Today is Ash Wednesday and marks the start of Lent. During Lent, Catholics abstain from meat on Ash Wednesday, Good Friday and all the Fridays in between. Tory & I are planning to post a meat-free meal starting today and continuing every Friday through Easter. Since Lent is a time of [among other things] self-denial,…
Tequila Lime Chicken with Roasted Tomatillo Salsa and Corn & Black Bean Hash
Derek likes to joke that he is the ‘Le Gourmet Chef’ in our household and I’m just his sous chef. However, its times like these when he comes up with an idea like this that I start to wonder if he has a point. But at least he still needs me to execute the ideas…
Pesto Zucchini Noodles and Chicken
Typical Tory, it’s Monday at lunch time and I’m just now trying to figure out what to make for dinner and what I am going to eat all week. I had really big plans to do this on Sunday, but got carried away with crafting Sunday Funday with my friend Macks. So as I’m spending…
Chicken Gyros
There is this place in the skyway in downtown Minneapolis that makes awesome chicken gyros. You see, I’m not a huge fan of lamb, but I LOVE the flavors in a traditional gyro especially the tzatziki sauce. So when I’m looking for a gyro fix that’s where I go, until I found this recipe for…
Southern Style Fried Chicken Strips
I love my sister-in-law Dani. Especially when she blurts out stuff like this,“Everything Dana makes is good.” We were getting ready for our New Year’s Eve dinner and at that point all she had tasted were a some of the five sauces I made to go with our southern style chicken strips. We’ve developed a…
Perfect Roast Beef
Are you looking for something to make for the Holidays this year, but don’t want to break the bank for a prime rib? Try my perfect roast beef. It’s tender, meaty, flavorful, melt-in-your-mouth tender and best of all – its SUPER easy, I mean you cannot screw it up. The only thing you need to…
