Happy Holidays! How are you doing? Excuse my cheer and overuse of exclamation marks (!) , but Christmas is my favorite time of year. Even though Christmas this year is coming at the end of a very long and scary and tiring year, I have to say that my heart is still a bit joyous…
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Basic Ass Croutons
Cheap and easy recipe for croutons!
One Pot Chicken, Spinach, and Mushrooms
Cluck, cluck, what’s up? Here’s a riddle: Why did the chicken cross the road? Answer: not to wash dishes, I assure you! Washing dishes is not fun! I hate washing dishes! And so, that’s why today I’m sharing another one pot recipe. This recipe uses my *I wish I could patent this* technique of basically…
Stove Top Grilled Vegetables
Vegetables get a bad rap, don’t they? They can be bland, yet colorful, little carriers of vital vitamins and nutrients, yet so few of us eat enough of them! I have discovered that one way to make your vegetables a bit more exciting is by grilling them. “But, but…I am poor and I don’t have…
Giant Ass Zucchini
Cooking your own food means discovering the wonder of vegetables. Vegetables are like people: they come in all shapes, colors, and sizes. Like people, some vegetables definitely have more length and girth. Take, for example, this big ass zucchini. I bought this giant zucchini at Whole Foods the other day. It’s labeled as organic, so…
Celery Juice: The Basic Way
Have you heard of celery juice? If not, which rock have you been living under? I’d like to come knock on your rock and tell you about celery juice. I am not a nutritionist, or really much of anything other than a smartass. I only decided to try celery juice this morning because a close…
Despair at Whole Foods
I work from home and most days, I try to get out of the house and enjoy the horrors of being around other people. Lately, I have been visiting this lovely little coffee shop in Montrose, a neighborhood in Houston, Texas, where I currently live. The coffee shop is called Inversion, and they sell the…
Basic Ass Mashed Potatoes
Do I even need to introduce our next guest to the basic ass recipe party? It’s mashed potatoes! I feel like if you have been alive for longer than 35 seconds, you are familiar with mashed potatoes. So, what new spin can I put on mashed potatoes? Actually, not a damn thing. There’s no spin…
Oven Roasted Salmon: Super Basic!
Salmon? Can your broke ass even afford salmon? If you can, then this recipe is for you. If you can’t, then save up for a few weeks, like I had to do, and then cook this shit up! I cooked this basic ass salmon today in under 30 minutes. You can, too. Check out the…
Basic Ass Cooking 