Super Simple Salad Dressing
Dear Diary, I decided to make a salad today. [applause] This might be some insight into how often I make myself salads, but when I checked the fridge we did…
Filipino Beef Nilaga (Nilagang Baka)
There are several different comfort foods that take me back to growing up as a young Filipino American, and a lot of them are soup dishes. I suppose it's no…
How to Make Easy Chicken Pot Pie Soup
Celebrating Christmas during a global pandemic meant a lot of virtual Secret Santas with friends. Among a pair of Weber kitchen tongs and a mini TMNT arcade keychain, I also…
How to Cook Marinated Beef Short Ribs 3 Ways
I had my first taste of BBQ Short Ribs at an iconic Evanston/Chicagoland restaurant called Joy-Yees when I was in my teens. The problem was they weren't cheap so we…
My Easy Chunky Chili Recipe – with SECRET INGREDIENT
Chicago's weather has not been kind to us the past few days! We are in store for a deep freeze, polar-vortex kind of weekend. Today I thought ahead and decided…