A Hungry Bear

football food: creamy spinach artichoke dip

Monday, October 20, 2008

A and I don’t really have “date night” since he’s in grad school, but we do have “date football” on Sunday afternoons. If both our teams (Panthers & Steelers) are on at the same time, we bring the second TV down from the bedroom and set both up side by side. We’ll make [...]

pesto pasta and roasted garlic thyme chicken

Monday, September 1, 2008

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I’ve covered these both before (pesto here and here, and chicken here) but just in case you needed to be reminded that these recipes are there for the taking…

roasted potatoes, onions & garlic on the grill

Sunday, August 17, 2008

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Have you ever tried this? It’s not really a recipe, but just an easy thing to put together if you’re already heating up the grill for barbeque chicken or steaks. Just slice up some vidalia onions and potatoes and layer in heavy-duty aluminum foil. Throw in a few whole garlic cloves (smash [...]

eat your vegetables: broccolini with goat cheese and garlic

Wednesday, July 16, 2008

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A and I were in Vegas a few weekends ago and stayed at the always-amazing Wynn Hotel. I had never eaten at their SW Steakhouse before, so this was on our list to try. It’s not as good as N9NE (still reigns as my favorite - their gnocchi, which our waiter described as [...]

green 3 cheese ravioli + tomato sauce with garlic and basil (”alla carrettiera”)

Tuesday, June 24, 2008

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In Marcella Hazan’s “essentials of classic italian cooking”, she talks about the “only” 2 ways to EVER make fresh pasta dough: basic egg pasta (covered numerous times, albeit imperfectly, on this blog), and “green” pasta. Green pasta incorporates fresh spinach right into the dough - and why did I think I needed even more [...]

mexican spice-rubbed ribeyes with garlic lime butter

Saturday, May 10, 2008

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When we eat steak around my house, it’s always tenderloin. Being somewhat obsessive about healthy food, A and I only buy the leanest cuts of red meat. When I saw this recipe for spice-rubbed ribeyes (from the April issue of F&W), I knew I had to try it, especially when I noticed the [...]

easy pesto

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

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With the grilled chicken and vegetables the other night, I made a quick side of pesto pasta. I realized I didn’t cover that in the recipe, but it’s so simple and delicious and basil is starting to be so abundant right now, I figured I should blog this… There are a million ways [...]

rosemary garlic roast chicken

Thursday, April 17, 2008

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Roasting a whole chicken is a satisfying project. It’s one of the simplest foods, but it takes a little time (about 2 hours overall, half of which is just waiting while the chicken soaks in brine). It definitely tastes better than any whole roast chicken you can buy, and you can use the [...]

pappardelle with porcini mushrooms and garlic roast chicken

Monday, April 7, 2008

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A recipe for “pappardelle with porcini and pistachios” was recently featured in Food & Wine magazine, from the chef at Cru restaurant in NYC. I decided I wanted to try it, but needed to add roast chicken (if I want to make pasta at home, it is absolutely mandatory that I find a way [...]

sunday afternoon lasagna

Monday, March 24, 2008

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This is a Sunday afternoon dish because it’s great to make ahead for the week, and also because you need about 4 hours to prepare it. There are some very easy shortcuts to trim that down to about 45 minutes of active prep time, if you don’t want to spend an afternoon in the [...]