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 • February 3, 2010
As luck would have it, our heat went out in our apartment in the dead of winter during a blizzard because when else does your heat go out? Not that the heat going out is the worst thing in the world. You get out the blankets and tea kettles and make it work.
The other thing [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, healthy, soup, spicy | Tagged bean soup, guacamole, kidney bean soup, kidney beans, paprika, soup
By Nick • November 12, 2009
Chili is always an intimidating thing for me to make due to people’s chili allegiances. Similar to ribs, people have serious beliefs on what chili should be: beans, no beans, beef only, etc. It can get a little crazy so I’m always a bit hesitant to make it for fear of causing a chili feud.
But [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, spicy | Tagged ancho chiles, buffalo, buffalo chili, chili, cumin, guacamole, how to make chili
By Nick • November 9, 2009
Betsy loves Tex-Mex. And make no mistake that it ranks pretty highly for me also. So a lot of times something in the Tex-Mex category is my default if I’m looking for a meal. This is a recipe that I make every once in awhile and realized recently that I’ve never posted it. What’s nice [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, spicy | Tagged beans, cumin, guacamole, rice, rice and beans, spicy, tostados
By Nick • September 7, 2009
“I don’t really like quesadillas.” That’s what my roommate, Jeff, said when I told him what I was making for dinner. I, of course, took this as a challenge. The problem with most quesadillas, as stated by Jeff, is that the fillings tend to be kind of dull and people just rely on tons of [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, spicy | Tagged beef, cheese, chiles, Dinner, guacamole, how to make a quesadilla, mushrooms, quesadillas, spicy, tortillas
By Nick • July 22, 2009
Lately, I’ve been getting kind of sick of my lunch options. I usually bring a sandwich to lunch or leftovers and probably once or twice a week I grab a bite at a local spot. My office is right downtown so if I’m going out it usually isn’t a problem to find something yummy and [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, Economical, Pantry, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged beans, burritos, guacamole, hot sauce, lunch, peppers, rice, rice and beans, sour cream
