. We call it Beerfest because it’s simply easier to say. Held on the streets of Reno and hosted by the Eldorado Resort Casino in Reno, Nevada, Beerfest is sure to be a great … Continue reading
Either way, the names say it all. I happened to have some leftover fresh pita and thought – maybe I can stuff it with cheese and cook it like a grilled cheese sandwich. And it worked! There are no special tricks here. Simply preheat a pan to medium heat, cut off the end of a … Continue reading
Yep, it’s exactly what it sounds like – chocolate cake, with marshmallow crème filling, coated in fudge. It’s so wrong on so many levels. My only regret, however, is that I didn’t add nuts. For those regular readers of this blog, who saw Bad Cake Happens Part 1 – Chocolate Pistachio Torte, know that I … Continue reading
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