I have a real love/hate thing for winter… I truly enjoy the holidays and the lights and the cheer, but ugh, people are the worst. Don’t get me wrong, the snow in the city is G-E-O-R-G-E-O-U-S. But, you see, I drive to work…in Boston…which means that any little bit of snow sends people into arctic chaos. …
Vic’s Tricks To…Slow Cooker Pot Roast
Ok ok ok, I know I say this a lot….but this may be the easiest dinner of all time… So, first, let’s cover your classic roast basics, shall we? First – let’s try an anatomy lesson on our dear friend the cow: Roasts are typically cut from the steer’s chuck, ribs or loin, the round,…
Vic’s Tricks To…Holiday Cookies
It’s the greatest time of year… HOLIDAY COOKIE TIME!!! While I finalize my cookie list for this year (which happens to be my first year with the standing mixer, so I may as well be gifting some stretchy pants with these cookies) I wanted to pass along some of my favorite and most handy cookie…
Vic’s Tricks To…Foil Packet Chicken
WINNER WINNER EASY CHICKEN DINNER! If you haven’t picked up on it yet, I’m a tad lazy. I like to see it as working smarter, not harder. Part of my mission in creating Vic’s Tricks To… was to make simple, easy meals that anyone can make after a long day of work (or play)….
Vic’s Tricks To…Getting the Biggest Bang for your Buck
I am the absolute worst… …when it comes to eating the food I buy in a timely manner. Well really, I guess you could say I get a liiiiittle, price-tag-gun-trigger-happy when I’m at the grocery store. It’s just…I have all these amazing ideas for healthy meals (to offset the booze, of course) and I buy…
Vic’s Tricks To…The Easiest Blueberry Crumb Bars
It’s Memorial Day Weekend folks! And I spent the last two days in and out of Home Depot and covered in paint as my mother and I redid the living room. Happy Belated Mother’s Day to you, Ellen… I’m tired and since we already know how lazy I am (see: this entire blog), I present to…
Vic’s Tricks To…General Tso’s Cauliflower
BEEP BEEP. Easy healthy dinner alert! Summer is right around the corner… And that means beaches and bikinis. That also means I need to stop my current diet of exclusively pizza, chicken fingers, and cookies. OK. Maybe I’ll keep the cookies… So I’ve been trying to find interesting twists on healthy foods. See: cauliflower rice…
Vic’s Tricks To…The Ultimate Chocolate Chip Cookies
Guys…I think I did it… I think I cracked the code to the ULTIMATE CHOCOLATE CHIP COOKIE! Okay okay. I know. Everyone has their own idea of what the best chocolate chip cookie really looks like. Mine is a crispy-on-the-outside-but-chewy-on-the-inside-chocolate-y-AF cookie. And that’s exactly what I made today. I’m a perfectionist–so I realize my…
Vic’s Tricks To…The Start of a Beautiful Kale Friend-Chip
Something crazy happened to me tonight. Something I never could have imagined… I chose a vegetable chip over a potato chip. WHAT?! No… Oh no… It can’t be… YES. IT’S TRUE! Trust me, I couldn’t quite believe it myself… You see, I had heard about this whole “kale chip” thing (I have ears and…
Vic’s Tricks To…Slow Cooker Chicken Burrito Bowl with Cauliflower Rice
Guys, I just made the easiest dinner of all time. You see, some may call me “lazy.” I like to think of it as strategic. So what, if I try to find quicker and easier ways to do everything? So what, if I like to spend a lot of time on my couch? So what,…