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
By Nick • March 8, 2010
Betsy and I have a few other couples that we like to hang with on occasion. Usually we just get together, make some dinner, and drink copious amounts of beer and wine. Apparently though this was not ideal for the ladies in the group because a few weekends ago they scheduled a “Lady’s Night” and [...]
Posted in Dinner, Economical, good food, pork, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged barbecue, boston butt, braise, braising, carnitas, cooking, mexican cuisine, pork, pork butt, pulled pork
By Nick • March 4, 2010
I was a bit worried when the eggplant Parmesan rolls won last week’s poll. Not because they didn’t look delicious. Oh no. They looked very delicious. But they also looked kind of difficult.
The idea of rolling roasted eggplant (kinda flimsy) around a cheese filling seemed a bit advanced, but I figured I’d give it a [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged chard, cheese, eggplant, eggplant parmesan, eggplant salads and appetizers, italian cuisine, italian-american cuisine, mediterranean cuisine, parmesan, parmigiana, parmigiano-reggiano, ricotta cheese, roll, swiss chard
By Nick • March 3, 2010
When people ask me about Macheesmo, one of the first questions I get asked is how I don’t weigh approximately 400 pounds. I think I’ll save my philosophy on healthy eating for another post, but generally I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables with the occasional heavier meal.
I try to post delicious and interesting [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Gadgetry, healthy, Learning to Cook, soup | Tagged barley, beans, cooking, crock pots, healthy eating, mushrooms, slow cooker, slow cookers, stew, stewed tomatoes, stews, tomatoes, veggie stew
By Nick • March 1, 2010
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’ve been doing something one specific way (or eating a dish in one particular fashion) for, say, four years only to find out that it’s not the standard way to do it?!
I recently had one of those moments in a big way. It involved a fantastic [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food, spicy | Tagged food and drink, grits, hot sauces, roux, sauce, shrimps, southern dishes, southern united states, worcestershire sauce
By Nick • February 22, 2010
When Snowmageddon hit, Betsy and I were holed up for many days with not much to do except watch bad movies and play Scrabble. One night I wanted to cook something that would be very soothing and warming and also be great for leftovers for the next few days.
Mac and cheese was the first thing [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, Side dishes | Tagged baked fusilli, baked pasta, cheddar, cheddar cheeses, cheese, cheese sauce, cheesy fusilli, food and drink, fusili, fusilli, fusilli pasta, mozarrella, mozzarella cheeses, parmesan cheeses, pasta, roux, sauce
