The Cooking Lane

05/31/2026

Lunch: Ms. Piggy from Kehde's Barbeque

05/29/2026

A perfect end to a day of chorin’ is a plate of ribs.

05/28/2026

Dinner tonight: Japanese Curry

05/20/2026

Inflation is a real problem in this country, but if you are spending $28 on lunch all of the time, that is why you are broke.

Spending $28 on lunch while earning $70,000 a year is "just stupid," according to Shark Tank investor Kevin O'Leary. In a recent appearance on The Diary of a CEO podcast with host Steven Bartlett, O'Leary argued that small habitual expenses are quietly costing young people a fortune in lost wealth.

"I can't stand when I see kids making $70,000 a year spending $28 for lunch," O'Leary told Bartlett. "Think about that in the context of that being put into an index fund and making 8% to 10% a year for the next 50 years." O'Leary broke down the math: investing just $28 a week into a low-cost index fund at an average 8% annual return would grow to nearly $800,000 over 50 years.

O'Leary's recommended solution is simple: automatically invest 15% of your salary before you have a chance to spend it. "If you're making $70,000 a year and you put 15% aside from when you're 25, you'll have over a million and a half dollars if you just invested it in the stock index in the S&P 500," he said.

Critics point out that saving at the rate O'Leary recommends is a tall order for many young Americans facing high rents, student debt, and stagnant wages. O'Leary, however, insists that building wealth is less about income and more about habits.

05/19/2026

Raining and storming the last couple days so the wife and I made chicken and dumplings for dinner.

05/18/2026

Dinner tonight:
Fried alligator, crappie, and bass, hush puppies, cheddar bay biscuits, baked beans, and coleslaw with a side of tartar sauce.

05/17/2026

I always love when my mom cooks me breakfast

05/08/2026

Brisket Gumbo

05/07/2026

Making this brisket gumbo for the family tonight.
Watching these videos I made 3-4 years ago is always a good reminder of how much I’ve improved over the years.

05/06/2026

Happy Cinco de Mayo to all of those who celebrate.