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I grew up in Nebraska where, as you can imagine, we ate a lot of red meat and potatoes, and trust, I’m not complaining. As I’ve gotten older, I’ve learned to like all different kinds of meat. For years I had heard about Meatless Mondays, …
Happy Easter, everyone! It’s hard to believe it’s already April 1st! Our average temperature here in Minnesota should be around 46 degrees, but instead, we woke up to a blustery 10. The pups had to put on their winter jackets, which caused some rather snarky …
It’s Good Friday, and I’ve been thinking all week about doing something really special for the Payaso for Easter dinner. This will be our sixth Easter together, and I wanted to break free from my typical Easter menu. The Payaso’s second love might be ham …
Hello, my name is Joe, and I’m an addict. I’m addicted to cookbooks. No, really, I am. There are boxes of them in the upstairs of our house. Our home office has a bookcase full of them. Whenever the Payaso and I go to a …
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Henry David Thoreau once said, “It is not enough to be busy; so are the ants. The question is: What are we busy about?” I love this quote. I mean, I LOVE this quote. Ask anyone you know and, at some point, they’ll tell you …
Where did the weekend go? Why do weekend days go faster than work days? This morning I whipped up a batch of rum raisin pancakes for the Payaso and me for breakfast. We saw Bobby Flay make these pancakes on his show and I thought, …
Do you remember looking in the refrigerator as a child and thinking there was nothing, I mean absolutely nothing, to eat? That’s exactly how I felt last night. I knew the Payaso and I had chicken breasts that needed to get used. There was a …
Ernest Hemingway wrote in A Moveable Feast that “When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest…People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.” Take a minute; …
Hola, hi! The day after St. Patrick’s Day means we have left over corned beef in the fridge. Corned beef isn’t a cut of meat I cook with very often. In fact, I think I only make it on St. Patrick’s Day out of tradition, …
The Payaso’s weeknight guacamole always hits the spot in our casa. It’s easy to whip up, extremely versatile, and is a great sidekick to any number of dishes, Mexican or otherwise. A great sidekick just like my Payaso. This batch in particular was used …