Nice visual for a Facebook group called Men Who Cook are HOT.
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!)
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.
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!
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)
