Grilled Focaccia

Focaccia Bread. Lazy, delicious, and impressive. Be prepared for people to ask you to make this for your next gathering. Furthermore, with a little creative use of your resources, it's pretty fast to make.

Barbecue Chicken Pizza

Until a few years back, all my experiences with homemade pizza were... Disappointing, to say the least. With the help of a friend and a few hours time, we created some really great homemade pizza that rivaled or beat anything we could have bought. Without further ado, one of my favorite types of pizza, Barbecue Chicken.

Cheesy Popcorn

To all those close to me (and many who attempt to stay away from me), I am known as a popcorn fiend. Perhaps it is a sign of a deep calling within me to become a corn farmer, or perhaps it is just because I'm a salty food snacker. Regardless, I'm always looking for new and exciting ways to make popcorn. And what can be more perfect than combining popcorn with cheese?

Meet the Hardware: Cast Iron Skillet

Ahh, the cast iron skillet. Classic and completely misunderstood by many of my generation. "But Ryan," they ask me, "why would you use a cast iron skillet when you could just use the non-stick pan?" The one-word answer is browning. But that's not the whole story.

French Onion Soup

It looks like a bowl full of cheesy bread, but it's oh so much more. Under its cheesy top lies a delicious bowl of french onion soup. It is hard to resist its wonderfully sweet and complex flavor. It makes for a weird summer dish, but sometimes it's hard to resist a good soup!

French Dip Sandwiches with Caramelized Onions

I've had all kinds of french dip sandwiches over the years. They can be as simple as sliced lunch meat roast beef on bread with beef bouillon au jus to much fancier, like I'm doing here. Yet, I still consider this to be a lazy recipe through the magic of the slow cooker.