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15 Recipes Kids Actually Ask For
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15 Recipes Kids Actually Ask For
Battle-tested by my two picky eaters. The rule is simple: if they ask for seconds, it makes the list. If they ask for it by...
12 Best Tex-Mex Recipes to Make at Home
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12 Best Tex-Mex Recipes to Make at Home
San Diego ruined me for bad Tex-Mex. First liberty, first taco stand, first real carne asada. After that, chain restaurant Mexican food was dead to...
Top 18 Grilling Recipes for Your Next Cookout
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Top 18 Grilling Recipes for Your Next Cookout
Everything you need to run a perfect cookout. I fell in love with grilling after my first duty station in San Diego. The steel beach...
10 High-Protein Meals for Meal Prep
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10 High-Protein Meals for Meal Prep
When I got out of the Navy, my eating habits caught up with me fast. Six years of galley food — which is delicious but...
12 Copycat Fast Food Recipes That Beat the Drive-Through
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12 Copycat Fast Food Recipes That Beat the Drive-Through
My kids started this. “Dad, can we get Chick-fil-A?” became a three-times-a-week request that was costing us $40+ each time. So I reverse-engineered it. Then...
15 Best Comfort Food Recipes for Cold Weather
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15 Best Comfort Food Recipes for Cold Weather
Comfort food is the galley’s specialty. When you’re underwater for months, morale runs on two things — mail call and chow. The meals that kept...
15 Best Cast Iron Skillet Recipes — One Pan, Maximum Flavor
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15 Best Cast Iron Skillet Recipes — One Pan, Maximum Flavor
If you own one pan, make it cast iron. It sears better than stainless, it’s more durable than nonstick, it goes from stovetop to oven...
20 Easy Weeknight Dinners That Take 30 Minutes or Less
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20 Easy Weeknight Dinners That Take 30 Minutes or Less
When I was cooking on the boat, we had to feed 130 people three meals a day plus midrats in a galley the size of...