Ready to get your mycophagy on? Flavor explosion! Fresh herbs! Fungus! If you weren’t ready before, I’ll bet you are now. These little shrooms are so tasty. And so simple. They pair well with basically everything but I make them often with steaks. All you need are some mushrooms (I use baby bellas, about 10 oz), … Continue reading »
Today’s post is brought to you by my dear friend Sarah who, besides being an award-winning nurse, marathoner, gymnastics champion, awesome person (and even more awesome dancer), is also a fabulous cook. We have been friends since Western Civilizations class freshman year at Loyola when we bonded over our how similar Justin Timberlake’s and Justinian … Continue reading »
I realize I am about 40+ years late on this band wagon, but wow crock pots are so amazing. And idiot proof. Sure there is room for improvement in this recipe, but guess what? It still tastes delicious and I caught Ashley licking his bowl like a dog. Survey says? Yum. Growing up, my mom … Continue reading »
My sister is able to cook 2 dinner dishes really, really well: a pasta dish with chicken + bell peppers and meatballs. In addition to that, she makes a really delicious tuna salad and a tasty guacamole. It’s entirely possible that she is able to cook more but the jury is still out on that … Continue reading »
This was a big weekend for me. I discovered a new festival that I love AND I finally broke out my new food processor that I have been dying to use. First things first, the Chipotle Cultivate Festival in Lincoln Park was awesome. They had celebrity chefs doing demos, a brewers’ hall (w/ wine too), … Continue reading »
After a long blog hiatus due to work/ leisure travel and general summer fun (see above for some of my favorite summer snaps), I am finally back in the NNB Kitchen. Despite the many hours of travel I’ve logged the past 2 months, I think I did pretty well with avoiding bad food. In July … Continue reading »
In honor of Bastille Day I decided to make something French. My experience with french food is limited, despite having visited Paris a year or so ago. That city is ridiculously expensive so we ate a lot of pizza, salad, croissants and croque monsieur’s. We splurged one night and I had some crazy prawn dish and escargot … Continue reading »
I was loitering around Whole Foods the other day when I spotted this beautiful purplish garlic nestled in with the nightshades on display in the produce section. The rest is history, Garlic-Herb Meatloaf with Sun-Dried Tomatoes is my new fav. Ingredients: 1 medium white onion, chopped 1 large green bell pepper, chopped ½ cup sun-dried … Continue reading »
I stumbled across this recipe while doing a search for a tasty sweet potato recipe to bring to a BBQ (thanks for posting it PaleOMG!) The guests at the gathering included friends and REAL CLOWNS. Not Joking. It is hard to screw up a sweet potato, but this came out extra tasty. I have to … Continue reading »
After first hearing about it a year ago, I finally got around to signing up NNB for a Pinterest account. At first I was afraid that with the blog, facebook, and twitter accounts, I was going to get major social media overload and possibly die. However, being the dare-devil that I am, I went ahead … Continue reading »
