Male Fertility Recipe: Bacon Wrapped California Omelet Bites
It was 11 a.m., and I was starving. I plowed my eager mitts into the trail mix buried in my office drawer. Just a handful, I told myself. Twenty handfuls later, and I tossed the empty bag in the trash. I was still hungry.
Something had to be done.
I’ve been training for triathlons this summer and fall, and thanks to the pool’s hours and the length of my workouts, I’ve been forced into exercising in the morning. But since I’m already crawling out of bed at 5:30 a.m., the last thing I want to do is wake up even earlier to scramble up some eggs. If I don’t, though, I tend to eat everything in sight—no matter how unhealthy the available food may be—later in the day.
Male Fertility Recipe: Bacon Wrapped California Omelet Bites
Male Fertility Recipe: Totopos con Chile
Here’s a crafty solution to this upsetting nacho dilemma: Toss the chips in a spicy sauce before you add your toppings. That way, every chip is just as delicious as the last. Toppings, really, are merely supporting characters.
Male Fertility Recipe: Totopos con Chile
Male Fertility Recipe: Spring Rolls
Pittsburgh, where I went to school, is an underrated (and dirt cheap) food city, and it was there that I discovered the wonderful complexities of Thai food. There was the sweet luxuriousness of coconut milk, the bright bite of fresh herbs, and the heat of Thai chili peppers. I had never encountered such a spectrum of flavors in a single cuisine.
In an effort to relive my college years, I decided to try my hand at fresh spring rolls with this recipe courtesy of Eddy Thretipthuangsin, head chef at Pakpao in Dallas, TX. I admit that I was a little intimidated by the recipe and I doubted that I could create something on par with restaurant offerings—but I surprised myself.
Male Fertility Recipe: Spring Rolls
Male Fertility Recipe: Short Rib Braise
First, it steals our sunlight, making it harder to sneak in post-workday grilling. Next, it robs us of fresh produce, limiting produce selections to a variety of beige tubers. Finally, it will tighten its stranglehold with frigid temperatures, causing the hungry to force pizza delivery people to confront the elements.
Male Fertility Recipe: Short Rib Braise
Male Fertility Recipe: Sicilian Pasta with Sardines
Which is exactly why you should cook up a pot of pasta con le sarde, a Sicilian pasta loaded with sardines, fennel, pine nuts, and raisins.
Trust me on this one. The flavors make perfect, fork-licking sense.
Male Fertility Recipe: Sicilian Pasta with Sardines
Male Fertility Recipe: Hearty Kale Soup
He’s mostly right.
The majority of soups are little more than appetizers.
Male Fertility Recipe: Hearty Kale Soup
Male Fertility Recipe: Roasted Squash with Hazelnuts and Brown Butter
How many times within the last month have you pulled the side salad default? You know what I’m talking about. This is when, knowing that you should probably eat some vegetables with your meal, you open a bag of lettuce, pull out a handful of greens, and drop them on your plate.
It’s good that you’re trying—most people don’t even bother with produce—but even you can admit that the side salad default quickly grows tiresome.
Male Fertility Recipe: Roasted Squash with Hazelnuts and Brown Butter
Male Fertility Recipe: Veggie Burger
If you make your own veggie burgers, like chef Kyle Bailey, you’ll create a meal that’s as appealing to your grumbling gut as it is to your taste buds.
Male Fertility Recipe: Veggie Burger
Male Fertility Food: Cheesy Tots
When you reheat bagged, frozen tater tots at home, it’s never the same experience. The texture doesn’t come out right. They always taste a little like freezer burn and plastic. They don’t deliver the same happiness.
So make your own damn tots.
Male Fertility Food: Cheesy Tots
Male Fertility Recipe: Poached Fish with Olive Oil and Lemon
Take it easy on salmon, okay?
Male Fertility Recipe: Poached Fish with Olive Oil and Lemon
Male Fertility Recipe: Halloumi Burger
But what happens when you take away the burger altogether?
Male Fertility Recipe: Halloumi Burger
Male Fertility Recipe: Grilled Honey-Vanilla French Toast