Category: Cooking

Our steakhouse, a story of love, power and good taste with Idahoan® Foods #Ad

I have partnered with Life of Dad and Idahoan® Foods for this campaign, but my opinions are my own.All I wanted was a relaxing night, a couple moments to create my own steakhouse vibe and I’m not alone in wanting this. In a recent survey a staggering 92% of parents wish it was easier to create that steakhouse experience at home. I want that and sometimes it happens without a hitch. We tried some Idahoan® Premium Steakhouse® Potato Soups, they’re mega simple to prepare (just add water), jammed with real red Idaho® potatoes, as well as, real potato skins and other goodies to pump up your taste buds. My reigning title of #KingOfSoup would not stand untested and I need your assistance. Sometimes a kitchen kingdom has a servant king, while other times needing a warrior king who brings a knife, as well as a large spoon for the textured soup.

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How to make Okonomiyaki

Oknomiyaki is one of our favorite Japanese dishes. When we lived in Japan it was a pleasure to find a restaurant that made it-which is surprising because it’s surprisingly simple to make Okonomiyaki, it just takes a little more than average time. First off, Okonomiyaki is a Japanese pancake with cabbage and seafood. Its technical written description doesn’t sound all that appetizing, but when you combine everything and watch those fish flakes shimmy it’s probable that it will show you that there are lots of food options past sushi when it comes to Japanese food.

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Denny’s brings the fluff with their new pancakes #DennysDiner

Hey, we’re an Ambassador for Denny’s and were compensated for this post. All thoughts, even the fluffy ones, are our own.  My wife sometimes makes pancakes on the weekends and the boys love them. And they are good-but it turns out that many visitors to Denny’s had the same thoughts. 44% of folks who visited Denny’s liked their pancakes, but thought that the best pancakes were the ones that they made at home. With the gauntlet thrown, the chefs at Denny’s went back to the kitchen and came out with a pancake that is 50% fluffier.

The new recipe has fresh buttermilk, flour, vanilla and eggs. Sure that’s close the same as the recipe you’re using at home, but (no offense to my wife) these are much fluffier. Does a fluffy pancake equal a tasty pancake? The taste aspect you’ll just have to trust me on, however, the size aspect we have proof.

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Chocolate: The Consuming Passion is adult funny by Sandra Boynton

Peter Sellers is most famous for playing a simple, some would say dimwitted person. He was also able to work on the adult level by skewing pop culture in Doctor Strange Love and Being There. Dr. Suess wrote and drew on a very simple level that was aimed at children. Suess also has some fabulous art during WWII that worked on a more political, adult level.  Both of these artists crossed my mind while reading Chocolate: The Consuming Passion by Sandra Boynton.

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A child’s dinner and dad eating Denny’s Fit Fare

We’re a Denny’s Ambassador and were compensated for this post. All thoughts are our own.   October is a manic month in our house populated with four family birthdays, countless fall festivals and our own personal need to relax. Jake just turned 6 and he loves Denny’s. He calls the one in our area the ‘castle Denny’s’ because it looks like a log cabin inside. For his birthday meal he called the shots and he said he wanted to go to the castle Denny’s.

A child’s dinner and dad eating Denny’s Fit Fare

This place has memories for us. It’s one of the first public places that his younger brother, Charlie, used the toilet. That was a big step for him and we celebrated that day by getting a big fudge brownie with ice cream; although it’s entirely possible I would’ve ordered that anyway.

When we got there for the special birthday trip the kids were excited, sat down and asked which animal cups were available. It’s their thing-cups with animals in the bottom of it. When they outgrow this phase a little part of me will be very sad. They then looked for the kid’s menu, started coloring, doing the crafts and imagining what they’d eat.

 

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What’s cooking with the Little Tikes Sizzle and Serve Grill

Hey, we received product for review purposes. All thoughts are our own. I like to grill. For us it’s a year round activity made more fun in the winter months because it’s cold and the grill keeps us warm. We also don’t use lighter fluid. We have the kids go out and collect small twigs, and dead leaves, surround the area with charcoal and start the fire. That was born from an emergency many years ago, but we’ve kept it up and now use it as a way for the kids to earn money.  Because of our bare bones grilling style the kids spend time with me when I grill and they got to cook with the Little Tikes Sizzle and Serve Grill.

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Celebrate Force Friday with these Star Wars kitchen tools

Force Friday is upon us! That means oodles of new Star Wars Toys just in time for when the upcoming The Force Awakens hits theaters. We love our toys. More specifically our boys will love the new Star Wars toys. However, what about you, the person who cooks, spends a lot of time in the kitchen and still wants to get your Force Friday on in cooling style?

There are options beyond the Han Solo Ice Cube tray that you might have seen, which is still awesome by the way. How about a pizza cutter with light saber sounds, Star Wars X-Wing Bottle Opener or a R2D2 Bottle Stopper for those thirsty wine drinking Jedis?

The new ALDI extensive beer selection and our homemade BBQ recipe #ad

We were compensated for this post. Having said that, we love to grill out and we really like beer, thus all thoughts are our own.  I am a kitchen sink cooker. By that I mean I use rough estimates when cooking and love to experiment with new tastes. I like our go-to BBQ chicken recipe, but am always on the hunt for something new. With a little tweaking I created a groovy new BBQ chicken recipe, plus I picked up some specialty beer from ALDI and got cooking.

First off, we really do shop at ALDI. Every week it’s the place where we get our staple items. Over the course of two plus years it’s saved us just over $2,500. Really, I just checked with my wife who keeps the books for the family-that is how much we’ve saved.  “Wow, that grocery bill sure was high”, she said after we spent $110 at another place when we were on vacation the other week.  Secure in the fact that I’ve been saving the family money, I could proceed to create a new BBQ flavor for me on the grill.

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