Are you cutting it close too? We're hurtling towards New Year's Eve and I'm still not sure what I'm going to make for our party. It's just a family party, so there isn't a whole bunch of pressure. Most years we have fondue, and this one will be the same. We'll do cheese and chocolate fondue and all sorts of things to dip in them. Checkout the Instagram and Twitter accounts … [Read more...]
👨🏻‍🍳Thanksgiving Recipes
It’s been five years since I started this blog. Five years! And it’s been five years since I shared my story from Thanksgiving 2013 that recounted one of the more challenging episodes in my kitchen career. We don’t call our house Hectic Mansion without a really good reason. As I reread that blog post, I discovered all sorts of typos and poor writing…but rather than edit away … [Read more...]
👨🏻‍🍳Soups & Chili
Do you smell that? No, not the trash that needs to be taken out (what are those kids waiting for anyway…it’s one of their chores). I mean the wonderful aroma of the slow-cooker full of chicken soup I’m making for dinner (and beyond). I know, it’s not really fair for me to talk about what I can smell in my house…but it smells so good! The all-day nature of cooking in the … [Read more...]
10 Essential Slow-Cooker Recipes
Sometimes you just need to put something into the slow-cooker and get it going. You don't want to fiddle with anything. You don't want to search for a new and exciting recipe. You just want a standby that you know your family will eat. So bookmark this post and you'll have 10 recipes that you can use as your go-to on a busy day when you need to get on with other things in … [Read more...]
đź“ŁCheck Out The Dump (Meals)
Originally this post was supposed to be a list of the best websites I could find on the internet for dump meal recipes. I’ve been working on the list for a couple of months now in anticipation of this series of blog posts, and frankly to get myself into the swing of making more meals in advance at Hectic Manor. While things have been crazy for the first few weeks of school, we … [Read more...]