Add this deliciously healthy, easy to prepare Grilled Lemon Chicken Breast to your dinner rotation. Why Chicken Breasts Are The Most Popular Protein As home cooks know, you can’t go wrong with boneless chicken breasts for a quick dinner after a full day of weekend activities or an exhausting day at work. Low in fat […]
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The Ultimate Grilled Cheese Sammich
This week’s obsession is that all-American comfort food favorite: the Grilled Cheese. In case you didn’t know it, April is National Grilled Cheese Month and if you’re planning on making a grilled cheese this weekend, grab your iPhone or video camera and take a short video of you preparing your amazing grilled cheese recipe and […]
Kids in the Kitchen
From Michelle Obama’s popular garden at the White House and ‘Let’s Move’ initiative to fight childhood obesity, to Jamie Oliver’s TV show “Food Revolution“, to Guy Fieri’s proposed legislation to recognize the 2nd Saturday of May as “Cook With Your Kids Day” in California, there seems to be a rising wave of genuine interest in […]
Chloe’s Cowboy Cookies
In my family, I’m the chief “cooker” and my daughter is the chief baker. I bake cakes or cupcakes only for birthdays and Father’s Day and, occasionally, a fruit pie or pumpkin cheesecake for Thanksgiving. That’s it! So my daughter realized at a young age that if she wanted to satisfy her sweet tooth she […]
Me and Bobby Flay
When the Young Baker is on Spring Break, we’re all on spring break and the powers at be have bestowed heavenly summer weather upon us. My girl’s not a big meat-eater, but she does love her some pulled pork or barbecue ribs, so let the grilling begin! These sticky, sweet, succulent Hoisin Barbecue Pork Ribs […]
Chicken and Sausage Jambalaya
In honor of Fat Tuesday and the Mardi Gras celebrations going on in New Orleans, I decided to cook up a batch of Jambalaya. Growing up in Arkansas (located directly above Louisiana in case you’re geographically challenged) I made my first trip to Mardi Gras during my sophomore year of college when I decided to […]
Sassy Sausage & Peppers
Sausage and peppers is a classic comfort food and it’s so easy to make. Sometimes I add chopped tomatoes to have more juice that soaks into the roll, mmmm. This time I added tiny portabella mushrooms because I had them in the fridge and they add a “meatier” taste – you know, cuz I’m trying […]
Guilt-Free Chicken Pot Pie
Winter as we know it here in SoCal is nothing compared to what the rest of the nation experiences, still, with temperatures dipping into the frigid 50’s, we shiver in our coats and crave homey, comfort food. Today, I’m sharing a personal family favorite (and ssshhh low-calorie version) of an always popular homestyle dish: Chicken […]
Meatball Sliders
It comes as no surprise that meatballs were declared “Dish of the Year” by Bon Appétit magazine – “with a return to homey, comforting cooking this year, meatballs made it big, appearing on restaurant menus and kitchen tables everywhere”. In fact, as a regular happy hour patron it seems that no restaurant menu seems […]
Chicken Soup for a Soggy Soul
It’s a cold and gray Chicago California morn and the perfect thing to warm your soul and your tummy is some good ole chicken soup. My daughter’s favorite soup was, and still is (at 18 years of age), Chicken Soup with Rice. This is in large part due to a book of months by Maurice […]