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Spiced Pork with Coconut Noodles

Spiced Pork with Coconut Noodles / Bev Cooks

I already can’t wait for your new life. Because wipe your glasses and look again. YES, girl. It’s silky coconut noodles topped with spiced (like, Chinese 5-spice. get on board.) pork, sautéed veggies and buckets of fresh crunchy things on top. Yuh huh. Yeppers. (Aaron h a t e s the word peppers. I say […]

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Friday Flotsam

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Flooooooogy! I mean Froogy. Floody. Friigy. Friiddy. Friday. I need help! You’re like, UNSUBSCRIBE. So, I’m speaking at Indulge Conference in LA in like, two weeks (omg), and I need to write my (45-minute! omg) presentation. But . . . I’m stuck. I don’t know what to saaaaayyyyaaaa. Oh don’t look so shocked. The presentation […]

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How I Met Your Father

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Kids, I’m going to go ahead and just get this first photo out of the way, so that by the end of this post your stomach muscles will have kicked the lid off the tickle box and burned it down. As the date above shows, this was the year 2000. (said like Conan) But it […]

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My Granddaddy

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I lost my granddaddy yesterday. Even at 91 years old, and having lived an extremely charmed and fulfilling life, there’s still something that aches. Grandparents aren’t supposed to die. Sadly, it was a long time coming, with a failing this and an ailing that. But it was the unexpected diagnosis of pancreatic cancer that took […]

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Chicken Quesadillas with a Roasted Red Pepper Sauce

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Hi, my name is Bev and I’m a disclaimer queen. So before we go any further, I gotsta ‘splain something. Did you know that babies cry when they’re hungry? They do. They cry when they’re hungry. They cry very, very loud when they’re hungry. Sounds like Hurricane Infant. Ya know, a simple, “Mother Dear, fairest […]

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Simple Beef Street Tacos

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Takin’ it to the streets! I . . . don’t know what that means. BUT, after finding out I passed my (SECOND stab-o-tron) glucose test, and passing another test that shows I don’t need to be on bed rest (at least at this point), aaaand watching my dawg frolic and play like a normal little […]

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Poutine Pizza {Tablespoon Tuesdays}

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Oh as if you didn’t see this coming. Sure, anyone can poutine some hotdogs. That’s easy. But have you ever thought of poutining a pizza pie? Because thiiiiis is a whole new ballgame. Actually not really. Anyone can do this too, so just ignore me. But don’t! It’s an absurd monstrosity, yes. Pizza dough, french […]

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Greek Turkey Burgers {Tablespoon Tuesdays}

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It’s okay to wear burger after Labor Day, right? How was your long weekend? Did you do anything laborious? Or was it more like Non-Labor Day weekend? I’m hoping my true labor day comes in mid-January. I don’t think I ever told you my due date, have I? Technically, it’s January 26th, but with twins, […]

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