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Eating Turkey Parts

Yesterday,  I wrote about how I bought a whole turkey on sale, but only needed the turkey breast.  Well, waste not want not, or as my mom always told me growing up, ‘don’t waste food, there are a lot of starving people in China.’
So what to do with the rest of the bird?  
I see folks eating [...]


Succulent Turkey Breast

Love turkey breast, don’t like how dry it can be…..  Friends gave us a recipe that promised a juicy breast without much work.  Back over the holidays I bought a whole turkey on sale and kept it frozen.  I decided now would be a good time to try this recipe.
I defrosted the whole turkey and then [...]


Home-Fried Potato Chips

The shear slicing power hooked us.  At the NC State Fair, probably almost twenty years ago, my wife and I stopped by a demonstration of a slicer that was slicing all sorts of vegetables.  Maybe we were hungry, but I ended up forking over the $20 or so for this super duper plastic mandolin.
Honestly for [...]


No Knead Bread

In continuing to strive for an old world loaf of bread that is chewy and has holes in it, just like ciabatta.  I have found another procedure from a baker in New York city. 
It involves a lot of time, a lot of time waiting, not much time actually preparing.  The water to flour content is [...]


Easy Grilled Lobster

The Valentine’s menu that I typed up listed “Grilled Lobster”.  Sounds fancy doesn’t it?  Well, after all, I wanted to make a nice dinner for my Valentines. (Wife and daughter of course)
Here’s the sneaky secret, grilled lobster is easier to cook than a medium rare steak.  I found 4 ounce lobster tails on sale and bought some.  [...]


Creamy Smooth Homemade Hummus

After starting to make hummus at home last year, I feel like I can make a pretty decent batch.  There is one thing that bothers me though, I can’t get homemade hummus to be smooth and creamy like store bought hummus.  I have been comparing mine to Sabra and couldn’t get close to how creamy smooth theirs is.
After [...]


Cracking Crab Legs

I ran to the garage and started digging through my toolbox.  My toolbox is kind of messy, but I found them…a pair of pliers.  I was hungry and decided that a pair of pliers would help me eat my dinner.  The pliers worked well but therewas another thing I needed also.  After getting our kitchen [...]


Cheaper Than Take Out

I bought a large take and bake pizza that was on sale.  It was cheese only and the price was $7.  This 16″ pizza is pretty good, but I decided to upgrade.  So at the store yesterday, I bought some pepproni, Canadian bacon, canned pineapple, black olives, and onions. 
My family has different topping favorites, so [...]


Spiced Up Mac & Cheese

My wife made some good comfort food last night, with the homemade macaroni and cheese being the star.   She stove-tops it with bow-tie pasta, sharp cheddar cheese, milk, butter, and a little salt.  She adds salt to taste when the mac is on her plate.  Since I like to try to keep an eye on my [...]


Homemade French Onion Soup

The stringy provolone cheese and soup soaked croutons are a couple of reasons I like French Onion Soup.   Those soups at restaurants are awfully salty, so we decided to make our own.  I use 50% reduced sodium beef broth and only add about 1/2 teaspoon of salt to the soup.   The result is a tasty [...]