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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 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 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 • February 27, 2010
Last summer I went to an epic wedding in Austin, TX. Just for a little taste of how epic the wedding was, I ended up in the emergency room at 3AM with a head wound. Had to get about a dozen staples and that was the night before the wedding. So epic.
The thing I remember [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, Economical, good food, spicy, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged bean, breakfast foods, corn tortillas, cuisine, flour tortilla, food and drink, fried corn, mexican cuisine, migas, refried, refried beans, tex mex
By Nick • February 10, 2010
There are a few things you should know before you get too far into this post. First, I’m pretty bad at the scientific method. In fact, I don’t exactly even know what it is. I’m not a scientist and have never claimed to be one. So when I try to “test” something, I’m sure my [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Economical, Failure | Tagged baked fries, fries, how to bake fries, potatoes, sweet potatoes
