Let’s talk turkey…deconstructed turkey

I tried this out a couple of years ago just for fun and came out with the most awesome tasting turkey you'll ever eat.  No, I'm not kidding.  Do you ever feel like a perfectly cooked turkey is out of reach?  Not so with this method.  I'm sure you have tried every method on the [...]

Chicken in Peanut Sauce (Pollo Encacahuatado)

I decided to go Mexican style with this recipe.  Chicken thighs smothered in a peanut-based sauce.  YUM!!!  It had a lot of flavor and punch from the ancho chili and using thighs over boneless, skinless chicken breasts.  However, it lacked the vitamins we needed make this a more well-rounded meal. Here is the original recipe [...]

2017 Thanksgiving Leftover Lentil Stew

Ok.  So now you have that turkey carcass and a bunch of leftover turkey.  My brother and sister-in-law do not typically use the carcass (we ate at their house on Thanksgiving).  So I decided to take it home along with the rest of the leftover turkey.  We cooked a bone-in turkey breast this year, which [...]

Good pizza (that just happens to be gluten free)

As you can see from the title of this post, I am making not just gluten free pizza, but good pizza.  All too often gluten free pizza becomes something that most people would not equate to being real pizza.  Now I'm not insulting those who create these recipes.   I love cauliflower crust pizza and some [...]