Love, Hate + Cheese
Why is it that the things we love the most, often cause us the most harm? I love cheese. ᎤᏅᏗᎦᏚᏅ. Hot melty cheese, cold cheese, yellow cheese, commodity cheese, cheese-like product like Velveeta, queso, white cheese, salty cheese, stinky cheese, crumbly cheese. Like many Indian people, dairy makes me sick and to varying degrees, that’s […]
Semi-Washed Up Ballers Unite
Growing up, basketball was my life. We had two hoops at my house in Muskogee. The first one was in the backyard on the beaten down grass and I’d play there until my mom made me come inside. My fingers literally cracked and bled from overuse. It was an addiction and there are so many […]
Easy Breakfast Ideas
I have subscribed to the theory that I do not need breakfast because I can drink coffee until about 11 am and not really feel hungry, so why force the extra calories. That doesn’t work for me anymore. Sharing two easy cheap breakfast ideas here. I’m calling them the Chow-cuterie Plate and Granola “Yogurt”. The […]
Delaney’s Best Damn Veggie Sammich
My buddy Delaney Erickson (Cherokee) can throw down some food. He’s one of he best cooks I know and it comes from his days of being a kid in a hippie commune or just having to be the “cookie” and caretaker of a bunch of Cherokee county’s finest. Like me, he struggles to eat […]
Grandma’s Skillet and Tofu
Tofu always sounded nasty to me. I really didn’t know what it was, but when I shifted to mostly plant-based food and started experimenting, I bought some thinking it was “required.” I eat it maybe once a month, but it’s growing on me. Tofu is white and spongy and kinda looks like a block […]
Bye 2020, ‘Siyo BlackEyed Peas
Happy New Year 2021. Why take a chance? Just eat the dang BlackEyed Peas (BEPs). If you are from anywhere near the American South, you’ll understand that if you don’t eat the BEP, you are not guaranteed luck in the new year. For a more description and recipe for BEPs, check out Imma at Immaculate […]
Waffles and Giving Things Away
I intended to start 2021 off with some gluten free waffles from a mix. I woke up all excited for breakfast, just to realize I had given away the last pancake/waffle mix left in my pantry. Had to improvise. I regularly purchase mixes at Walmart or Reasor’s in Tahlequah – mostly under 5 bucks per […]
Gluten/Wheat and the KFC “Last Supper”
Yeah, I can’t eat gluten or wheat either. I figured this out in 2010 when heading home from a trip to DC. A lady on the airplane saw me touching my eyeball socket, grimacing. She asked if I was getting a migraine. Yep. I got them all the damn time, starting at age 25 and […]
Apple Sauce = Eggs
Use plain apple sauce instead of eggs when you make pancakes, waffles, muffins, or pretty much anything that calls for eggs. Get the generic jar with no added sugar, cheapest brand you can find. I find that about 1/3 to 1/2 cup of apple sauce = 1 large egg. It binds everything perfectly for cooking. […]