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Cooking Basics 101

Learn how to make the basics really, really well and you will become famous for being an amazing cook!  With a little practice you will be making delicious meals that your family and friends will love!

Best Pizza Sauce

Kiss store bought sauce goodbye. This easy to make sauce will produce some of the best tasting pizzas to come out of your oven.

The Best Grilled Chicken

Tired of dry as sawdust chicken breasts? This foolproof stovetop method produces juicy, flavor packed results every time.

Best Ever Garlic Butter

A delicious, ridiculously easy to make garlic butter using just a few basic ingredients to spread on just about anything and everything!

Cooking 101: Better Brownies

Learn how easy it is to take a regular box of brownie mix and turn it into a decadent, make you want to eat the whole batch treat.

Cooking 101: French Toast

Got bread? Make perfectly cooked French toast; a breakfast staple for generations. Learn how easy it is to make this iconic breakfast staple any day of the week.

Cooking 101: Mastering the Omelet

You’ll never starve if you master the art of cooking a fluffy, cheesy omelette. A couple eggs, some cheese a few bits of veg that are on their last legs hiding out in the back of the fridge. Don’t toss them. Create something really yummy instead!

Spätzle

Learn how easy it is to make this traditional German staple. Spätzle is a favorite side that is served alongside almost every German meal.

Absolutely Amazing Alfredo Sauce

A versatile creamy sauce that should be in every cook’s repertoire. This sauce can be whipped together in the time it takes to boil a big pot of pasta. Dinner in 15 minutes? Yes it is possible!

How to Cook Bacon

Knowing how to cook bacon is almost as important to master as boiling water! Once you get comfortable with preparing it you can add it to almost anything and make it better. Bacon, in my humble opinion, like butter, has mystical powers.

Old Fashioned Stovetop Popcorn

No fancy equipment needed to make this big bowl of light, fluffy, tasty popcorn. Sometimes the old fashioned way really is the best. And everything is just so much better if you add enough butter!

All About Awesome Artichokes

I always wonder about the brave soul that figured out how to eat an artichoke. So much of it is inedible, but the edible parts and the heart? Heavenly!