The Balaboosta Chef was founded on the idea of social cooking–a place where food brings people together. An opportunity to learn the best tips, tricks and tools to cook for your friends and family with confidence and ease. Cooking doesn’t have to be intimidating. By learning friend and true tested recipes, YOU can be the Balaboosta in your house, too!
Recent Posts

Chicken Shawarma
What’s better than a simple sheet pan chicken dinner that you can prep and cook with your eyes closed? One that also happens to be light-out delicious!!

Chicken Scarp
We all have that one dish that we love so much, we can’t NOT order it if we see it on a restaurant menu. For my husband, it’s Chicken Scarp.

Smashed Zucchini Pasta Sauce
I have killed a bamboo plant, a bowl of succulents and many many orchids and yet there are people in this world that can grow a zucchini to the size of a baseball bat without even trying.

Crispy Bruschetta Chicken
It’s a little too close for comfort around here lately. My kids got in a legitimate fight at 8:30am over which one of them was going to eat the last chicken cutlet in the fridge.

Tofu Rainbow Collard Wraps with Miso-Tahini Sauce
It’s all about me! HA…don’t I wish!

Pork Carnitas Torta Ahogada
Let’s just say you’re a big fan of Diners Drive ins and Dives.

Smokey Corn & Couscous Salad
Nothing like a super simple 15 minute meal to ease my way out of a two-week cooking strike without breaking a sweat.

Summer Salad with Strawberry Vinaigrette
There are two kinds of people in this world: those who like fruit on salad, and those who do NOT.
Shaved Brussels & Kale Ceasar Salad
It may seem like salads are a layup in the food world, but there's actually a lot more going on behind the scenes.
