When you cook for yourself it understandably stays simple. That doesn’t mean it has to be boring though. And surely one of the meals that the cook is truly unlikely to put much effort into–much less cook over, say, pouring themselves a bowl of cereal–is breakfast. However, I am finding myself cooking breakfast for one […]
4 Quick Tricks Banish Boring Summer Salads
July 28, 2015 by Leave a Comment
The grill is blasting away, people are licking their chops, and you’re asking yourself, “what sides?” A great approach is a salad, of course. But why stop at merely one salad? And too often that salad is one of the heavy mayonnaise-based standbys, macaroni salad or potato salad. An approach I love is four salads, […]
Spicy Hot and Quick Breakfast
January 13, 2014 by Leave a Comment
Breakfast often creeps up on me. What I mean is that I’m not hungry when I get up and I nearly always assume I’m not eating breakfast. Then…BOOM…I’m hungry and want a little something to eat, and not just toast and jam. My solution for a quick-cooking breakfast is usually the assembly of either leftovers […]
Make Ahead Breakfast for New Year’s Day Hangover
December 30, 2013 by Leave a Comment
I no longer drink and therefore no longer need to deal with hangovers, but plenty of revelers do have to manage that problem on New Year’s Day. A dish you’ve made ahead will be a welcome sight. If you were like me you could barely make the coffee, let alone a breakfast that your fat-seeking […]
Roe and Eggs Surprise
October 28, 2013 by Leave a Comment
One reason that cooking is fun is that you can do anything you want. To really have fun be bold and don’t overlook cookbooks. You can learn a lot more from a cookbook than a recipe posted on an internet cooking site. When I say be bold it will help you to do that the […]
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