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 10, 2009
Two weekends ago, my friend Rex from Savory Reviews invited me and a few other guys over for a grill session. I think I’ve said this before, but when I’m sitting out with a cold beer and a hot grill, I’m not sure that it is possible for me to be happier. It’s pretty much [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, good food, pork, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged blue cheese, cream cheese, Dinner, grilling, jalapenos, pesto, pork chops, spicy
By Nick • July 9, 2009
Last week’s vote for a dish was really close. So close, in fact, that it was a tie. I broke the tie by one email that a nice reader sent me encouraging me to make a shrimp dish. I decided that if she wanted a shrimp dish bad enough to email me then her vote [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food | Tagged american cuisine, garlic, homemade pizza, italian cuisine, making pizza, mozzarella, olive oil, peppers, pesto, pizza, pizza dough, red pepper, red pepper pesto, red peppers, roasted red peppers, shrimp, shrimp dishes, shrimp pizza, shrimps
By Nick • February 27, 2009
Sometimes. In the Winter. You need something comforting. Something that makes you feel at home. I had a need for something like that a week ago and so I came up with this creation:
I call it the savory roll. It is a brioche dough which is rolled around pork sausage, pesto sauce, and mozzarella. Oh [...]
Posted in baking, breakfast, pork | Tagged cheese, gravy, pesto, pork
By Nick • January 7, 2009
This is a continuation of an ongoing competition I’m having with myself to find the ultimate grilled cheese sandwich. I got this idea from a comment on my previous attempt at a good grilled cheese (Thanks Phil!). It’s been awhile since my last post but I made a note that I wanted to [...]
Posted in Grilled Cheese Trials, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged basil, brie, brie cheese, cilantro, garlic, grilled cheese, pecans, pesto, sourdough
By Nick • October 30, 2008
I have found myself overrun with basil plants. Not the worst problem a foodie can have, but I want to be sure to use what I can. I have so much freakin’ basil because a friend left three injured basil plants with me before he jetted off for England and they have exploded in [...]
Posted in pasta, Thursday's Malaise | Tagged parmesan, pasta, pesto
