By Nick • January 6, 2010
When I was in college, I would have cook-offs of sorts with a good friend of mine. The only problem being that we were eating in the dining hall at the time where there was very little to actually cook. So we took our competitive spirit to the one section we had control over: Salad [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, good food, healthy, salad | Tagged appetizers, hot sauce, house salad, salad, salad dressing, tarragon vinegar, vinaigrette dressing
By Nick • December 2, 2009
One of my absolute favorite ways to relax is to take my time cooking a really nice dinner on a weekend. I’m so frequently rushed to bang something out between work and blogging and watching re-runs of The Office that I sometimes forget how relaxing it can be to take the time to enjoy the [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, salad, Side dishes, spicy | Tagged beet salad, beets, Dinner, garlic, hanger steak, mashed potatoes, peppercorns, pink peppercorns, steak
By Nick • September 30, 2009
I had one of those weekends last weekend where I ate too much junk food and drank too much booze and come Sunday night I needed to hit the reset button on my body.
For me, hitting that button usually means drinking an absurd about of water and making a really nutritious salad that I can [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, good food, healthy, salad, Side dishes | Tagged garlic, healthy wheat berry salad, peppers, roasted garlic, roasted peppers, salads, wheat berries
By Nick • September 24, 2009
If you’ve ever experimented in the kitchen (with food), you’ve probably had that moment. You know the one I’m talking about. The moment where you look down at something on a plate or in a bowl and say, “WHERE DID I GO WRONG?!”
To anyone watching from outside the kitchen your cooking, on that day, looks [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, musings, salad | Tagged Dinner, failed recipes, musing, shrimp
By Nick • September 2, 2009
People are so scared of squid! I just don’t get it. I’ve been talking about this calamari salad for a week or so since I’ve made it and a lot of people are kind of put off by the idea. News flash though people: If it’s good deep-fried, it’s probably good other ways. Not to [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, Economical, Fish, healthy, salad, spicy | Tagged appetizers, bok choy, calamari, calamari salad, chili sauce, garlic, soy sauce, spicy, tomatoes
By Nick • August 12, 2009
If you didn’t know, August is officially peach month. That means there is no better time than the present to eat some delicious ripe peaches. Now I love a good peach pie or cobbler, but when a coworker told me about a delicious peach salad, I had to give it a try.
For this peach salad [...]
Posted in appetizers, chicken, Easy Stuff, healthy, salad | Tagged chicken, Dinner, dressing, goat cheese, greens, healthy, molasses, mustard, peaches, pecans, salad, shallots, vinaigrette
