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Mike’s Fallin’ Off the Bone Ribs

June 12, 2009

MIKE’S FALLIN’ OFF THE BONE RIBS

1 rack pork ribs
1 (16oz bottle) BBQ Sauce
2 lg. strong onions
1/2 cup of brown sugar
1 tbl. of yellow mustard, prepared
2 tbl. of ketchup
3 tbl. of white vinegar

Rinse ribs under warm water and cut into 2-3 rib sections. Cook for a 1/2 hour on the grill with bone side down, while brushing the top with 8 ounces of BBQ Sause. Flip ribs and cook 15 minutes more with grill cover on. Be carful not to burn them. Combine 8 ounces of BBQ Sauce, brown sugar, mustard, ketchup, and white vinegar in a bowl, mix well. Layer onions, ribs, and sauce in one large roasting pan. Add enough water to pan to cover the ribs. Bake at 350 degrees for 2 hours with top on, take top off and bake one half hour longer. Serve ribs covered with onions from the roaster on top and with the juice from the roaster on the side.

Filed under: Post Recipes to Win Prizes — Tags: , , — Russ Golub @ 9:23 pm

Men Who Cook are Hot

June 9, 2009

menwhocookarehotNice visual for a Facebook group called Men Who Cook are HOT.

Filed under: "French Maid Says", The Crew of BachelorsHome — Tags: , , — Z. Jameson @ 10:22 pm

Post Recipes to Win Prizes

May 30, 2009

Post your recipes and share the magic.

We’re offering prizes to the recipes that receive the most comments, revisions, spark the most invention or dialogue.  Just click on the “Comments” link at the end of this post, and insert your recipe. We’ll take a look, and post them to the main blog.  “Comment”/contribute often, and welcome.

(What prizes, you ask?  BachelorsHome gift certificates, of course!)

Filed under: Post Recipes to Win Prizes — Tags: , — Z. Jameson @ 11:18 am

BOUDOIRE FAIRE

May 25, 2009

Does your bedroom still look like it did in college? I don’t mean the piles of dirty clothes. How does it look when it’s picture perfect? Don’t like that picture? Well, neither will she. Time to suck it up and commit a few bucks to making your bedroom look more inviting.

First, the bed itself. Choose a piece of furniture that is solid and won’t creak when used properly. Sleigh beds are a good choice – all curves, no sharp angles…like her.

Soften it up with lots of pillows. Pillows just make a bedroom look fuller, richer, cozier, softer…better. You need big ones in the back row and little ones in front. The big ones are called shams and the smaller ones are standard. Since you’re spending at least a third of your life in bed, invest in a padded mattress cover – it’s guaranteed to get an “mmmmmmmm…ahhhhhhhh” every time you hit the sack.

For sheets, you can’t go wrong with white cotton, and remember that the higher the thread count – like 300-400 – the softer and higher quality the material. And remember, the more you wash them, the softer they get!

Comforters are next. Down-filled duvets are warmer in winter but not too warm to use in summer when you remove your top sheet. Make sure it’s quilted (i.e. sewn into small square sections to keep the down evenly distributed). The duvet cover is your first foray into the world of color and patterns and “artistic choices”. Look at magazines for what suits your style and talk to someone you trust about what looks good…embossed stripes are a pretty safe bet.

Now, toss those piles of clothes in a hamper and you’re ready to entertain.

Filed under: "Crib Notes" — Jake Nesbitt @ 2:25 pm

The Walls Have Y-ears

May 6, 2009

Look around at those sad, bare walls of yours. That’s not you. Think you don’t know jack about decor?  Well, you have a history. You have family. You have good taste. You have something to say. So, let’s get some of your rich, untapped resources up there!

What looks good? Well, here’s the big secret: the photo/relic is important to you – the FRAME is important to the “look” of the room.

First, decide what you want to use to represent you: pix of loved ones, friends at the barbeque, good times around the keg, your best golf scorecard, travel -  artsy shots you’ve taken with your 10 mega-pixel camera that are just wasting away; even nice magazine covers will work.

Take stock of your photo library. Maybe you have iPhoto or something similar. Create an album called “Frame-ables” and start dragging your faves in one-by-one. Use a scanner to grab photos, etc. buried in your sock drawer all these years. Soon, you’ll have a nice collection from which to choose.

Next, start printing. Use off-the-shelf, high-quality photo paper. It costs a bit more than regular paper, but it will make your photos pop, and hold their color over time. Print in sizes that will fit in standard frames: 3×5, 4×6, 8×10.

Now, shop for some classy-looking frames in colors that work for the photos and complement your best furniture - not your soon-to-be junk. You will have to suck it up and commit to spending a little money on frames but they’re as much about you as your clothes. Always use a matte around the photo (cream, white or gray)…it’s an extra step, but really makes your material look better than it really is.

Cluster the frames in high-traffic places that need the most help. Lay them out on the floor to get an idea of how to hang them. Use tiny nails - real picture hooks for the heavy ones.

Bottom line: spend time on selecting the right photos; spend money on the frames/matting.

Filed under: "Crib Notes" — Tags: , , , , — Jake Nesbitt @ 6:00 am

Rusty’s Red Roasted Garlic Gravy Sauce

May 4, 2009

Ok guys, this is easy and will be sure to impress that certain someone.

28 oz can of crushed tomatoes
One pound of ground beef
One onion
One red bell pepper
One large bulb of garlic
One can of tomato paste
One cup of drinkable red wine
Dried herbs of basil, oregano, and thyme

Brown the beef in a sauce pan with a little olive oil salt and pepper. Set to the side.
Dice the onion and bell pepper and sauté till translucent, then add a little salt and pepper.
Then add that to the veggies, with a sprinkle of basil, oregano and thyme.
In a large pot, add your beef and veggies. Add the crushed tomatoes and the whole can of tomatoes paste. Bring it to a low simmer and cover the pot.
Here’s the kicker: Take the whole garlic bulb and remove the skin from all the cloves by gently hitting them with the top of your chef’s knife.  Then cut each clove length wise until you have a bunch of little diced garlic goodies. In a sauté pan with a half cup of olive oil, gently sauté the raw garlic until they become a light golden brown. Do not over-cook the cloves. They will become bitter and your lady friends will have to spank you.
Once the cloves are beautiful, dump the garlic and oil into your sauce. Add the cup of wine. Let it simmer for a couple of hours. Adjust the seasoning (salt, pepper).   Pour over your favorite pasta. Relish the response.

Filed under: "Eat the Rich", Post Recipes to Win Prizes — Tags: , , , , , — Russ Golub @ 11:12 pm

Men are Way Beyond the Barbeque Grill

April 30, 2009

If you’re a man who cooks, or you’re thinking about improving your cooking skills, you’re not alone. Check out these stats:

  • 65% of men prepare at least one meal a week for others in the household (Harris Interactive study commissioned by publisher Rodale, quoted in AdWeek, Aug. 11, 2008)
  • 53% of men cook with separate ingredients nearly every day, according to new study commissioned by food company PurAsia.
  • 52% of men report that cooking is a hobby, not a chore “and the amount of time men have spent at the stove has risen fivefold since 1961.” (reported in BrandWeek.com, Sept. 15, 2008).
  • 40% of the primetime viewers of the Food Network are men (AdWeek, Aug. 11, 2008)
  • The editor-in-chief of Men’s Health magazine says “recipes are the most-read stories in our magazine.” (reported on homefamily.net, April 27, 2008)

It’s just a stereotype that men won’t cook unless it’s outdoors on the grill, anything but a slab of meat. Complex sauces, healthy wok dishes, baked pasta combos, terrific concoctions.  Oh yeah!

Filed under: "French Maid Says", The Crew of BachelorsHome — Tags: , , , — Z. Jameson @ 10:30 am

It Turns Her On When You Clean

April 18, 2009

“It turns out that the key to great sex for women is a clean kitchen,” says Ian Kerner, a sex therapist, relationship counselor and author.

Studies have documented that women need to be much more relaxed and free from anxiety than men do to reach orgasm and coming into your dirty apartment (or worse coming home to the house you share that’s dirty and devoid of food!) isn’t relaxing.

What’s more, they’ve proven that your cooking and cleaning actually turns her on. “Men doing housework can have an aphrodisiacal effect on women, who report heightened sexual interest when their husbands start washing the dishes,” according to psychologist Joshua Coleman, author of The Lazy Husband: How to Get Men to Do More Parenting and Housework. (Quoted in AdWeek Aug. 11, 2008)

And women know it: a relatively new book called Porn for Women sports a cover photo of a man vacuuming.

How many more clues do you need?

Well, here’s another one from Kerner: “As a sex therapist and relationship counselor, one of most common complaints I hear from women is that they bear the majority of the burden for household chores…Foreplay really is cleaning up the house when it’s a mess…Once guys start carrying their weight around the house, they’re apt to find that women have more energy inside the bedroom,” says Ian Kerner New York Times best-selling author of numerous books, including the recently published Sex Detox: a Program to Detoxify and Rejuvenate Your Love Life.

All of this was started by the Council on Contemporary Families, who reported that “equitable sharing of housework is associated with higher levels of marital satisfaction — and sometimes more sex too!”

Filed under: "French Maid Says" — Tags: , , , — Z. Jameson @ 2:43 am

Wireless iTunes Through Your Speakers, No Problem

April 2, 2009

After all the money and time you’ve spent building that awesome music library - you really need to hook your stereo up so you can crank your iTunes….loud, and often…or soft and for hours at a time…you know - launching more than just a CD’s worth of play time. Let’s face it, you should have more important things to do than juggle CDs, right?

Yeah, I know – you’ve got a 500 CD jukebox (so last century) - or a receiver you can plug your iPod right into. Sorry, been there, done that, still not your best solution. I’m talking about wireless between your laptop and the big, nasty, honking towers you’ve got parked on either side of that gi-normous HD screen in your living room.

Now, if you’ve got a Mac, listen up. All it takes is Airport Express and a wire and you’re as good as your best playlist. I realize $99 is a lot for some, but hey, this is the answer. The wire is simple: male mini-plug on one end that goes into the Airport, with enough length to make it to the back of your receiver. The other end of the wire must have two RCA male plugs (red & white) that go straight into the audio inputs for a CD player…a $10 item at Radio Shack.

You then use Airport Utility to welcome the new Airport Express to your Mac and your home network…give it a good, descriptive name like “Stereo Speakers”. There’s a little toggle button on the lower right side of iTunes so you can select your output.

Then, when it comes time to entertain, just click on that killer playlist, and once again, you are the man…for an added thrill, download the REMOTE app and control your tunes from your iPhone.  How’s that for portable?

(Post your own ideas for wireless tunes, remotes..etc… here)

Filed under: "Crib Notes" — Tags: , , , , , , , , , — Jake Nesbitt @ 11:19 am

New DVD Celebrating Stay-at-Home Dads

November 30, 1999

Happy Stay at Home Dads, a new DVD

Happy Stay at Home Dads, a new DVD

A solid shout-out to a new DVD celebrating Stay-at-Home Dads.  Here’s the news:

“What happens when a family decides that Dad will stay at home with the kids while Mom works? SAHDs (Stay-At-Home Dads) are a growing trend in our culture. This new documentary by award winning Baltimore filmmaker Michael Ivan Schwartz, Happy SAHD follows a dozen Baltimore-area fathers who have chosen for a variety of reasons to be the daily caregiver for their children. This illuminating and humorous movie reveals the every day life trials, tribulations and triumphs of these unique men living outside the norm.”

Filed under: The Crew of BachelorsHome — Z. Jameson @ 12:00 am
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