Pineapple Upside-down Cake

I recently had a friend ask for this recipe – it is a combination of a few different recipes and a few little changes of my own.  Enjoy! Ingredients: For the Cake: 1 1/3 cups flour (all purpose) 1 cup sugar 2 tsp. baking powder ½ tsp. salt 1/3 cups softish butter (you don’t want [...]

Firstfruits of 2010 & The Resurrection

[Reposted from last year with new pictures from 2010 - but the same words apply] I desperately love fresh peaches right off the tree.  Sweet and juicy and wonderful they are. We have three peach trees in the back yard at our house and each one ripens at slightly different times.  That way, you see, [...]

Homemade Caramel Frappé-Matteo

My blog has been on the heavy side lately, so here is a change.  This is a recipe I came up with for a homemade version of the Frappé coffee drink found at a major coffee retailer…if you know what I mean.  I think it is outstanding and saves me a good $4 a pop by [...]

Steak au poirve

I just ate one of my favorite meals: Steak au poirve.  It is an example of a super simple recipe that tastes so very good. The sauce, one of my very favorite, only has two ingredients (besides salt and pepper) – cream and brandy. It is not really very hard and is really really good. We [...]

eat drunk quail

I know the economy is tough on a lot of people and you might need some ideas on getting inexpensive food. With that in mind, I share this story; perhaps it will help some city folk get some meat in the freezer.   Two of my uncles are in town for a few days. They [...]

Free Stuff on Election Day

My awesome wife, Shar, has posted where to get some free stuff (coffee, food, ice cream) on election day.  Go to her blog, Speaking of Phoenix Real Estate, to read the details.

Courtney on the News

Courtney was on the news!!! Click here to read the “story” and watch the segment.

Eat Mor Chikin

Last night was cow appreciation day at Chick-fil-a (which is, by the way, the best fast food restaurant ever). What does that mean, you ask? Well, if one were to dress up like a cow, one would receive a free combo meal! Not wanting to pass up an opportunity for a free meal, we (along [...]

The Gormet Kid

To read an article about my children published in a local paper (www.nearbynews.com) look at this .pdf (reproduced with permission): gourmet-kid Here’s the recipe: Cactus Jack Cristo Ingredients: Hamburger patty, Cornmeal jalapeño roll, Prickly Pear cactus jelly, Fried jalapeños, Peper-jack cheese, Cilantro coleslaw To build: The bun should be battered and fried (like a Monte [...]

Pray too often?

Tonight I was talking with a good friend who is going through a tough time. After talking, asking questions, listening, and sitting in silence in his unusually cool backyard, I prayed. He said that that was the first time we had prayed together in ten months…and he wanted to do that again every night from [...]