By Nick • February 25, 2010
I wasn’t shocked when The Pioneer Woman won last week’s poll. She’s pretty much the most popular thing since Barack (2008). The hard part though was deciding what to make out of her latest cookbook. I didn’t really want to make a meat heavy dish which eliminated about 75% of the recipes, so instead I [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Junk Food Junkies | Tagged brownie, brownie chocolate, brownies, butter, cakes, chocolate, chocolate brownie, cocoa powder, coffee, cookies, desserts, frosting recipe, homemade brownies, mocha brownies, mocha chocolate, mochas
By 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 like [...]
Posted in baking, desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bourbon, cinnamon, cocoa powder, coffee, dessert, ladyfingers, mascarpone, tiramisu
By Nick • June 6, 2009
I have a rough time with breakfast some days. And it isn’t because I don’t like to eat it. Some mornings it just doesn’t happen for me. It doesn’t help that I don’t really like cereal. Most days I find myself eating an apple while I walk to work. Could be worse, but not exactly [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff | Tagged brown sugar, chocolate, cocoa powder, feta, honey, oatmeal, oatmeal additions, oats, pomegranate, pomegranate juice, rolled oats
By Nick • December 6, 2008
My girlfriend and official Macheesmo taste-tester loves granola. She eats it almost daily. While I do like it occasionally, I don’t love the stuff. Recently, I was having a bowl of hers and thought: HECK. I can make this stuff.
Turns out I was right:
After doing some research and looking at MANY different recipes, [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, good food, healthy | Tagged almonds, breakfast, brunch, cashews, cinnamon, cocoa powder, Economical, granola, honey, oats
