A Chefs Breakfast : Eggs en Cocotte

Eggs en Cocotte, a Chef's Favorite Breakfast

Cooking breakfast for restaurants was one thing I thought I'd hate but I actually grew to love it. 
Besides - when your chef says you gotta start work at 4am from now on, you either do exactly that, or you find a new chef.

Working the breakfast shift meant an earlier start time than most.  So by the time the lunch crew is waking up and just getting onto the line, you're already firing on all cylinders.  That means you end up cooking breakfast for your buds because it's the best alternative to some half-awale colleague leaving their mess on your line.

The easiest, best, and what I found was the average chefs favorite breakfast was eggs 'en cocotte'.  What is that?  Basically eggs cooked in a ramekin if you don't want to romance it at all, but they can be so much more.  Read on!

Fast Ribs in a Slow Cooker

Slow Cooking Pork Ribs - The Fast Way!

A fast dish, from a slow cooker?  This guy has gone off the deep end, you're maybe thinking.  I haven't actually - and using this unique method, you can take a dish that usually needs a bare minimum of 3 hours, and make it ready in that same three hours, but it will taste more like it's been slow cooking for five. 

Here's how...

The Day After Taco Salad

The "Day After Taco Salad"

Almost everyone loves tacos - aside from chopping a few vegetables, they have to be one of the fastest, easiest to make dishes that make a great lunch or dinner.  But how often are you left with weird amounts of leftovers, like one tortilla wrap but two helpings of beef?  Well take a look at this perfect recipe for whipping together a delicious taco salad with nothing other than your left overs.