Sometimes less is more. Food is love.
Hey Smidgers, I am really, really sorry for the long hiatus. It has been a crazy few months here at Smidge. As most of you know, I work in the oil and gas industry. I am thankful that I still have a job, but that job has been taking more and more of my time. The company that I work for has changed everybody to
Hey Smidgers, The other day I was asked by an acquaintance , “how did you learn to cook?” This got me thinking, so I decided that I would try and put together a series of posts about kitchen basics. A cooking 101 if you will. In today’s post, I will start the series by giving you some practical tips to make your cooking better and easier. The more
Hey Smidgers, chicken tacos!!! I know I’m a little late with the annual “OMG! Summers coming! I need to get ready for swimsuit season” diet posts. And I apologise for that. With everything going on in my life, time just got way from me. The Lovely Amy started our healthy cooking series last week with her easy jerked chicken last week, and today it’s my
Hey Smidgers, Ok. I know that I have been teasing you with the posts about going tiny. Today I am finally able to introduce “La Petite Maison de Kinler”. The Lovely Amy and I have been talking about this for quite a while, and a week or so we took the plunge. We bought a tiny house! We had been going around and around about
Hey Smidgers, In our ongoing effort to get ready to go tiny, Smidge has cut the cord… We had been watching less and less TV and finally decided to cancel cable. Here’s what we did at our house, and what we plan on doing in the tiny house. HD Antenna We bought and installed an HD antenna. This allows us to receive over the air
Hey Smidgers, A couple weeks ago when I showed you how to make gumbo quickly and easily, I told you that I would be teaching you how to make my smoked chicken. Today’s the day. Like most everything that I cook, it’s pretty easy. I cheat a little with my cooking method to make it almost fool proof. As you already know, I work in
Hey Smidgers, Last week in my official intro, I told you guys about how the Lovely Amy and I were going tiny. Well, this got us thinking about what we would need in the tiny kitchen. This also brought about a bit of soul searching about my love of kitchen gadgets, and how I would have to pare down to fit in the tiny kitchen.
Hey Smidgers, I realized that I haven’t really introduced myself since taking over smidge of delish. Short of a brief post stating that smidge is under new management, you really don’t know who we are. Allow us to introduce ourselves. My name is Tim and I am married to the lovely Amy. We are just an average couple that happens to love all things culinary.
Hey Smidgers, The other day I showed you an easy way to make a dry roux. I mentioned a few dishes that could be made quickly and easily with it, depending on how dark you made it. Well, today I have a real treat for you. We’re making gumbo… That’s right, a real cajun gumbo that doesn’t take all day. In fact, with a little pre-planning,
Hey Smidgers, Today I’m going to talk about an old school cooking technique. Making a roux is one of the foundations of cooking. However, making a roux the old fashion way takes a lot of time, and can be a real pain. You take equal parts flour and oil and basically fry the flour until it reaches the proper color for whatever dish you are
Hey Smidgers, Have you ever had to throw bread away because it doesn’t get eaten fast enough? It happens all the time around the smidge household. We are not big bread eaters, and usually, forget we have a loaf that we need to eat. The Lovely Amy’s best friend found an easy bread pudding recipe one day, and in true Smidge fashion, I tweaked it
Hey Smidgers! I have great news! The Tiny House is home. It has been a crazy few weeks or so. Sit back and let me tell you all about it. I came home from work in early October with plans to get the Tiny house ready to move then, but life got in the way as it is prone to do. I have had a
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