I considered eggs and toast for breakfast, but decided to go for the vegan option of bannock ( Read more... )

More years ago than I care to admit, I was chatting with Mom when she mentioned that my late brother had stopped in town for a visit, and while he was there he whipped up a baked sauerkraut dish that was remarkably good. This was back in the days when one could not simply go to Google with a list of ingredients and say, "Gib me recipe plz ( Read more... )

I picked up some stir-fry noodles and green onions earlier this week with an eye to trying my hand at peanut noodles. atara made some for dinner a couple of weeks back and they were a big hit. I just wanted to try my own twist on them ( Read more... )

Once we decided that we were going to thaw out a couple of the "Beyond Meat" patties we had in the freezer for dinner yesterday (since it looked like it might be our last opportunity to use the grill for some time), I went shopping for buns and other accoutrements. I nabbed a 4-pack of brioche buns, beefsteak tomato and sweet onion for my own ( Read more... )

I made myself a baked pancake (aka Dutch Baby) for breakfast this morning to treat myself for being a big boy and not fainting or throwing up when I got my latest needle in the eyeball yesterday ( Read more... )

We don't use these containers very often, but they are ideal for turning leftovers into a perfect lunch for one person the next day ( Read more... )

Today on "Cooking with Plonq" (sauerkraut soup redux ( Read more... )

Tonight on "Cooking with plonq" ("vegan" chilli edition ( Read more... )

Did you ever have one of those ideas that seemed good in your head at the time?

Since we couldn't agree on what we wanted for breakfast this morning, we ended up taking turns in the kitchen and feeding ourselves. atara made herself some "dippy eggs" with bacon and toast. Since I was planning to make myself pancakes - which would take longer - I let her ( Read more... )

I bought some bacon back in 2020 during a rare foray out to a store. It was the height of the first wave of the pandemic at the time, and we were getting almost every thing delivered to our house. I grabbed the essentials and then tossed a pack of their store-brand maple-cured bacon into the basket as well because, well, bacon ( Read more... )