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Nick • August 10, 2010
This week I’m posting a series that I call 3×3: Three posts each with three simple, but related recipes. Tomorrow’s post will be on quick crostini and Thursday’s post will be on summer salad dressings! Be sure to check back over the next few days to see the new 3×3 post, or just subscribe to [...]
Posted in The Drink | Tagged alcohol, Apple Juice, bourbon, Club Soda, cocktails, coconut milk, coffee, ginger, limes, mint, orange juice, sugar, vodka, Watermelon
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Nick • July 31, 2010
If English isn’t your primary language, coffee cake must be very confusing. I mean, there’s no coffee in it normally. It should be called “Cake you eat with coffee.” Of course, that doesn’t roll off the tongue really so people just say coffee cake. My point is that some people are probably disappointed when they [...]
Posted in Breads, Breakfast/Brunch, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged butter, buttermilk, cake, cinnamon, coffee, coffee cake, Eggs, pecans, powdered sugar, sugar, vanilla, walnuts
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Nick • July 10, 2010
You know what I love about a good scone? It works for breakfast or dessert. Now granted I don’t have a crazy sweet tooth so I’m never looking for pounds of chocolate or anything. Just something with a tiny bit of sweetness to it that’s rich and goes well with coffee or maybe a glass [...]
Posted in Breakfast/Brunch, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged butter, buttermilk, cream, Eggs, figs, maple syrup, scones, sugar
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Nick • June 30, 2010
I bought a loaf of bread a few weeks ago. This is noteworthy because I very rarely do this anymore. It’s become such a normal part of my weekly routine to mix up some no knead bread that I rarely have to buy the stuff. But occasionally, I still like to try new loafs. The [...]
Posted in Breads, Healthy | Tagged bread flour, butter, Eggs, millet, poppy seeds, pumpkin seeds, Sesame Seeds, sugar, Wheat flour, Yeast
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Nick • February 18, 2010
I was kind of surprised that the stir-fried broccoli dish one last week’s poll. I guess people are still trying to stick to those new year’s resolutions so maybe chewy brownies are a no-no. Anyway, I made a dish very simple to this a few months ago, but the technique that they recommend in Cook’s [...]
Posted in Economical, Main Dishes, Quick and Easy, Spicy, Vegetarian | Tagged Asian Food, broccoli, chicken stock, chili sauce, corn starch, garlic, hot sauce, peanuts, Red Pepper Flakes, sesame oil, Sesame Seeds, soy sauce, sriracha, sugar, vegetable oil
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Nick • January 6, 2010
When I was in college, I would have cook-offs of sorts with a good friend of mine. The only problem being that we were eating in the dining hall at the time where there was very little to actually cook. So we took our competitive spirit to the one section we had control over: Salad [...]
Posted in Healthy, Quick and Easy, Salad, Vegetarian | Tagged hot sauce, Salad Dressings, sugar, tarragon vinegar, vinaigrette
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Nick • December 16, 2009
For each recipe during cookie week this week, I’m trying to keep a flavor or something from the previous day’s recipe. So I made peppermint whoopie pies yesterday to go with the peppermint bark on Monday. Today’s recipe uses the chocolate from the whoopie pies to make these ganache filled cookies! Why did I organize [...]
Posted in Desserts, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged butter, chocolate, cocoa powder, cookies, cream, Eggs, ganache, honey, sugar, vanilla
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