Tasty Crock-Pot Apple Butter Pork Chops
A few people have asked for this recipe, so here it is: 3 large butterfly chops 2 golden delicious apples 1 8 oz jar apple butter Place chops in bottom of crock pot. Peel, core and slice thinly the apples. Place slices on top of pork chops. Empty apple butter jar on top of apple [...]
Me, Fancy Fast Food, and the AP
I was interviewed for a story on Fancy Fast Food a while back, and I said I’d let people know when the article came out. Well, it came out last night. It’s an AP article, so it’s in several places. Here’s the quote: “I would never make any of the things they put on there,” [...]
Fancy Fast Food
Tuesday I was interviewed by Michael Hill from the Associated Press. Apparently I’m quite the celebrity! Okay, okay, that’s not true – it’s actually something of a fluke that I was contacted about this interview. I am on Facebook (and, by the way, if you’re on Facebook please feel free to look me up and [...]
Happy 4th Anniversary (to us!)
Jennifer and I celebrated our 4th wedding anniversary tonight. I took a picture to commemorate the occasion: We went out to dinner at Taiko in Dubuque, which was a lovely time if very slow (we were the only ones in the restaurant when we arrived!). The food was delicious, though, and we had a table [...]
Catfish Charlies
Just took dinner tonight at Catfish Charlies. They’ve got an awesome Friday night all-you-can-eat special: fried cod, beans, cole slaw, rolls, and french fries for $8 or so per person. It was really good – try it if you’re in Dubuque.
Going the Extra Mile
Jennifer and I stopped a few days ago at Backyard Burgers for a quick dinner, and were behind two people ordering for what I can only guess was a big party or a lot of coworkers. Their bill came to $100, so no wonder it took a while to get everything ordered and prepared. There [...]
More like Wretched Burrito
Jennifer and I tried really bad food from Red Burrito the other day. I ordered a burrito combo, but instead I got what tasted like leftover burger meat (Red Burrito is co-branded with Hardee’s) wrapped in a dried-out tortilla. It came with plastic beans with cold cheese on top, and some very disagreeable “spanish rice.” [...]
Mmmm… goat cheese
Before this morning, I was uninitiated in the ways of tasty goat cheese. Then I combined a HyVee “everything” bagel (sadly unimpressive) with Herb Goat Cheese from Goatsbeard Farm at the Columbia Farmer’s Market. The results were quite excellent, but I think next time I’ll go for a tub (which is spready-er) instead of a [...]