The Easiest & Fastest Fresh Applesauce on the Planet

Jump to the InstaRecipe if you’re in a rush and/or don’t want any Dad Advice!  November 08, 2022. Dear Kids– After an exactly six month hiatus, that included a call from a Food Network casting agent who somehow found this tiny blog and interviewed me to be on Guy’s Grocery Games (more on this, once my frostedContinue reading “The Easiest & Fastest Fresh Applesauce on the Planet”

Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Leftover Soup 

Jump to the InstaRecipe if you’re in a rush and/or don’t want any Dad Advice!  November 30, 2021.  Dear Kids– This recipe has wagon wheel pasta and a turkey carcass, which seems very much of the wild west to me, so there you go- Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Leftover Soup.  It’s also a dish MomContinue reading “Wild, Wild West Thanksgiving Leftover Soup “

The Make Ahead Thanksgiving Dressing Formerly Known As Same Day Turkey Stuffing

Jump to the InstaRecipe if you’re in a rush and/or don’t want any Dad Advice!  November 19, 2021.  Dear Kids- I grew up eating “stuffing”, not “dressing”, at Thanksgiving, with a recipe that went back to the very first Thanksgiving your Granny prepared as a newlywed for her mother and father in law- your veryContinue reading “The Make Ahead Thanksgiving Dressing Formerly Known As Same Day Turkey Stuffing”

Tenacious Z’s Tomatoës and Rice

Jump to the InstaRecipe if you’re in a rush or don’t want any Dad Advice!  September 06, 2021.  Dear Kids–  The best recipe is a recipe that someone else makes for you- especially if that someone else is your kid.  It’s just that kind of recipe I have for you today! The last few weeksContinue reading “Tenacious Z’s Tomatoës and Rice”

Lucky 7 Mac and Cheese with Chip Dust Roulette

November 16, 2020.  I never really thought of mac and cheese as a Thanksgiving side dish, but, apparently when we lived down south I should have.  According to nerdist.com, the Thanksgiving Gold Coast of mac and cheese runs from Delaware to Georgia.  So, in honor of our time in the south, I give you thisContinue reading “Lucky 7 Mac and Cheese with Chip Dust Roulette”