By Nick • March 16, 2010
I believe failure can be a life strategy. That may sound weird but I’m completely serious. A lot of what I’ve learned so far in my life I’ve learned by persistently failing at something until I get it right. Luckily, people tend to remember the successes a lot more than the failures.
Case in point: This [...]
Posted in Failure, musings | Tagged Failure, musing
By Nick • March 15, 2010
Betsy used to have a serious McDonald’s addiction. Of course, I find most things at McDonald’s to be pretty horrible. So it’s been my goal over the last few years to bring her back from the dark side. I’ve done my part over the years by promising to make anything that McDonald’s would make whenever [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, chicken, Dinner | Tagged american cuisine, baked chicken, boneless chicken thigh, bread crumbs, chicken, chicken breast, chicken nugget, chicken nuggets, chicken parmesan, chickens, fast food, mcdonald's, meat, nuggets, nuggets nuggets, panko, parmigiana, parmigiano-reggiano
By Nick • March 13, 2010
There’s an old dish called “Bird’s Nest” which is basically eggs fried inside of toast. So you just cut a hole in a piece of bread, toss it in a pan, and then add the egg to the center of it. The egg fries while the toast cooks. It’s a great dish and kids really [...]
Posted in breakfast, Economical, Failure, spicy | Tagged birds nest, boiled egg, boiled eggs, breakfast foods, cooking, egg, food and drink, poached egg, poaching, potatoes, soft boiled eggs
By Nick • March 11, 2010
I don’t have much of a sweet tooth, but I have to say that a good donut is one of my favorite treats. Cake or yeast donuts. Glazed or filled donuts. I’m not picky at all. That’s why I included a variety in the last poll so people could pick what kind of donut they [...]
Posted in breakfast, desserts, Junk Food Junkies | Tagged american cuisine, canadian cuisine, chocolate glaze, cinnamon sugar, cookie cutters, donut, donut recipes, donuts, doughnuts, filled donut, food and drink, fried dough, glazes, kneading
By Nick • March 10, 2010
It should be no surprise if you’re a regular reader around these parts that I enjoy spicy food. Normally, I turn to Southwestern food when I’m in the mood for some heat, but sometimes I’m not in the mood for something like a burrito or nachos.
These days I’ve been experimenting a lot more with Asian [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, healthy, pasta, spicy | Tagged asian cuisine, filipino cuisine, indonesian cuisine, japanese cuisine, noodle salad, noodles, peanut butter, peanut sauce, satay, sauce, singaporean cuisine, soba, soba noodles, soy sauce, spicy peanut sauce, vietnamese cuisine
