Chef Perry’s Favorite Leftover Easter Egg Recipes
Okay, Easter is coming to an end and, if your house is anything like mine, you have some happy egg-dying junkies, and a whole heap of hard boiled eggs. So, what to do with all those eggs? Sure, you can...
View ArticleAn elegant (and easier) Easter Dinner!
Easter dinner should feel like a special occasion, one might even say a holiday! So why should you have to spend hours and hours slaving away in the kitchen, while the rest of your friend’s and...
View ArticleTraeger Peach-Ginger Smoked Holiday Ham
I love just about any combination of spicy and sweet, and this peach-ginger glazed ham recipe is no exception. My wife has informed me that this is the only ham recipe I am to use for Easter, from now...
View ArticleMy 5 Favorite Leftover Ham Recipes
So, yesterday we took a look at my favorite ham recipe, Peach-Ginger Smoked Holiday Ham, now let’s take a look at what to do with all of these delicious piggy leftovers…you will have leftover’s right?...
View ArticleChef Perry’s Bacon & Four-Cheese Scalloped Potatoes
Here’s a sneak-peek from the upcoming Home Chef Guidebook: “Bacon!” Let’s face it, as comfort foods go, scalloped potatoes are pretty hard to beat, and this version is completely over the top! Creamy,...
View ArticlePork Schnitzel with Dill Sauce and Simple Spaetzle
Pork Schnitzel Yield: 4 servings 4 boneless pork loin chops (6oz each) 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper 2 large eggs 1/2 cup milk 4 cups plain dried bread crumbs...
View ArticleNext Level Ingredients: Butter Poached Garlic Cloves
Today we’re going to look at two of my all time favorite ingredients, garlic…and butter! And I’m going to show you one of those little restaurant kitchen secrets that can elevate a great dish into the...
View ArticleThe Home Chef’s Mother’s Day Cookbook (it’s free!)
Tips, ideas, and of course…lots of delicious, easy to make recipes with full color step-by-step instructions. Breakfast, appetizers, dinner, and dessert recipes to show Mom just how awesome she is this...
View ArticleQuick & Easy Thai Grilled Chicken Salad
Sometimes even I don’t have a lot of time to prep a delicious, healthy meal…and a little cheating is required. And sometimes, those meals turn out to be freakin’ awesome. This is one of them....
View ArticleWhen Good Kids Cook Bad Food (and what to do about it)
When Good Kids Cook Bad Food (and what to do about it) Excerpt from: “The Home Chef’s Guide to Cooking with Kids.” Coming Soon. Learning to cook from a father who’s also a professional chef, isn’t...
View ArticleChef P’s Penny Pincher Mock Southern Catfish
Had a hankering for fried catfish this week…until I priced it at my local fist monger’s shop. The poor country-boy in me just couldn’t shell out $12.50/lb for somethin’ I can catch with a cane pole and...
View ArticlePan-Seared Filet Mignon with Garlic-Mushroom Cream sauce
From Chef Perry’s (upcoming) Home Chef Guidebook, “BACON!”, comes this delicious classic, with an over-the-top umami twist! Sear your Filet Mignon in a cast-iron skillet just one time, and you’ll NEVER...
View ArticleMY KITCHEN Outreach Recipes: Toad in a Hole
For my friend, Sharon! This is one of the first recipes I learned as a child, and one of the first I taught my own daughter. It’s a great “first step” recipe when teaching kids to cook, and is always a...
View ArticleThe Secret to Crispy Turkey Skin
Who says you can’t teach an old dog new tricks? I picked up this trick a few weeks ago from a fellow chef’s blog (I wish I could remember, but whoever you are, thank you!) and tried it for the first...
View ArticleA Favorite from the New Book: Maple Bacon Roasted Carrots
It may be a cliche that everything tastes better with bacon, but sometimes things are a cliche for a reason…and this is certainly one of those times! Crispy, salty bacon wrapped around savory roasted...
View ArticleSimplySmartDinnerPlans page is back up!
The new dinner plans page is (finally) up and running again! I’ve made a few changes in the update…no more passwords, no more “one plan a week.” All 52 weeks of free, healthy, easy-to-prepare, “real...
View ArticleChef Perry’s Bacon Salmon Chowder
This recipe is an old favorite, my own riff on my Dad’s signature clam chowder, using our fresh Pacific Northwest Salmon. BACON SALMON CHOWDER Ingredients: STOCK 2 lbs. salmon spine, head, and tail 1...
View ArticleOur first Advanced Class in Carson, WA
Here’s a quick update video of our first “Advanced Class” for the graduates of our 6-Week program in Carson WA. The kids wanted to learn how to make pot-stickers, and they nailed it! 100% of the...
View ArticleEasy Pork Potstickers ala the MY KITCHEN Kids
As we saw in yesterday’s update video, the kids in Carson had a great time making pork pot-stickers and restaurant-style fried rice, in our first “Advanced Cooking” class, for our MY KITCHEN Program...
View ArticleThe SimplySmartDinnerPlans Cookbook
Chef tested, delicious, nutritious 4-serving dinner recipes for every night of the week…for an entire year! Weekly plans are organized according to a main ingredient (chicken, salmon, pork chops,...
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