Nerky Blog

Originally Published on 5/31/19

I wasn’t raised in a house where we cooked from scratch a lot, so I didn’t learn how to cook as a kid, I learned how to microwave. As I got older I did some trial and error and learned some recipes, but I always felt like I missed the basics class. Where is my Cooking 101? It wasn’t until I met Jason that I really learned how to cook. He made the best salmon I’ve ever had and taught me how to roast a chicken, make meatloaf (without...

Originally Published on 2/25/19

Celery juice – so hot right now. (You have to say it like Mugatu talking about Hansel in Zoolander or it’s not funny. Related – it might actually just not be funny.) I tried drinking celery juice every morning on an empty stomach for 32 days. You can read about the purported benefits here. I loved the routine I built around it in the mornings, and I didn’t mind the flavor. I was excited to see what it did for me after seeing how...

Sometimes when I post my dinners on Instagram I get questions about how to get your kid to eat healthy food. Nobody wants to have to cook separate meals for the kids. My kid will eat whatever I put in front of him, and that's been the rule from the first day he started eating solid food. Occasionally there's a, "Do I not have to eat all the brussels sprouts?" But it's rare. Kudos to my kid for that genius reverse psychology phrasing. I wonder where he got that.

Step 1: Start Young

I used to...