By Nick • February 13, 2010
Generally, I’d like to think I’m a romantic guy. I like snuggling, holding hands, and smoochin’. But, I’m not crazy about Valentine’s Day. I like spending time with people I love (or even friends/family) on Valentine’s Day, but I’m not huge on the dozens of roses and expensive dinner situation.
Luckily, my future wife isn’t too [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, good food, Holidays, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged brunch, capers, chocolate, cream cheese, crepes, how to make crepes, mascarpone, nutella, smoked salmon, Valentine's Day
By Nick • November 21, 2009
For my two Thanksgiving appetizers on Thursday, I made a big batch of cranberry relish and I used only about 1/3 of it for the baked brie. The relish was so good though that I wanted to use it for a brunch dish.
I came up with the idea for making some cheese blintzes and then [...]
Posted in breakfast, Easy Stuff, Holidays | Tagged blintzes, cottage cheese, cranberries, cranberry blintzes, cream cheese, how to make blintzes
By Nick • November 7, 2009
If I want to get my morning started on the right foot, I’ll reach for a bagel and coffee over almost any other option. It’s not too much food, but it’s filling. It works great for casual weekend breakfasts or if you’re in a hurry. Seriously. Who doesn’t like a good bagel?
I realized recently that [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, good food | Tagged bagels, breakfast, cinnamon, cinnamon raisin bagels, cream cheese, how to make bagels, raisin
By Nick • October 29, 2009
With only two days until Halloween, you might be looking for something quick to do. And in that regard, I’ve kind of let you down as a food blogger. I’ve posted about homemade gummy worms which most people decided were way to complicated to actually make – although I thought they might be a fun [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, Holidays | Tagged blue cheese, cheese appetizers, cream cheese, Halloween, Halloween treats, mozzarella, olives, red peppers
By Nick • October 28, 2009
Recently, Betsy had a bake sale at school (yes they still have bake sales in law school) and the options were either A) Nick bakes something or B) Funfetti. Not that I’m dissing on Funfetti… I actually love the stuff, but I figured we might not be the only bake sale participants who thought to [...]
Posted in baking, Holidays | Tagged baking, brown butter, cinnamon, cloves, cream cheese, cream cheese frosting, cupcakes, nutmeg, pumkin cupcakes, pumpkin
By Nick • September 10, 2009
I really struggled with what to make when a Baked Dip won the poll last week. I know a few very good baked dips, but I feel like a lot of people kind of know all of the same baked dips. I wanted to try something a bit new.
I had some potatoes left over from [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff | Tagged appetizers, bacon, baked dip, cream cheese, dip, garlic, potatoes, scallions
