By Nick • February 4, 2010
I was actually kind of shocked that “something spicy” won last week’s poll. I figured that something fried would win for sure given that it’s for the Super Bowl. Shows you what I know!
My requirements for this dish were pretty simple. I wanted something that I could eat with my hands, that was super-spicy, and [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, cayenne, cheese, corn tortilla, cuisine of the southwestern united states, cuisine of the western united states, Dinner, guacamole, mexican cuisine, paprika, quesadilla, quesadillas, red pepper, shrimp, shrimp quesadilla, shrimps, spicy shrimp, sprimp, super bowl, Superbowl, tex-mex cuisine
By Nick • December 30, 2009
When trying a new appetizer, there’s a litmus test that I like to use for how tasty it is. I call it The Party Test. I like it because I tend to be too subjective to judge own appetizers so I like to rely on the palates and tastes of others to decide if something [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff | Tagged acorn squash, appetizers, cayenne, dips, gruyere, squash dip
By Nick • October 15, 2009
Given the season, I wasn’t too surprised to see “Something Orange” blow away all the other colors for dishes in the poll last week. I ended up making two orange dishes in an effort to get something really orange. Turns out Mother Nature is a bit of a trickster and what appears to be orange [...]
Posted in appetizers, Economical, good food, soup | Tagged butternut squash, butternut squash soup, cayenne, chipotle, grilled pumpkin, pumpkin, soup, sweet heat glaze
By Nick • July 13, 2009
Last week I had a meeting with my book club. Unfortunately, I didn’t read the book because I’m busy/lazy/[insert excuse here]. I figured that I had to make up for the fact that I didn’t read the book by making some really excellent food also known as homemade peanut butter cups.
I went with a chocolate [...]
Posted in desserts, Junk Food Junkies, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged butter, cayenne, chocolate, cinnamon, dark chocolate, homemade peanut butter cups, homemade reese's, honey, how to make peanut butter cups, peanut butter
By Nick • June 11, 2009
A few weeks ago I went to a birthday party and the birthday girl requested that I bring a dip of some sort. I was more than happy to oblige. I decided to make a dip that I had ran across a few months ago that I bookmarked as a good spring dip because it [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, good food | Tagged appetizers, cayenne, cheddar cheese, cheese, corn, corn dip, dips, jalapenos, mayonnaise, onions, red peppers, scallions, spicy
