By Nick • November 11, 2009
Buying fresh herbs always stresses me out. I feel like they are pretty essential in some dishes and really add a ton of flavor that’s sometimes hard to replicate with dried herbs. There are normally two problems when I buy them though. First, they are incredibly expensive. Most herbs are weeds. Or trees. How is [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, good food, Pantry | Tagged basil, chicken, Dinner, freezing stuff, garlic, olive oil, pasta, pesto, pine nuts
By Nick • July 22, 2009
Lately, I’ve been getting kind of sick of my lunch options. I usually bring a sandwich to lunch or leftovers and probably once or twice a week I grab a bite at a local spot. My office is right downtown so if I’m going out it usually isn’t a problem to find something yummy and [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, Economical, Pantry, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged beans, burritos, guacamole, hot sauce, lunch, peppers, rice, rice and beans, sour cream
By Nick • June 16, 2009
About a month or so ago I asked readers what they would like to see on Macheesmo and I’m working to integrate all the answers into future posts and into the general design. One reader (Hi Bill!) asked me to do an inventory of the sorts of the things in my pantry. And so I [...]
Posted in Learning to Cook, musings, Pantry | Tagged essentials, Ingredients, musings, Pantry
By Nick • March 30, 2009
Back in my college days I loved Ramen. Not only is it incredibly cheap but it is warming and quick to make. Granted, it isn’t very good for you, but heck, I was a college kid. If the worst thing I did was eat Ramen noodles I think I would be in fine shape.
Even though [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Learning to Cook, Pantry, pasta, soup | Tagged bacon, cream, eggs, ramen, vegetables
By Nick • March 25, 2009
Last weekend, we were hosting 5 of Betsy’s friends who are attending a Bachelorette Party. I volunteered to cook a few meals for them and one of the things Betsy requested was a simple salad they could snack over the weekend.
I decided to make this bean salad. And yes, I was aware of the joke [...]
Posted in healthy, Pantry, salad, Side dishes | Tagged beans, garlic, green beans, parsley
By Nick • March 18, 2009
I set out two weekends ago to make a few different batches of compound butter. Compound butter is one of those things that I used to get in restaurants and be kind of amazed by. It is a really nice way to finish off a dish. Only recently did I realize how freakin’ easy it [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, good food, Learning to Cook, Pantry | Tagged balsamic, butter, condiments, horseradish, onions, tarragon
