Cooking Basics

Whether you’re a new cook, or just looking for some super simple recipes, this is the category for you, my friend! I’ve covered all the cooking basics from mashed potatoes to scrambled eggs and each recipe has detailed instructions and a step-by-step video so they’re all fool-proof!

Italian Dressing Recipe

Who among us didn’t love the everloving crap out of some Kraft Zesty Italian Dressing when we were young? Truly, who among us doesn’t still love it? Ain’t no shame in that game! But it is easy and fast to make your own with higher quality (healthier) oil and honest-to-god fresh garlic to keep vampires [...]

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How to Mince Garlic

Watch this video to see how to mince garlic, how to slice garlic, and how to peel garlic. It’s like a three-fer-one!

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How to Cut Pineapple

Pineapples are intimidating, but this video shows you how to cut pineapple into cubes safely.

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How to Cut Peppers

Using a bell pepper as an example, this quick video shows how to cut peppers, how to seed them, slice, and dice. Remember, when cutting hot peppers, be sure to wash your hands with soap after handling them to remove irritating oils before you accidentally rub your eyeball… or something else.

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How to Cut Onions

This short video will show you how to cut onions: slice, dice, and mince!

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Roast Pork Tenderloin

Roast Pork Tenderloin with Apricot Sauce

The tenderloin is a nice, lean little cut of meat taken from the back side of an animal. Tenderloins have a reputation for being tricky, but that’s a load of horseshit if I ever heard one. Pork tenderloin is especially friendly I think, much smaller than a beef tenderloin, easy to find in stores, and [...]

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Aoili Recipe

How to Make Aioli

This aioli recipe is super simple, quick and fun. Especially simple and quick if you have a blender! It won’t keep as long (like, not forever) as store-bought mayonnaise and it has a more pronounced egg-y flavor than store-bought mayo, but it also has only 5 ingredients and you can alter it somewhat to suit [...]

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How To Carve a Chicken

Watch this video to learn how to carve a chicken (and it’s basically the same thing for turkey, too.) Then check out my facebook page to see how to enter a giveaway to win an 8″ Wusthof chef’s knife!

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