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By Nick • January 11, 2010
I’m a pretty huge Mark Bittman fan. I like his books (especially How to Cook Everything and Food Matters), and we have similar goals with our writing which is to get people excited about cooking good food in their homes. I guess you could say that he’s a bit better at it than me, but [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, good food, healthy, spicy | Tagged appetizers, Dinner, feta, jalapenos, lamb, nachos, olives, pita chips, red peppers, sun-dried tomato
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 5, 2009
This may come as a shock to you, but I sometimes don’t have time to cook elaborate 3 hour meals. In fact, most weekdays I try to focus on meals that are really fast to prepare. I’m talking about a meal that takes less than probably 20 minutes to prepare and cook.
I’m talking about a [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Learning to Cook, spicy | Tagged fajitas, habaneros, how to make fajitas, mushrooms, onions, red peppers, spicy, vegetarian
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 • June 29, 2009
A few weeks ago Jeff (my roommate while Betsy is in Atlanta) introduced me to one of his favorite salads. While broccoli salad may not sound too amazing, there are some really interesting flavors going on this salad. Roasted red peppers, olives, and feta give it kind of a Mediterranean feel. It also happens that [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, salad, Side dishes | Tagged broccoli, feta, healthy, how to roast red peppers, olive oil, olives, onions, red peppers, roasted red peppers, salad
By Nick • June 11, 2009
A few weeks ago I went to a birthday party and the birthday girl requested that I bring a dip of some sort. I was more than happy to oblige. I decided to make a dip that I had ran across a few months ago that I bookmarked as a good spring dip because it [...]
Posted in appetizers, baking, good food | Tagged appetizers, cayenne, cheddar cheese, cheese, corn, corn dip, dips, jalapenos, mayonnaise, onions, red peppers, scallions, spicy