I saute a half banana and small (or half) apple in a little coconut oil and a little cinnamon. I put it on top of greek yogurt. Drizzle a little maple syrup over it and finally top with a little sprinkle of toasted coconut chips (TJs). So good!

Cappy's is great and was mentioned above. I grew up going here with my grandparent's who lived in Newport.

I love the combo chinese chicken salad at Ho Sum Bistro http://www.yelp.com/biz_photos/ho-sum-bistro-newport-beach?select=c9TQLgJVM7Pf1IBa7Uevzw#3Q05Py9gyJ3suJEiurAeew

A Market has really good sandwiches http://www.yelp.com/biz/a-market-newport-beach

Santouka is my favorite place for ramen http://www.yelp.com/biz/santouka-rame...

Mine are super basic. Just browned ground beef with onions and bell peppers and seasoned with salt and pepper. The "sauce" is Heinz Chili Sauce. Other brands are not as good. I have made more involved recipes but people flip out over these old school ones that I always fall back to them.

My faves are:

Crash Potatoes
Pan Seared Rib Eye
Ranch Dressing
Spinach Salad with Warm Bacon Dressing
Perfect Pot Roast (my step dad swears it is better than his moms and tells everyone how I make the world's best pot roast - thanks to Rhee of course)
Bacon Wrapped Crackers (my dad called me today and said he ate all of the ones I brought him on Christmas and claimed he might perish if the FEDEX man didn't deliver any to his house immediately)
Beef with Snow Peas
Mashed Potatoes

This Buttermilk Cranberry cake is excellent! http://www.unegaminedanslacuisine.com...

I agree on the Lobster Ravioli....it was not good at all. Very disapointing.

My mom would never let us have junk in the house. Occasionally when we would go to the commissary she would let us get powdered sugar donuts or fritos and bean dip. The trick was they could not come into the house, so we had to eat all we wanted of them in the car on the ride home from the commissary. Somehow I think this did more harm than good. We just learned to buy the junk and just eat it all at once so it wasn't sitting around as evidence.

We only got frozen dinners when we had a baby sitter. I loved the turkey dinner ones and thought they were so fancy when we got to have them. I also loved the Swanson chicken potpies dumped out on a plate with the bottom crust broken up into it...lots of pepper and cottage cheese when I got down to the top crust.

I made your bowtie sesame noodles...and they are great! Thanks for sharing the recipe.

Thank you! I have been wanting to make a brisket so I am excited to try this soon!

Please share your brisket recipe! I would love to try it.

Hi can you please share your recipe for the ginger cake?
Thank you

Would you please share your gingerbread loaf, salmon croquettes, and broccoli pie recipes?
Thank you.

Would you mind sharing your two pork recipes? The Pork & Sauerkraut and the Disappearing Pork. Thanks!

Would you please share your receipe for your ham and lentil soup and Chicken Tikka Masala with Naan?

browned butter with sage and a bit of brown sugar....lots of parm. One of our faves!

I marinated chicken tenders in coconut milk (small can), peanut butter (1/3 cup), brown sugar (2 tbsp), chili garlic sauce (2 tbsp), salt and pepper for dinner tonight. Grilled them with fresh veggies (zucchini and crookneck squash, red yellow and orange peppers, and sweet onion) and brushed some of the marinade on the veggies as well. Turned out really good.

Hi, I am traveling to the Tulsa/Broken Arrow area for business the first week of January. I was looking for any suggestions on good restaurants to try for dinner (breakfast and lunch suggestions too if you got em). We will be there the whole week and wanted to get some decent food. I am open to try anything good. I am a bit of a foodie so I am not into chain restaurants, etc. Thanks so much.

How do you do the carmelized onion/blue cheese tarts? That sounds great!

Using canned pumpkin works well and also has a lot of fiber in it so it's even better for you. I use a can of pumpkin with my cake mixes instead of the eggs, oil, water. This works great.

Can you share your recipe for cranberry sauce with the crystalized ginger? Thank you.

can you tell me how you do your balsamic glazed roasted onions? Thanks.

My mom is looking for a recipe that she got from one of the wineries up in Napa. However, she lost the receipe. She remembers that the dessert was pound cake soaked in Riesling. The poundcake was layered with strawberries. Does anyone have any variations of this recipe or an idea of how it is made? Thanks for your help.

I second the coconut oil...it makes great popcorn....I also use it on corn on the cob when I grill it.

oh this sounds great...would you share your ceviche recipe, please?

I use fresh rosemary, soy sauce, brown sugar or honey, red pepper flakes, garlic and a good dijon mustard.

I had my mouth wired shut for a whole summer and a broken jaw when I was in high school. I still have pins and wires in my jaw that you can see in x-rays. I lived on blended soups (these were the BEST), Jamba Juice (or Juice it Up or whatever one you have in your area), mashed potatoes with just about ANY sauce (cheese sauce, gravy, just about ANYthing Asian like Teriyaki - I loved that one), grits. I had a friend who thought she was doing me a favor and she would try to blend up all sorts of things for me to eat....and some things just aren't meant to be blended together. BLECH! Also, as gross as this is, please keep in mind that he can't brush the inside of his teeth. So, while tuna may have tasted good going down, it may not taste so good on the back of his teeth in a few days. I actually whined and complained enough about it that they finally put me back to sleep on day and brushed the inside of my teeth. They can not do this while you are awake...one little wrong move and you will totally rebrake your jaw so they can't chance it. Also, when the wires do finally come off, his jaw is going to be really stiff and he is going to be on soft foods for awhile. They day I got my jaw opened, my friends took me out for pizza...I couldn't even open my mouth enough to take a bite...soooo disapointing!

I take it out of the can and squeeze in my hand like you would with frozen spinach. I do not like watery tuna.

sorry...it is going to be Asian-ish...she mentioned sesame oil and soy sauce...any ideas for the Ahi are appreciated as well!

Hi, I am looking for some sides to make with seared Ahi. My sister, who knows how to cook NOTHING, swears she learned how to cook some fabulous seared ahi. She is coming out to visit and wants us to make it for my mom. I am the big cook but I have never made seared ahi...so I am a little worried since I won't be sure how to fix something if it goes wrong. But, I must have faith!!! Anyone have any great ideas for sides that we can make along with this meal? Thank you in advance.