A warm brownie is the ultimate comfort dessert.  It’s a dense little chocolate cake you can hold in your hand, what’s not to love about that?  Back in my previous life, I was known to nuke one of those Little Debbie cosmic brownies in the microwave for 10 seconds, dump a giant scoop of vanilla […]

If you’ve ever made a casserole of any kind, at some point you will need the ingredient of cream of mushroom soup.  It’s almost in everything, especially those corporation created recipes designed to get you to purchase pre-made ingredients like soups or sauces.  And why not?  Cream of mushroom soup is…well…creamy, and it’s delicious.  Let me […]

I miss Chinese food. And when I say I miss Chinese food, that really means I miss heavily Americanized Chinese dishes loaded with sugar like Sweet and Sour Chicken with fried white rice and a deep fried egg roll. The entire plate would then be lavishly dunked with that nuclear orange sauce like an overzealous […]

Once again it’s time for all the New Year resolutions to kick in, and most of those involve losing weight and getting in shape. As someone who has been there and done that, I have a word of advice for you. If you are starting an exercise program and changing how you eat, make sure […]

Remember the threat your parents would give you as a child anytime some horrible steamed pile of green mush showed up on your dinner plate? I can hear it now…You’re going to eat your vegetables, and you’re going to like it! That usually meant either wolfing down said steaming pile of yuck as fast as […]

Spaghetti is one of those working class weeknight staples. It’s quick and easy to make, cheap, and makes a lot of leftovers. It checks all the boxes there. Unfortunately, if you are trying to limit your simple carbs and sugars, the refined pasta and sugar added tomato sauce isn’t going to work for you. The […]

I used to love junk food.  I especially loved all things Hostess…didn’t really matter what was in the box, I would empty it in a couple of days.  I worked with a small landscape and yard mowing outfit as a teenager.  We’d have to stop at a gas station to top off all the tanks every […]

I have to assume if you are a regular reader of this column, then you are serious about maintaining a healthy lifestyle and making each meal as healthy as possible.  Fair warning to all those new to this way of living, the peer pressure from family and friends to put that all aside from Thanksgiving […]

It’s Thanksgiving week.  I know the first image that always conjures up is the giant roast turkey from a Norman Rockwell painting, but for me, the star of the show was always my grandmother’s chicken and dressing.  It stands out in my memory as a plate full of happiness and contentment.  Maybe it was the […]

If there is one thing in my DNA that would give away that I was raised in the south, it would be the absolutely amazing amount of grits I consumed as a child. I would venture to guess 70 percent of my breakfasts growing up had a huge super sized version of grits. I loved […]