Author: Mike

Apple Cherry Oatmeal

We bought a bag of frozen cherries from Costco.  It’s really useful because I can use cherries in oatmeal any time of the year, not just during cherry season.  Are they as good...

Korean Short Ribs

Growing up, I have always loved eating Korean short ribs.  Don’t get me wrong, I didn’t get to eat Korean short ribs on a regular basis.  They are pretty fatty, and high...

Oven Fried Chicken Parmesan

Besides pizza, Chicken Parmesan is most certainly one of Mike’s favorite dishes. Chicken Parmesan is a dish where chicken is usually breaded, then deep fried (to make it crispy), then finished in the...

Coke Float

We were at a nearby park on July 4th.  They had some booths there, with items for sale, as well as games for kids.  We thought we were going to walk around...

Pasta alla Vodka

Ever since we tried Rosa sauce at our favorite Italian restaurant, Domenics, we have been trying to recreate this dish at home.  It’s a “simple” tomato cream sauce.  How hard could it...

Elvis’s Oatmeal

Rumor has it that Elvis Presley love peanut butter and banana sandwiches.  Some even say that he also enjoyed bacon on this sandwich as well.  Other variations on the sandwich use honey...

Wild Caught Smoked Salmon

We picked up some Sockeye Salmon from the grocer as it was on sale. This is wild caught salmon of course. We decided that it would be fun to try smoking it on our...

Green Apple Breakfast Sausage

I used to love eating Farmer John breakfast sausage.  I wouldn’t eat them all the time, since they are so fatty.  I would only eat them periodically, as a treat. This breakfast...

Baked Shrimp Scampi

I love shrimp scampi.  There is just something so delicious about shrimp smothered in butter and garlic. Yes, I know shrimp scampi is not very healthy.  I did try to make this...