The two foods you are guaranteed to find in our pantry are peanut butter and jelly. It’s as natural as salt and pepper or ketchup and mustard. Seldom will you see one used more than the other. From breakfast toast to lunch sandwiches and sometimes even as a side for dinner, these two condiments must […]
Nothing in the glutenous world beats freshly-baked bread. If you’re yearning for that homemade taste, store-bought frozen bread dough will do in a pinch, but I have to say, nothing beats mom’s homemade bread recipe. If you’ve never witnessed the making of homemade bread, it’s quite a process. I remember the long hours mom spent […]
The microwave is an awkward appliance. It falls into that murky area between necessity and convenience. Sure, I could boil water in seven minutes on the stove, but wouldn’t it be convenient if I could boil it in three? I remember when this ubiquitous culinary hardware made it into our household when I was a […]
I couldn’t help but notice the Schwan’s catalog this morning on the kitchen table. My wife flatly stated that he was coming tomorrow and began leafing through it. She wasn’t frantic, but I still detected a slight tone of purchase obligation; like we owed the Schwan’s man some business because we asked to be on […]
My kids hate breakfast. Well, at least cold cereal. There isn’t much, besides Frosted Mini Wheats, that they’ll tolerate. At first I thought it was because our line-up included bland fare like Cheerios and Oatmeal Squares, but they don’t even get excited about Froot Loops or Trix! As a kid, we lived on cereal. It […]
Ridiculous, I know. Especially since I don’t even drink coffee. I thought if I did, this would definitely be the kind of day that would warrant downing a five-cup pot myself. If you are a coffee drinker, I hope you enjoy your 100% pure Columbian, premium Arabica, freeze-crystaled, freshly-ground java juice.
Aaah, I hate coffee. But I found I recently developed a fondness for cappuccino. Sixteen ounces of sugary goodness.