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Nick • August 10, 2010
This week I’m posting a series that I call 3×3: Three posts each with three simple, but related recipes. Tomorrow’s post will be on quick crostini and Thursday’s post will be on summer salad dressings! Be sure to check back over the next few days to see the new 3×3 post, or just subscribe to [...]
Posted in The Drink | Tagged alcohol, Apple Juice, bourbon, Club Soda, cocktails, coconut milk, coffee, ginger, limes, mint, orange juice, sugar, vodka, Watermelon
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Nick • July 8, 2010
I was pumped when I randomly selected peaches last week. They are in prime season right now so I knew I’d be able to find some good ones and make something delicious. I’ve been pretty busy lately and while I wanted to make a peach pie, I also wanted to have something I could eat [...]
Posted in Desserts, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged alcohol, bourbon, butter, greek yogurt, lemons, mint, peaches, pie
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Nick • February 8, 2010
The Italians are geniuses. They found a way to stuff all of my favorite things into a single dessert: alcohol, coffee, chocolate, and even cheese. That dessert is tiramisu. My only issue with tiramisu is it generally uses Brandy which isn’t something I have laying around. Bourbon, however, I do normally have and tend to [...]
Posted in Desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bourbon, butter, cake flour, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee, Eggs, ladyfingers, mascarpone, tiramisu, vanilla
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Nick • November 25, 2009
One of my coworkers recently brought me the latest issue of Cooking Light and showed me this awesome recipe for a Vanilla-Bourbon Pumpkin Tart. It looked really good, but I’m honestly not one to practice the “Light” part of cooking. Don’t get me wrong, I can do healthy, but if I’m going to make a [...]
Posted in Desserts, Holidays, Vegetarian | Tagged Allspice, bourbon, brown sugar, butter, cheesecake, cinnamon, cream, cream cheese, graham cracker, nutmeg, pumpkin
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Nick • April 24, 2009
It’s time for another Food Blog Battle and this time I’m taking on the very healthy Veggie Girl. Be sure to check out her creation on her site. We picked the ingredients and decided to try a Vegan style challenge where both dishes had to be completely meat and dairy free. I’m always up for [...]
Posted in Desserts, Food Blog Battle, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged apricots, bananas, bourbon, cake flour, jelly roll, raisins, Swiss roll, tofu, vanilla
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Nick • March 9, 2009
In honor of our current recession, or depression if you are a realist, I decided to write a few posts showing, in my opinion, the pinnacle of food frugality: the whole chicken. I think Americans are for some reason scared to death of the full chicken. Most people buy boneless, skinless breasts and call it [...]
Posted in Chicken, Economical, Main Dishes, Poultry | Tagged BBQ, bourbon, brown sugar, Chicken Drumsticks, chili powder, honey
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Nick • March 3, 2009
Betsy and I were chatting yesterday while we looked out on a blizzard and she mentioned that when she was young her Mom used to make snow shakes. Strangely enough, my Mom used to make the same thing. So I figured I would mix up a batch for dessert. These are really great and can [...]
Posted in Desserts, Economical, Quick and Easy, The Drink, Vegetarian | Tagged alcohol, bourbon, cinnamon, milk, snow, sugar, vanilla
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