It’s taking me a lot to post this, but I am extremely proud of myself for cooking tonight! I used to cook almost nightly but I’ve been so depressed, I embarrassingly haven’t cooked in months! So cheers to me and everyone that was in depression, I’m cheering for you… take that one step! ❤️ you’re worth it!

Porterhouse steak, twice baked potatoes, creamed spinach, stone crab, shrimp, burgers etc

Steal, roasted asparagus with hollandaise sauce, stuffed mushrooms, garlic bread, and salad! 10/10 for all of us. Was very grateful for a chill dinner at home where we cooked together instead of just going to a restaurant.

Ribeye with mushrooms, creamed spinach with bacon and garlic, baked potato with cheddar & sour cream, sourdough.

Teriyaki salmon bites and avocado on rice for tonight!

Fall apart tender. (I didn’t shred this, had to cradle it out of the pot to keep it that much intact 😅) Italian dressing season packet (1 packet per lb) fresh lemon juice ( 3 medium lemons), a little chicken stock, some minced garlic, and around 4-6hrs in the crockpot is about all you need and it is divine.

Was so happy to get me some turkey! And dessert..local church had lots of meals ready to go in the park across from them..God is good!

One of my favorite comfort food meals. I always wish I had made more mushrooms than I do. The perfect dinner for cold weather!

I’d say it was a great success! Served with creamed broccoli and roasted tiny potatoes. Merry Christmas!

Keeping it simple with ribeye pan seared medium rare, mashed golden potatoes and pan seared asparagus. I used my favorite fajita seasoning for everything and the wife added some parsley to the potatoes for a pop in color.

My 9-year old son’s favorite part of helping me cook is doing the sous chef work- esp knife work. So I put him to work slicing homegrown tomatoes and basil for Caprese salad tonight.

i love a good burger!

Bang bang shrimp on vinegared rice + some egg rolls on the side

Bang bang shrimp is shrimp deveined, breaded and fried then tossed in a sauce made from mayo and sriracha - typically kewpie Pago is used but I’d inn have access to it where I’m from so I make it at home (mayo made from egg told only instead of the whole egg and some rice wine vinegar) The egg rolls have carrot, cabbage, zucchini, and ground chicken, seasoned with ginger paste, black pepper, salt and some fish sauce.

The sauce for the egg rolls is basically nuoc mam but I put too much soy sauce that’s why it looks dark

hey all. here are some dinners that i share in with my wife. i’m the home cook for us, and have been learning what works and doesn’t work with cooking for the last 10 years. teaching yourself to cook can be a slow evolution for sure. but, a rewarding one nonetheless.

i focus on creating balanced plates using tried and true ingredients that my wife and i have curated as staples over the years.

i started cooking for myself when i was 14 because i’d started working out and wanted a better diet to aid in my progress. naturally, my meals now are elevations of what i was doing at 14; balanced, healthy (aside from the amount of full fat butter i love to use. iykyk), and keep my wife and i full.

sometimes i undercook the broccoli, and sometimes the chicken is too salty, or sometimes i put the wrong seasoning on my chicken rub in the oven too early at too high of a heat and burn the seasoning. sometimes i make a dinner that isn’t good at all. sometimes i make a dinner that i’ll never forget! it’s all a learning process, and i’ll continue learning as i continue providing for my wife.

i know where i can improve, so please put to better use any nitpicking commentary somewhere else!

in order:

1. hot honey glaze fried chicken with butter mashed potatoes and broccoli.

2. a hearty winter stew full of vegetables and shredded chicken.

3. some kind of fish with a honey glaze, sautéed bell peppers, wedge potatoes and an asparagus/bacon/bell pepper wrap on a small bed of seasoned cream cheese.

4. potatoes, new york strip steak, asparagus.

5. a mediterranean bowl i just recently tried my hand at with cucumbers, hummus, tomatoes, red onion, kalamata olives, slaw medley, chicken, potatoes, and feta.

6. a whole cooked chicken that i later used to make bone broth.

7. a twice baked potato stuffed with creamy shredded chicken and asparagus on the side.

8. new york strip steak with broccoli, lobster tail, and potatoes that i steamed in the bone broth from the whole chicken. so while the potatoes look void of seasoning, they were melt in your mouth soft and full of that bone broth flavor.

finally went grocery shopping and filled up my once empty fridge. simple meal but i’m really really proud of myself i feel like crying just typing this bc it’s been so hard pushing myself to eat healthy.

roasted broccoli and cauliflower, over rice with sun dried tomatoes, and cheese.

f you depression! (and f you uber eats!)

I love steak and I love tacos🤷🏾‍♂️😅