June 15th, 2014 
Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, Drinks, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes, Special Recipes 
Comments Off on Blue Sky Pre-Ride Breakfast of Champions – All in Pictures 
First, Happy Father’s Day!
Second, this breakfast works great any day, but especially on a day like we’re having today in the Northeast with clear blue skies, cool temps, dry air and a pretty good breeze. Just great to get out and rip it up on the bike, which I’m gonna’ do right now with a good friend who hasn’t been out on a bike for quite some time. Gonna’ be fun! Read more »
June 14th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Drinks (no alcohol) Comments Off on Waking Up to Freshly Brewed Coffee: Made Easy and All in Pictures 
You know those days when things just don’t go right, and the harder you try, the louder the voice in your head screams, “C’mon, man. Wake up and smell the coffee!” Yesterday was one of those days for me – OW! – but instead of raging about it, I took that voice’s advice and laid down a new much more colorful version of Freshly Brewed Coffee Made Easy.
Already I feel better. And I’ve chugged enough freshly made brew along with a coconut bowl pancake to fuel me for an excellent rip on the bike as soon as I get this off.
Like I mentioned in the picture book recipe you can get by clicking any picture on this page, the key to a good cup of coffee is nailing the right ratio of cold water to ground coffee. Sounds easy enough. The only problem is that coffee makers are not calibrated to a standard “cup” size, and those cups are not the standard “1 cup = 8 ounces”. The way to deal with that is to use a measuring cup to to measure 12 ounces of water. Then pour that water either into the coffee maker reservoir or carafe with “cup” markings on it to see exactly how many cups your coffee machine makes with those 12 ounces of water. As shown in the pictures here, my coffee machine makes 3 cups of water with 12 ounces of water.
Here’s what you need to make coffee using a coffee maker.
Again, just click any picture on this page for a complete, newly revised, and very easy to use step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 11th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Coconut Bowl Pancake – All in Pictures Yeah, there really is a microwave cooked coconut bowl pancake under all that terrifically fresh and flavorful topping. The segmented picture below outlines how it goes together.
Here’s what you need to make this pancake, which is a very easy to make variation on the microwave cooked bowl pancake that substitutes packaged pancake flour and cereal with high-protein coconut flour, shredded coconut and ground flaxseed for outstanding flavor and long-lasting energy.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, colorful and easy to use step-by-step picture book recipe. Next post: I’ll show an easy and, you bet, flavorful variation on this pancake.
June 8th, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals, Pancakes Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Bowl Pancake – All in Pictures 
Gorgeous weather here in the Northeast! Legs are screamin’ at me to get out on the bike – I’ll obey ‘soon as I fire this off!
Here’s what I had yesterday morning to power me through putting together the step-by-step picture book recipe you can get here and a 35+ mile bike ride later in the afternoon (admittedly, after a nut butter and toast snack shortly before hitting the road).
The great things about a bowl pancake:
Here’s what you need to make a microwave cooked bowl pancake.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 4th, 2014 Blog, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Tuna Parmesan – All in Pictures
I mentioned in the last post I had another microwave cooked pasta one-bowl meal recipe ready to go. Here it is: Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Tuna Parmesan, which is just an easy variation on the Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Chicken Parmesan I posted about a week ago.
Briefly, all you need to do is add the ingredients you see below in a microwave oven safe bowl, heat for about 2 minutes in the microwave oven, and you’re done. Easy – and darn flavorful!
As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
June 2nd, 2014 Blog, Breakfast, Eggs Comments Off on Left-Handed (Fully Flavorful) Fried Eggs – All in Pictures 
I’ve posted a few microwave cooked pasta one-bowl meals here recently, and though I do have one more all set to go, I thought I’d change it up a bit with a fully flavorful fried egg recipe my son introduced me to last year he calls “Left-Handed Eggs”.
I asked my son, why the name, “left-handed”? “Just because.” Quite right! Absolutely! Right on!
The great things about these “left-handed eggs” is that, first, they taste great, and second, they take no longer to make than straight up fried eggs because the flavor-enhancing ingredients are added as the eggs cook in the pan.
Here’s what it takes to make left-handed (fully flavorful) fried eggs.
As always, click any picture on this page for a complete, easy to follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
May 24th, 2014 Blog, Cycling Food, One Bowl Meals, Pasta Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Pasta with Instant Chicken Parmesan – All in Pictures
This is a great way to use leftover pasta to put together a fast, flavorful meal. Just use that pasta, chicken (or any) cold cuts, your favorite pasta sauce, some cheese, then cook it for about 1 1/2 minutes in the microwave oven, and you’re done. Easy!
Here’s what you need to put together microwave cooked pasta with instant chicken Parmesan.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, easy-to-follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
May 22nd, 2014 Blog, One Bowl Meals, Pasta Comments Off on Microwave Cooked Pasta with Apples and Cheese – All in Pictures 
Pasta with fresh apples and cheese? You bet! It’s really just a minor variation on pasta with lighter Alfredo sauce (I’ll lay down the microwave cooked version of that real soon). Then throw in some dried cranberries for a chewy “zing” and a shot of balsamic vinegar for a good shot of zest! It’s all very quick & easy, especially if you’re using leftover pasta.
Here’s what you need to make microwave cooked pasta with apples and cheese.
Click any picture on this page for a complete, easy-to-follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
Not that this is THE most exciting stuff in the world, but it sure makes sense…and I will lay down the first of at least a couple microwave cooked pasta meals starting 2 days from now. You bet!
Though I recently posted step-by-step picture book directions showing how to clean a can top before opening a can, I thought I’d add those directions to a new page titled “Kitchen How To’s” you can get to either by clicking either picture on this page or by clicking the “How To & Tips” tab from the banner in the middle of the Gotta’ Eat, Can’t Cook homepage, then clicking…
…”Kitchen How To’s” from the drop down menu,…
…and finally clicking the picture of “How to Clean a Can Top”.
Cooking pasta in the microwave oven is incredibly fast and easy – and works best for only 1-2 servings and for those pastas that require 6 minutes or less cooking time.
Here’s all you need to make microwave cooked pasta.
Tip: a wetted paper works great to minimize splatter while the pasta cooks at a constant high heat in the microwave oven.
Click any picture on this page for a complete easy-to-follow step-by-step picture book recipe.
Next posts: easy to make microwave cooked one bowl pasta meals.
