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Vacation Food Pyramid

Posted on July 6th, 2009 | 6 comments

Summer means vacation, and vacation means good food. But who on earth wants to cook?
Um… my brothers and me?
Rest assured, we have our own unique way of choosing summer holiday menus, especially when traveling.
Vacate Dad’s House today for a trip to the Silicon Valley Mom’s Blog, and learn all about our
Vacation Food Pyramid
This is not [...]

Fondue

Posted on January 13th, 2009 | 17 comments

When Ilina from Dirt & Noise wrote about making homemade fondue, I immediately wanted to pour myself a glass of white wine. Call it Pavlov’s bell.
It wasn’t always like that.
Years ago, when I was still married, I took a business trip to Switzerland with a colleague. Boondoggles being boondoggles, my wife came along too. The [...]

What Goes Down Must Come Up

Posted on July 22nd, 2008 | 2 comments

Barf.
Vomit.
Toss cookies.
Throw up.
When too much good stuff (not to be confused with good food) goes into a twelve-year-old boy’s tummy, the result is easily guessed. Come join me as I wheel my Dad’s House mobile home over to the Silicon Valley Moms Blog today, and you can find out what really happened on our vacation.
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Cooking Tasty Vegan Recipes from Scratch

Posted on July 18th, 2008 | 5 comments

David Mott is on vacation this week, and Dad’s House has been taken over by some great guest bloggers. Ending the week, Honey from HoneyAndLance.com heads into the kitchen…
We go out to eat, or buy takeout, or get pre-prepared (kind of redundant, eh?) food so often these days that the idea of cooking something [...]

Bruschetta Recipe

Posted on March 27th, 2008 | 2 comments

Here’s a savory appetizer that’s so easy to fix, you can serve it weeknights. As a snack for kids, it’s healthier than a bag of chips, and they’ll love the taste. It’s a girls and boys food favorite, for sure.
Tip: try to mix the ingredients as soon as you get home from work so there’s [...]

Pasta With Peas Recipe – Healthy Meal Plan

Posted on March 11th, 2008 | 3 comments

No food in the fridge tonight? No problem! Here’s a quick and easy recipe that you can make from basic ingredients you already have on hand. (And if you don’t have them on hand, start stockpiling them for future empty fridge nights.)
First things first – go easy on yourself about the empty fridge. Pour a [...]