My Fall / Winter Favorites
A few of my family favorites, some I love to prepare, and all that I love to share!
Going Back to Work!
22 months of washing dishes is enough. I’ll still be cooking, but not between 10:00am and 2:00pm. Here is the press release that M106.3 WGLM put out. I love ya! Neal "M-106-3 WGLM Is exactly what made me fall in love with local radio in the first place....This is...
Is Your Pantry Ready For Winter?
This is a lesson I learned the hard way. Twice! (I’ll explain at the bottom) We are just now experiencing our “First Big Snow” here in Michigan. I like to be prepared because in years past I was woefully unprepared and I will never let that happen again. As soon as...
A Great Gift From a Friend
I mentioned in a previous post that it was somewhat heartbreaking to say goodbye to summer. The reason for that was, I had nothing look forward to. My sons and I would always head North to "The Tar-Paper Shack” in summer to begin preparations for the upcoming deer...
She’s Gone
It seems so strange to look out the window and see nothing tied to the dock. It is always a melancholy day when the guys from Nelson’s Speed Shop come to load up our boat for winter storage. They will haul it, shrink wrap it and store it until spring. So much of the...
Pasta Primavera Recipe (Jeanie’s Favorite)
This dish is so simple, healthy & delicious. When someone is celebrating a Birthday in our family, I often let them choose the menu. This is one of my wife’s favorites and a guaranteed birthday dinner winner! I have also served this with Roasted chicken mixed in....
The Harvest: Corn, Avocado and Tomato Salad
I have been very fortunate throughout my career to have been able to do what many would consider BIG things. I’ve had the privilege to work at some of the country’s most iconic radio stations, travel, and hang with and befriend superstars. Now that I have retired, I...
It has begun
Is it just me or was this the fastest summer ever? It seems like yesterday when I took the snow brush out of my truck and packed away the winter coats. Now, I’m beginning to see color that isn’t green. When I was a kid, it seemed like an eternity from one year to the...
What’ll it be, Creamy Tuscan Garlic Chicken or Cereal?
The greatest joy in my life is family. I am so proud of them all. They are all unique, interesting and talented in their way. My son Christopher, for example, can build absolutely anything. He didn’t get that from me. The one thing he can’t make is a plate of food. He...
A Day on the Big Lake
This was an almost surreal Father’s Day for my family. For years, we have been working at the Birthday Bash. This year was different. I had retired. It seemed strange to be home. To not have to be anywhere. No obligations. I must admit, however, that I enjoyed it...
Norma’s GrIlled Ratatouille Panzanella Salad
I remember falling in love with Ratatouille. No, not the 2007 film starring a rat as a chef, but as a vegetable side dish. In the mid-1980’s, I had the good fortune to have been hired by one of radio’s great programmers to do mornings at KSD-FM in St. Louis. Bill...
Grilled Halibut with Brown Butter Citrus Vinaigrette
I have had a taste for seafood lately and have been experimenting with flavors beyond the typical butter, dill & lemon. I happened to spot some beautiful Halibut steaks at “Fresh Thyme Farmer’s Market” (Love this store) I also grabbed some fresh vegetables for one of...
Juicing
My sons, Jeff, Christopher & Nick all married extremely health conscious young ladies. Alicia, Vanessa & Jamie are all beautiful, they work out and eat right. They are also big fans of juicing and have spoken to me about the many health benefits, as has my niece,...
Perfectly Healthy Perch
I feel very fortunate to live on a lake with a healthy Perch population and it happens to be one of my favorites. I generally grill my fish but on those occasions when I hunger for crispy, golden fried fish, I have come to rely on healthy options. A few years ago, I...
Saved By The Freezer (A summer Succotash Recipe)
I had a real hankering for fish. I was hoping to snag a few perch for dinner. As luck would have it, a contractor was treating our lake today for weeds. No fish for consumption tonight. I decided that it was a perfect day to clean the boat from stem to stern, get some...
From Grey to Green
Several weeks ago I had to make a trip to Southern Illinois. I was headed toward Indiana on I-196 in near blizzard conditions. It was a combination of blinding snow and sleet with powerful winds. Ditches were filling with cars. It was quite a white knuckle trip....
She’s Baaaaaaack!
My, it has been a long winter. I am proud to say that we are the first lakers to get our boat in the water this season. It was just delivered after months of storage. We bought it at the end of the summer last year even though our home wasn’t finished until...
My Beef Tamale Skillet
My Jeanie loves Tex-Mex. She’d probably eat it everyday if I’d make it. She texted the other day that she was on her way home and had a hankering for Southwest flavors. I knew what that meant. A 30 mile drive (each way) to her favorite Mexican restaurant. I...
Children 2.0 and learning to play, again.
It absolutely fascinates me how things change with time. I’m referring to our perceptions and the maturation of our views on all kinds of things. When time slips by, its gone. Do you know that feeling you get when you look at your grown children and wonder where all...