Pan roasted potatoes don’t get much easier… get your favorite taters plus a little bit of oil and butter, salt and pepper, and that’s about it. You can certainly dress it up a bit more if you like, but straight up skillet potatoes is certainly a go-to recipe for our busy house at least once […]
Breaded Pork Patties
I guess this breaded pork patties recipe falls into the comfort food category for some people, probably very similar to pork chops many of you have grown up with. There’s nothing too tricky here, just be willing to make a very small mess in the kitchen and you should be ready to go. I don’t […]
Roasted Turkey Breast
Many people are scared of trying to squeeze in a roasted turkey breast in the middle of the week, usually saving something this time consuming for the weekend. But with a little planning, this turkey recipe can be pulled off on just about any night of the week, it just doesn’t take as long as […]
Coconut Oil Mayonnaise
When I first came to the (very painful) realization that canola oil and vegetable oil were quite nasty and detrimental to my health, one of the first things I forced myself to do was work my way through my fridge and check the labels of everything inside. Ugh, that was brutal. Almost everything that my […]
Shrimp Dijon
This shrimp Dijon recipe makes for a great appetizer, for any size get together, from just a few friends or family members to a full blown sit down dinner party for 20. Not that I host many of the sit down dinner parties, that would be a lot of work! I first found this recipe […]
Avoiding Concentrated Animal Operations
There has been a major shift in animal agricultural production in the United States over the past 20 years, maybe even longer. The trend has moved away from small family-owned farms to large concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFOs) that squeeze many animals into production barns or confinement pens. Advances in technology enable modern farmers to […]