A food blog from Chicago about keeping it simple in the kitchen
Everyone’s heard of 40 cloves of garlic chicken and thought “wow, that’s a lot of garlic!” What if you took 100 cloves of garlic and made it into a buttery spread? Read on and find out how easy it is to make. Mission: Find Recipes That Use a Lot of Garlic […]
Apple Butter was always a real treat growing up. What I never realized is just how easy it is to make at home. And ironically, there isn’t any butter involved in the preparation. While thumbing through a popular cooking magazine, I noticed an advertisement for Vitamix blenders that included a […]
Growing up, asparagus was not exactly that high on my Favorite Green Vegetables list. It usually came from a can, was stringy and had a really metallic taste. I can’t imagine making asparagus pesto with anything from a can! It wasn’t until well after college that I started discovering […]
If you’ve ever walked past one of those holiday nut shops that’s making the cinnamon roasted almonds, you know the irresistible smells that it can create. This recipe for honey roasted almonds and cashews can come pretty close. Full credit for the original recipe goes to Simply Scratch and the tasty Honey Roasted […]
Homemade Beef Jerky with bold garlic and spicy flavors Commercial beef jerky is pretty hit-and-miss. Most of the bags sold in stores have way too much sodium and goofy flavors. I like garlic, and lots of it, especially on meat. I’ve tried numerous recipes and landed on a simple […]
As a kid, I probably ate miles of Fruit Rollups. I’m sure the ratio of fruit to High Fructose Corn Syrup was so out of whack, I wouldn’t even consider giving them to my own kids. Which is why I decided to come up with my own homemade fruit leather recipe. […]
Hummus is the franchise player for food that’s both simple to make and tastes awesome. I sometimes joke that I could eat my weight in hummus if I had to. That’s how much I love it. So I’ve tried a lot of store-bought hummus and have come to one conclusion […]