Tonight will be my first foray into the consumption of organ meat. My older son Chase’s friend, Tyler, mixes it in with ground beef to make burgers. We will be using the bacon fat from our breakfast this morning to fry the burgers in a pan, and then serve our burgers with fresh onions, tomato and avocado.You may remember I purchased a 1/2 cow recently. Along with the … [Read more...]
Hot and Sour Soup (with sample recipe)
When most normal folks crave comforting soup, they head to their local deli and grab a pint of chicken noodle. Our know-it-all editor and my partner at Kaplifestyle, Stephanie, isn’t normal, folks. She takes a typical family’s winter situation and makes an otherwise easy solution difficult. She rehydrates (whatever the hell that means) dried mushrooms and goes exotic on us. We … [Read more...]
Cooking Trial and Error
Don’t let fear of mistakes stop you from cooking dinner. You needn’t be perfect in the kitchen; you simply need to be brave. I made oxtail tonight. I did it all wrong, and it was phenomenal. Author Jeff Potter’s take, via ivillage.com: Potter is eager for cooks to bring science back into the kitchen, and Cooking for Geeks, as he describes it to Graber, is an effort to stoke … [Read more...]
The Art of Compromise: Breakfast Pasta
I fully recognize that I maintain somewhat restrictive dietary habits. I also have two teenage sons (almost; my younger son turns 13 in November). I encourage their love of food by preparing things they’ll thoroughly dig eating. Eating rules.One of the many advantages of this arrangement is gleefully experiencing indulgences through my young men. I normally dodge pasta as … [Read more...]
Portobello Pizza - Cravings Made Healthier
If it’s your last meal, forget about health and well-being. For all the other times, maintain your nutritional goals by finding a healthier substitute.If you were a fly on the wall last night on the Fox Sports Live set, you would have witnessed me tackle the following question from anchors, Ryan Field and Cole Wright.“Kap, if you were in prison on death row, what would … [Read more...]