It’s a special sauce, it Thousand Island, no it’s Fry Sauce! If you don’t live in Utah or if you haven’t seen Guy Fieri on Diners, Drive-Ins, and Dives, you probably have no idea what I’m talking about right now. It’s okay, I only recently learned of the existence of fry sauce and I might never […]
Author: Chris Perrin
#MeatlessMonday 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 6: Fried Zucchini Napoleons, Cucumber Salad, and Mashed Beets
Tonight, I am combining two fantastic traditions: #MeatlessMonday and the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative. #MeatlessMonday is my weekly commitment to show you a delicious way to eat meat-free once a week while the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative is where Shawna Coronado grows the vegetables and I turn them into a dinner for […]
Chef Mark Tafoya
It took about ten seconds of tweeting with Chef Mark Tafoya (that’s @ChefMark on Twitter), a personal chef in New York City, for me to realize he knew great food. Probably because I’m slow, it took me a couple of days to realize he was the same chef I had been listening to on his Remarkable […]
Big Acres® Gourmet Foods Ginger Teriyaki Marinade & Sauce
A few months ago, I wrote up a recipe for Beef Mole using the Milagro Mole from Big Acres® . In this recipe, I explained in no small detail how much I loved the Milagro Mole. Well, after no small amount of pleading, Melanie was nice enough to send me another bottle so you can expect three new uses for […]
2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 5: Eggplant Green Curry
Okay, we’re back for another delicious installment of the 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative. In case this is your first time, the walking gardening encyclopedia, Shawna Coronado, is (obviously) the gardening pro. She grows veggies in her garden and then she sends them to me so I cook them. This arrangement works out well since if […]
#MeatlessMonday Dinner: Eggs and Veggie Biscuits
Except for the brief time I was vegan, breakfast burritos are king in my house. When there’s nothing else to eat, we always a half dozen eggs, a pepper, and an onion. My wife and I take turns transforming these ingredients into Egg and Vegetable Biscuits They’re really very simple. Just make the veggies like you […]
Candied Jalapenos
This recipe takes me waaay back (to you know, like 2005) when I was desperately trying to get on Next Food Network Star Season 2. I wanted to be unique, I wanted to be different, and I wanted to do something that would make me stand out. So I made: Candied Jalapenos Yep, that’s right. […]
Pickles – 2009 Nude Gardening Special
So, I can’t really call this Recipe 5 of Shawna Coronado‘s and my 2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative because it’s not really dinner, nor does it meet the rules of the challenge. However, Shawna sent me this: A Radish, a Zucchini, and a Cucumber Walk Into a Brine… And asked me what I would do […]
Creamy Roasted Tomato Pasta Salad – Meatless Monday
Okay, so I know it’s a bit late for Meatless Monday, but a) better late than never and b) you can get started early for next week!! So, next Meatless Monday, why don’t you make: Creamy Roasted Tomato Tortellini Salad The inspiration for this dish came from Whole Foods. For about a month, they had […]
2009 Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative Recipe 4: Cucumber Couscous Salad
Looking for dinner for $11.50? Well step right this way because today, we’re going to be feasting on: Cucumber Couscous Salad That’s right, my partner in the Nude & Eco-Cheap Cooking Initiative, the totally outstanding Shawna Coronado, gave me cucumber and when life gives you cucumber, you make salad. (Or pickles I guess.) I know […]