Passion for food

  Today we make home made enchilada sauce so much better than store bought, you'll wonder why you waited so long to try making it!          Red Enchilada Sauce Recipe:    Click for Printable version

Today we make the perfect egg custard, and we make it without any sugar! There is enough natural sweetness in milk that some people don't like any sweetener in it at all, but personally I enjoy a little Stevia or as in this recipe, some all natural erythritol.  It's super easy to make, the only trial and error we might need is when we first make it to figure out the perfect amount of time for the particular set of dishes you're going to use, along with the amount of custard total.             The PERFECT sugar free egg custard recipe:    Click for Printable version

  I've always loved curry, and one of the best things about it is how many different verities of curry and curry seasoning styles and curry powders exist all around the world! They all have something in common though, they're DELICIOUS! And this is my favorite classic beef curry recipe! We're going to sear and then slow cook our beef until its just tender perfection, and you'll be looking for other things to serve the left over sauce with, its THAT good!          Easy Double Lemon Cake With Cake Mix Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  If you love chicken you are sure to love this classic bacon and chicken fricassee recipe! A fricassee is a French cooking technique somewhat half way between sautéing and stewing, we are going to brown our meat in fat and then cook it in its own gravy.           Bacon & Chicken Fricassee Recipe:    Click for Printable version

 This is my favorite way to make lemon cake, and it's so easy! Along with a home made lemon butter cream frosting, I will also show you a cheap and easy tricky to get bakery quality tender cakes at home using a standard cake mix!          Easy Double Lemon Cake With Cake Mix Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  Today I'll you how to make this crazy tasty steak and veggie bake! It's sort of a casserole, and sort of not! I like mine best with beef, broccoli, cauliflower, cheese and onion, but there's an infinite amount of different combinations you can try!          Steak Broccoli Cauliflower and cheese bake recipe:    Click for Printable version

  Who doesn't love melty spinach & artichoke dip? Well strap in because if you thought it was awesome before, just wait until you try it in this amazing recipe! I've made all kinds of different chicken pinwheels over the years, but this has to be hands down my favorite. Not only is the flavor great, but it's so packed with nutrition you can just eat them on their own like finger food and its a great meal! They are also Keto & Low carb friendly making them a great meal for all our keto friends out there.          Spinach Artichoke Dip Stuffed Chicken Pinwheels Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  Today we make perhaps the worlds BEST sauce.. Welsh Rarebit! It's hot, it's cheesy, and with just the right hint of mustard it's the perfect way to turn regular toast into a great comfort meal. This recipe in the video is the hand written #3 recipe below. The other two recipes were used as the templates but are both great in their own right!

 Cottage & Shepherd's pie have always been one of my favorite dishes, so I created this keto & low carb version so that even without the carbs we can still enjoy this amazing dish. In fact I'm willing to bet you'll let this version made with cauliflower and cheese better than the original made with boring old mashed potatoes!           Low Carb & Keto Cottage Pie Recipe:    Click for Printable version

This has to by one of my favorite quick meals, even if you THINK you don't like blue cheese, try this dish and it will probably change your mind! The sharp flavor of the cheese melds perfectly with the deep flavors of the caramelized onion and savory seared beef.           Caramelized Onion Blue Cheese Beef And Pasta Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  This is a really fun way to make pizza. And best of all now I can eat 3 whole pizzas myself and not feel (too) bad about it! That's right we are making MINI Chicago style deep dish pizzas! These awesome little mini pizza bites won't take all day to make either, because we're going to use a little trick to get the dough formed in the pan super fast using a second oiled muffin pan. I love these, and they're a big hit with the kids too!          Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Bites Recipe:    Click for Printable version

This southern chicken fried hamburger steak is mighty power comfort food! It's easy to make, filling, inexpensive to make and oh so delicious. Sometimes called "poor man's chicken fried steak" this version used ground beef, or whatever other kind of meat you'd like to use!            Sout hern Chicken Fried Hamburger Steaks Recipe:    Click for Printable version

 This is one of my wife and I's favorite casserole recipes, it's one of the MOST satisfying casserole recipes of ALL time! A sloppy joe & tater tot casserole! It's quick and easy to make, and oh so popular and delicious! Picky kids? Give this a try!          Sloppy Joe Tater Tot Casserole Recipe:    Click for Printable version

 I've always really loved meat pies, pot pies, steak & kidney pies! It's pastry, it's meat, it's gravy, what's now to love?! It's nice if we have time to make it all from scratch, but to save a little time it's super easy to just use store bough uncooked pie crusts and use those as the base for our own Easy Steak & Onion pies at home!          Easy Steak And Onion Pie Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  This wonderfully fast and easy peanut pad thai can be ready in the amount of time it takes for us to boil the noodles! Wheat noodles, anyway. If you want to be more traditional rice noodles would be the way to go, but for me cooking is all about using what you have readily available locally, so I wound up using wheat noodles.           The Fastest Peanut Pad Thai Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  Today we make my favorite snack of all time, Droewors! Which translates directly to "Dried Sausage". But this isn't just ANY dried sausage, we make this with our traditional South African boerewors recipe! This is a very classic boerewors recipe that is 1/3rd beef, 1/3rd pork & 1/3rd lamb along with a signiture spice blend that really makes these something special you normally only see in & around South Africa. But with this easy recipe we can make ours at home any time!          Traditional Boerewors Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  This might not be the most elegant marinara sauce recipe, but it's super tasty and just could not be faster or easier to make! In fast you can have the whole dish ready in the time to takes to cook the pasta, and in the video I'll prove it! I start my pasta boiling before I even open my can of tomato paste, it really is that fast and easy to make this wonderful spaghetti sauce.          The FASTEST Spaghetti Sauce Recipe:    Click for Printable version

  I really love a good egg fried rice, and I REALLY love simple and easy recipe, and this egg fried rice recipe really SHELLS it out on all fronts! This is a super simple way to make this classic dish in an "all in one" sort of way. And you can add in any other veg or meat you can think of!          The EASIEST Egg Fried Rice Recipe:    Click for Printable version

 This New England clam chowder recipe is simple and straight to the point! You can use half milk and half cream if you'd like it even richer, but I find cooking with the bacon drippings makes it quite rich enough paired with whole milk. But never be scared to mix and match and see what you enjoy the most!          New England Clam Chowder Recipe:    Click for Printable version

 I've always really loved figs, and oatmeal & raison cookies have always been a favorite, so this combination seemed like a no brainer! And I wasn't disappointed, I really love how these come out to point where I can honestly say they're just FIGGIN' awesome!          Fig And Oatmeal Cookie Recipe:    Click for Printable version