These are home cooking recipes collected over many years and passed down from my mother..

There are, of course, a few guidelines to follow. You can’t just dive into the first beef skewer that’s being cooked on a makeshift grill on a side street because the downside of bad street food can be so bad as to require professional counseling upon your return home... Make sure you read that guide (scroll down to the bottom)

Okay, let’s break it down. I can get a double cheeseburger from my local McDonalds for $1.07. It weighs 5.8 ounces, has 440 calories, and has 23 grams of fat, which is 35% of the daily recommended allowance of fat (three McDonalds dollar menu double cheeseburgers add up to more than 100% of your daily fat intake).

Cooking for my husband and three children while running a small catering business from my home kept me in the kitchen for several hours each day.Below are some of the things I did to try to cut down on time and make life easier.

It must be the cold weather down here, but I have been EXTRA lazy recently. To be fair, I work, go to school AND cook for my partner and I, so occasional laziness is expected and most often welcomed. I had already decided to make a nice bowl of cereal my dinner when my partner came home and insisted on making his favo