Hello all,

If you’ve been following our blog, reading our recipes, and making them for yourself, let me start by saying THANK YOU! I really enjoy writing about, thinking about, cooking, and eating food, but I write these recipes for YOU to help you learn your way around the kitchen, using only whole foods, while you ease yourself off of processed ingredients and/or meals.  Hopefully, it’s working!

You may have noticed that our recipes don’t always follow the ‘cookbook’ protocol of including pesky details like measurements, serving sizes, cook times, etc.

That’s not because I’m lazy. (Well, sometimes, I am very lazy, but that has nothing to do with how I write). I write this way because we are here to guide you in the right direction, but not to dictate how and when you eat, how heavily you spice your food, or how crispy you make your bacon. By eliminating exact proportions, I’m giving you creative control over YOUR kitchen and I’m helping you to learn what works and what doesn’t. Also, we tend to cook in quantities that will feed about 3-4 people ( this is to ensure that we have leftovers), but we leave it up to you to determine how much to cook for you, your family, your lunches for the week, etc.

You’ll also notice that our meals are simple. Much like our workouts (lift something heavy, then do something fast to make you sweat), our recipes follow a simple formula of ‘meat, veggies, and fat’. We vary the quantities, types, and cooking methods, but you’ll often see the same ingredient pop up in many of the recipes. Most of us just don’t have the time or money to spend on finding exotic ingredients, so we tend to stick to things that you can find at your local Wegman’s, Whole Foods, Trader Joe’s or farmer’s market. This way, you can pick up the ingredients while you’re doing your regular food shopping. If we go off the beaten path, its usually with easy-to-find ethnic spices, rather than a rare vegetable that costs $20 a pound and is only available in one single store.

Going along with the simplicity thing, our meals rarely take more than 20 minutes of ‘active’ kitchen time. A few of the roasts and crock pot meals may take hours to cook, but you can be doing other things during that time. We realize the time crunch that everyone is facing, and we’d rather see you spending time with your family enjoying a good meal made from quality ingredients, rather than alone in the kitchen, preparing a gourmet feast.

Hopefully you enjoy the content of the recipes, and you’re able to prepare them with ease. We want you to really enjoy cooking at home. Once you do, we think you’ll realize that your homemade food actually tastes a heck of a lot better than anything you could get (and pay a lot more for) at a restaurant.

If you do find that a recipe is too vague, or you want some extra tips,  just call or email me and I’ll get right back to you!