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Nick • August 4, 2010
In the spirit of quick summer meals and cool kitchen gadgets, this recipe grabbed my attention as I was paging through the most recent Bon Appétit the other day. Slicing things into very thin ribbons always seems to be a popular technique with the fancy-pants restaurants, but I wasn’t sure how practical it would be [...]
Posted in Healthy, Quick and Easy, Salad, Vegetarian | Tagged basil, lemons, olive oil, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, Red Pepper Flakes, zucchini
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Nick • July 14, 2010
I’m noticing a trend with the pasta salads that I really like: They are freakin’ packed with flavor. If I’m making a meal out of a pasta salad, it needs to be flavorful. Of course, that doesn’t mean that it needs to be really heavy. The white bean pasta salad I made on Monday was [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Salad, Side Dishes, Vegetarian | Tagged arugula, balsamic vinegar, bowtie pasta, garlic, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes
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Nick • May 10, 2010
Administrative Note: If you missed it over the weekend, Betsy and I are giving $1 for every comment (up to 200) to the Red Cross to help out with the Nashville flooding. We’re still a few short… We’d love to get to 200 so if you haven’t already, check out the post on Biscuits and [...]
Posted in Healthy, Main Dishes, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Vegetarian | Tagged garlic, Italian food, mint, olive oil, parmesan cheese, parsley, Penne, pesto, pine nuts
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Nick • January 14, 2010
I was kind of shocked by last week’s poll winner. Not sure why but I just didn’t expect polenta to make a huge wave. I guess that’s because I always assume that people underestimated polenta’s potential. The voting Macheesmo readers seem to be intrigued by it though. And I must say that I was also. [...]
Posted in Economical, Healthy, Side Dishes, Spicy, Vegetarian | Tagged basil, Cornmeal, garlic, olive oil, onions, oregano, pine nuts, polenta, Red Pepper Flakes, tomatoes, white wine
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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, Economical, Main Dishes, Pasta, Poultry, Quick and Easy | Tagged basil, garlic, olive oil, pesto, pine nuts
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Nick • September 30, 2009
I had one of those weekends last weekend where I ate too much junk food and drank too much booze and come Sunday night I needed to hit the reset button on my body. For me, hitting that button usually means drinking an absurd about of water and making a really nutritious salad that I [...]
Posted in Economical, Healthy, Salad, Side Dishes, Vegetarian | Tagged basil, garlic, olive oil, pine nuts, red peppers, roasted garlic, roasted red peppers, wheat berries
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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, Main Dishes, Pork, Side Dishes, Spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bacon, basil, blue cheese, cream cheese, garlic, grilled food, jalapenos, olive oil, pesto, pine nuts, Pork Chops
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