Did you know that there are people who only want the thick parts of a cod fillet? I never really considered asking the seafood counter to slice up a piece of fish and give me only a certain part. Apparently they had enough people asking for the thicker sections a few nights ago that they needed to ...
Skillet Poached Egg w/ Bacon and Spinach
I have not had great success in the egg poaching department. It takes too long to setup and requires too much of a commitment from me in the early hours of the morning. My brain just doesn't have what it takes until later in the day. Fortunately, I've managed to get my hands on an old copy of ...
Chicken Romesco
This post is a first for me. Last week I was cooking up some breakfast (at around noon) and was watching the Food Network. Rachael Ray was making some chicken dish that looked damn good (and simple) and I told myself "That is my next meal". I do that quite often, and then the next day I can't even ...
Herb-Crusted Steak
So, I learned an important lesson a couple weeks ago... how not to chop onions. I'll spare you the details, but the incident had temporarily eliminated my desire to cook. I didn't want to completely abandon my Poormet friends, so I spent the downtime making some changes to the site. I've made a ...
Stuffed Jalapenos
Back in the day, whenever I ordered a pizza from this one place in town I had to get an order of jalapeno poppers as well. The cheese filled, spicy, fried little buggers were just the perfect blend of mouth-watering awesome. Now that I'm flexing my culinary muscles, I want to make (and eat) them by ...