By Nick • February 24, 2010
When I hear that people don’t like veggies, I first assume that it’s because they’ve never had good ones. That’s not always the case as some people just seriously hate veggies, but 95% of the time I think people don’t like them because they’re used to flavorless, bland sticks.
But veggies, of course, don’t have to [...]
Posted in Easy Stuff, healthy, Side dishes | Tagged balsamic, balsamic vinegar, cauliflower, cheese, cooking, floret, food and drink, marjoram, olive oil, parmesan cheese, parmesan cheeses, parmigiano-reggiano, roasted cauliflower, roasting, roasting cauliflower, sides, vinegar
By Nick • February 17, 2010
As some of you may know, I try to make a loaf of bread once a week. For the last year or so I’ve been making no knead bread as my go-to loaf. Betsy and I use this for sandwiches or toast throughout the week or just to snack on. Even though I completely love [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, Easy Stuff, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, baking, bread, breads, cheese, cheese bread, food and drink, no knead bread, olive oil, pecorino, pecorino cheese, proofing
By Nick • February 15, 2010
Have you ever had an idea so great that you’re positive that someone else must’ve also had the exact same idea? That happened to me recently when I was walking home from work. Earlier that week I’d finished my Spanakopita but wanted to experiment more. So I came up with an idea for an open-faced [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, good food | Tagged american cuisine, appetizers, cuisine, feta cheeses, greek cuisine, mediterranean cuisine, mozzarella, mozzarella cheeses, olive oil, pastry, phyllo, phyllo dough, pizza, rachel ray, spanakopita, spanakopizza, spinach
By Nick • January 28, 2010
Let the record clearly show: I was not defeated by spanakopita. After my abysmal failure last week, I bounced back, re-grouped, read about 20 different recipes, bought a bunch of spinach, and tackled it with a fresh pack of phyllo dough and a fresh attitude.
Just to show spanakopita who’s boss, I decided to make two [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, good food, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, butter, dill, feta, feta cheeses, greek cuisine, how to make spanakopita, middle eastern cuisine, olive oil, pastry, phyllo, phyllo dough, ricotta cheese, spanakopita, spanakopita recipe, spinach, spinach pie
By Nick • November 11, 2009
Buying fresh herbs always stresses me out. I feel like they are pretty essential in some dishes and really add a ton of flavor that’s sometimes hard to replicate with dried herbs. There are normally two problems when I buy them though. First, they are incredibly expensive. Most herbs are weeds. Or trees. How is [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, good food, Pantry | Tagged basil, chicken, Dinner, freezing stuff, garlic, olive oil, pasta, pesto, pine nuts
By Nick • August 27, 2009
If I were to make a list of things that I don’t mention enough on Macheesmo it might start out something like this:
1. How seriously, unbearably hot it is in DC in August. I am a cold weather person. This sweltering heat is not to my liking.
2. How much I love cucumbers.
Luckily, both of these [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, healthy, soup | Tagged cold soups, cubanelle peppers, cucumber soup, cucumbers, olive oil, soup, tomatoes
