By Nick • January 18, 2010
Even though I’ve been trying to eat less meat, there’s one thing that I try to do every few months that’s an extremely economical way to eat and use meat: roasting a whole chicken. It provides a great meal, good leftovers, and enough stock to make even more meals in the future.
I think if there [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, good food, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged chicken, Dinner, five spice powder, ginger, orange, rice, roasted chicken
By Nick • December 7, 2009
We don’t have a dishwasher. With as much as I cook, you can imagine that this is a mild inconvenience most nights. Bets and I have a pretty solid routine for this and she’s awesome at helping with the dishes after I cook. Actually, she just does most of them. If she’s not there to [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, healthy | Tagged Dinner, Fish, honey, lime, one pot dinner, rice, salmon, salmon and rice
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 • 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
By Nick • May 27, 2009
I guess it is about time that I reveal a secret to all of you: I enjoy tofu. I find that it is pretty flexible and takes on flavors nicely so it works in a lot of dishes. But let me tell you when I don’t like tofu: A) When it acts like a meat. [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, good food, healthy | Tagged Asian meals, broccoli, garlic, ginger, healthy, mushrooms, red peppers, rice, simple dishes, stir fry, tofu, vegetarian
By Nick • May 4, 2009
So Pete and I were planning on posting our awesome battle today, but we had too much fun last night and simply didn’t have time to write the posts. Tomorrow will be the day.
Meanwhile, I thought I would write about a simple little shrimp taco dish I made a week or two ago. I also [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, healthy, spicy | Tagged arancini, beans, cook yourself thin, fried, fruit salsa, how to make arancini, mangos, pineapple, rice, salsa, shrimp, shrimp tacos, spicy, tacos
