May

The desire for set-me-on-fire spicy food and a good chicken sandwich provide the perfect challenge for this foodie. Armed with a few ingredients and the ambition required to succeed in the quest for the perfect balance of heat, flavor and texture, dinner is on the table in less than half an hour. And the verdict is ... yum.

As the weather goes from spring to OMG-summer-showed-up-overnight, it's time to think about the Wisconsin tradition of outdoor entertaining, including enjoying brats bathed in beer and onions!

The best way to save your food budget is by avoiding wasted food. By most estimates, a quarter to half of all food produced in the United States goes uneaten - left in fields, spoiled in transport, thrown out at the grocery store, scraped into the garbage or forgotten until it spoils. If the average American household wastes just 25% of the food they buy, that's $2275 per year directly into the garbage!

I just chopped up a solid chocolate bunny bought on sale after Easter, melted it and dunked super inexpensive coconut cookies I got at the Chinese grocery store. I expect them to be yummy. I didn't expect them to look like little chocolate-frosted donuts!