LET’S DO THIS!!!!!!! This one speaks for itself.

Ingredients: Chocolate Hard shell, Brownie mix, strawberries, small baking dish and a metal canister for background decoration.

Total prep time for brownies: 10 mins.

Total prep and arranging time for the strawberry garnish: 10 mins.

Cook time: 20-45 mins, it depends on the amount of brownies you pour into your dish.

Follow the directions on the back of the box and pour the mix into the bowl, make two of them and cook it according to the directions.

Take the bottoms of both for the purpose of creating a sandwich let these cool completely. If you move too quickly when you add the ice cream it will melt.

This is my ice cream of choice.

Take a chunk of ice cream and create an even sandwich smoothing the sides with a butter knife.

Cut some strawberries for the garnish.

Arrange the strawberries and add the hard shell chocolate to the strawberries and the brownies and ice cream sandwich and…

SOOOOOOBIYAOOOOO!!!!!!!!!

HOTNESS!!!! Another recipe dominated from yours truly “chef Boyar-gee“

Had a friend say “bro where are the desserts, that’s what the girls want”? My response was if that’s what you think they want then here is what they are going to get.

This dessert is dangerous, a double chocolate brownie and vanilla ice cream layered cake with a chocolate hard shell.

Careful if you are married with a child, this dessert will get you your second. If you are engaged, this dessert will get her to elope with you. If you are dating, this will get her to get engaged with you. If you are single then this will get you in trouble, its off limits for you.

I laugh, when I first made this, the tools used to accomplish the final product was so, GHETTO. Lets just say I used the 1 inch cut off top of a plastic cup as my cookie cutter.

So stayed tuned this is coming soon and it’s a recipe that will not disappoint.

HOLLA!!!!

After nearly a month long hiatus in Sudan, Memphis and The Village Staff retreat, I am home!!! This sandwich was BALLAAH! And the slap yo mama fries, I promise, are the perfect compliment. Now I will warn you husbands to HELP your wives not fall into gluttony on this one, by only offering her a small portion of this sandwich. My wife and I split this meal right in half and she was stuffed but could NOT stop eating it because that melted gouda and avacado spread was changing her life.  So help her out if she has no self control like my wife claimed she lacked.

This recipe may test your patience. It’s a sandwich and fries so its easy, but you need to pay attention and make sure you aren’t just throwing things together because this one is all about taste and texture. You don’t want to over spice or add too much of anything or burn the bread, its all about slowing down and paying attention and the finished product will speak for itself.

Note: Girls like sandwiches but aren’t big carnivores so don’t kill her with meat!!

Sandwich Ingredients: asiago cheese foccacia bread, Gouda, deli turkey, ham, avacado, dijon mustard (not pictured, so dont forget it), spinach and Cavendars Greek seasoning

Slap yo mama Fries: two whole potatoes, Cavendars Greek seasoning, olive oil, oregano, salt, pepper and paprika (also not pictured).

Prep time: at most  10 minutes for each

Cook time: 10-15 minutes max for each

Presentation: 1 min.

Slice the bread as shown with hand on top applying pressure as you slice in the middle so you dont tear the bread.

Add mustard sparingly to your bottom bread. Dont kill the meal early by turning this into a mustard sandwich.

Mash and soften your avacado and add to mustard covered bread.

Spinach next

note: This is where you sprinkle the Cavendars Greek seasoning on top of the spinach, this is one of the “change yo life” secrets to a savory tasting sandwich.

Gouda…mmmm thats alot of cheese but that complemented with the seasoning makes a perfect taste!

Turkey and ham of course.

Add your top bread and get ready to cut.

This cuts allows for pressure to keep the meat and everything from sliding.

Cut till you get 4 pieces, they are hearty trust me!! Place these aside, you will later press these either in a pan (grill cheese style to warm them) or Foreman grille right as the fries are finishing.

Cut the two potatoes in half.

Then slice the potatoes again as pictured above.

You should have six sections as you see pictured.

Cut these sections length wise about a 1/4 inch thick to give you a nice fry as pictured above.

For you health conscious folks I use olive oil. It’s worth the price because it does not leave you bloated. Cook the fries until golden brown.

Drain fries on paper towel.

This is where the “slap yo mama” comes into play. As they are cooling add salt, oregeno and paprika to taste, don’t be shy on the paprika.

note: Make sure you toss the fries around to get an even taste, the paprika contrast with the salt is the key combo.

Press the sandwiches in a pan or with a Foreman grille until bread and Gouda cheese is warm all the way through.

Arrange the fries and the two sandwich halves together on a plate and…

SPLICKY PLAYAOH!!!! Your wife will think you are a Panera bread sandwich specialist or something real gourmet that sounds impressive.

This week’s recipe is “pauper” in prep, but “kingly” or better yet, “queenly” in taste; since this is for your woman.

Most men come from the mentality of shall I say, “the h@ll with the instructions! Just let me figure this thing out.”  That mentality will cause a disaster in the kitchen, in performance and most importantly taste.

This week will challenge your pride to follow instructions. This week is like the lay-up in basketball. Before you can start shooting, running and fading lay-up (deviations in the game of basketball) you need to master the fundamentals.

So this week the base ingredient is from a box, but there is one deviation that makes the dish what it is… yes, the secret ingredient. I made this for my wife and instantly she asked, “Who did you steal this recipe from?” When I showed her the process of my magic she was definitely amazed…so let’s begin.

These are the ingredients.

Prep time: at most  10 minutes

Cook time: 5 max

Presentation: 1 min.

Two things to keep in mind… 1. Follow the prep instructions on the back of the box to a tee. 2. Notice that I have half and half and Chinese five spice which is not included on the back of the box.

n.b. We will talk more as we move along how to discern what flavors, herbs and spices complement one another.  A phrase I go by in the kitchen is, “He who finds the right spice finds a good thing.”

I also sub the half and half for the skim milk called for on the back of the box and then add water till the mixture is a cream/malt consistency; this is for those who like a richer and more crepe like taste. But I have learned to do this over time, try it if you like, it’s a matter of preference not a must.

This is how you separate the egg white from the egg yolk as the box has asked you to do on the back.

n.b.Crack the egg and dump the yolk back and forth in the shells until only the yolk remains in the shell and the egg white is in the bowl.

You can also keep it simple and buy them in liquid form from your local grocery store.

The Secret ingredient is a teaspoon of Chinese five spice. You can get this at your local grocery store. Those in the south it might be Kroger or Tom Thumb, those in the north it might be Farmer Jack, west coast Trader Joe’s but when in doubt there is always Wally world.

You can simply add the five spice to the mixture at the end or the beginning.

n.b. The combination of five spice and Log cabin no high fructose corn syrup, syrup, is what makes the dish.

n.b. The goal is not to overwhelm your love with size, it’s to impress her with taste and leave her wanting more.

Having said that, a great pancake size to is comparable to that of a CD, not too big not too small.

Cook according to the instructions… add a little apple sliced garnish on top, presentation does matter, (sorry you are going to have to search for this one, magicians never reveal everything)…lightly drizzle the Log cabin high fructose free syrup on top and…

Socka booyah!!! Your wife will be amazed when you bring this to her in bed just because. Let me know how this one goes. Trust me, you make this and she will think you went to some french cooking school.

If you are stumbling on to this blog you are asking the question, who is this guy and what is the point of this blog? Well this blog is plain and simple. It’s for the guy who is seeking to love his wife with a reckless abandon in the kitchen. For the man who “can bring home the bacon and can cook it too” or at least desires too (pun intended). The guy who is trying to lead in every part of society from the work place to the home.

So if you are the classic neanderthal who is still trying to lead by force and out dated methods of, I work you cook, “ME TARZAN YOU JANE”, then move on the the chauvinistic, prideful blog, I am sure it’s somewhere in the search engine under LAME!!!. But if your desire is to have the Christ servant kahunas to bust your but in the world as well as in the home through cooking then let the journey begin.

I will be putting up simple recipes to boost up your level of confidence and hopefully spice up your home and love for your wife. One week I might go old school double dare on you with a physical challenge (meal more difficult) to test your growth. But these recipes will be geared toward men in technicality but women in taste, i.e. simple in prep, amazing in taste. So join me weekly and let the contest begin to see who is the most postmodern man. My Savior said it best “…no one takes my life I lay it down…”