If you had asked us a month ago how we felt about sweet potatoes A would have scrunched up her face and Z would have diplomatically said, “they’re aaallllll right.” Cue Rose. About a month ago Rose suggested cooking together. She proposed omelets with a side of [...]
Tag Archive for garlic
Broccoli Fritters
The big joke with A’s friends is that she is a vegetarian who doesn’t like vegetables. And while this may be generally true, it’s probably more accurate to acknowledge that the bigger issue is that most veggies just aren’t prepared in the tastiest way. To [...]
Category: Appetizer, Side Dish, Vegetarian, Vegetarian Appetizer, Vegetarian Side Dishes |
Tags: Broccoli, finger food, garlic, parmesan
Pepperoni and Mushroom Pizza
This one is Z’s favorite of our pizza recipes. It includes two of his greatest loves — Pepperoni and Mushrooms! And with the fresh tomatoes, as far as he is concerned, you can’t go wrong. The original idea for this one was actually to do [...]
Asparagus, Cherry Tomatoes, Ricotta and Lemon Zest Gemelli
What do all of those things above have in common? Apparently, they are delicious when served together with some ricotta in a bowl of gemelli. This recipe is inspired by (ok, almost entirely shamelessly stolen from) Dinner: a Love Story. In fact, when we saw [...]
Category: Entree, Pasta, Vegetarian |
Tags: asparagas, basil, garlic, gemelli, lemon zest, parmesan, Tomatoes
Spring Pea Pasta
A is a big fan of peas. They make a great side dish to go with a meal, a fun addition to a main course — and or course are great to put on bruises when they are the frozen variety. Lately, when we’ve gone [...]
Mushroom Crostini
When we first started dating, and before Z was willing to reveal that grad school tuition had drained his savings, we went out to a lot of fancy dinners (the things guys do to impress girls!). Once this information was revealed, however, we started to [...]
Steak and Seitan Sandwiches
We have been going non-stop. A is directing the musical at her high school and getting home around 8 every night. Z is jetting home after work to put those hours into his freelance work and all of this amounts to eating a lot of [...]
Roasted Pepper Rigatoni
This recipe is another one thanks to the CQ and is an all-around family home run because even the carnivorous CK and Z are satisfied with their meal. We had it with them on our last visit and then decided to attempt it ourselves. [...]
Sesame Shiitakes
This is another easy side dish that we made after being inspired by our Sesame Green Beans. How can you go wrong with all those flavors? This is basically the same as our sesame green beans minus the sesame seeds and plus a little chili [...]
Category: Asian, Side Dish, Vegetarian |
Tags: brown sugar, chili oil, garlic, Mushrooms, rice vinegar, sesame oil, shitake, shitake mushrooms, tamari
Sesame Green Beans
We’re big into leftovers. Part of this helps us justify spending more money on the ingredients and part of this helps provide tasty meals even on busy work days. And… well, to be totally honest, one of us likes leftovers more than the other. Said [...]
Batali’s Butternut Squash
We’ve been trying to make use of all the winter veggies out there. We recently made some good brussels sprouts dishes that we will write up soon, but for today we want to post on the pasta below. We’ve made it a number of times [...]
Swiss Chard Crostini
We have been behind on our posting, but not on our cooking! When we visited the CQ and CK back in November, the CQ made us a dinner to die for that included a killer sangria, delicious gazpacho and swiss chard crostini that blew our [...]
Category: Appetizer, Side Dish, Vegetarian |
Tags: bread, garlic, goat cheese, pine nuts, raisins, swiss chard
More Beer, Beef and Seitan
One of our friends recently went Veggie and her husband is a bit bungled by the new cooking parameters. We were all out for dinner together and he was asking us if we “always cook two separate meals” and “wasn’t that frustrating” and “don’t we [...]
Category: Beef, Entree, Entree, Hearty Meals, Make Ahead, Meat, Vegetarian |
Tags: beef, beer, garlic, paprika, potatoes, seitan
Simple Tomato Sauces
People don’t often order the spaghetti with tomato sauce at a fancy restaurant, but when Z’s friend Diana says to, you should probably follow suit. We were too taken by the description of some other dishes and ordered pumpkin ravioli and rabbit ragu. Oops. In [...]
Category: Appetizer, Pasta, Sauces and Dips, Vegetarian |
Tags: butter, garlic, red chili flakes, Tomatoes
Broccoli, Bourguignon, and Beef
When people ask us what an average weekend in New York is like we always tell them that there really is no average weekend. There are concerts and shows to see, family and friends who visit, museums and restaurants and wine tastings to enjoy, [...]
Category: Beef, Entree, Entree, Hearty Meals, Meat, Side Dish, Vegetarian |
Tags: ancho chiles, beef, Broccoli, egg noodles, garlic, paprika, pine nuts, portabella
“Trust me, I’m a chef.”
Don’t worry — the quotes around the title denote that that sentiment is not ours. We like to cook for sure, but we are far from even considering calling ourselves chefs. But not as much can be said for the random guy at the supermarket [...]
Category: Chicken, Entree, Entree, Hearty Meals, Make Ahead, Meat, Vegetarian |
Tags: cayenne, cheddar, chiles, cilantro, garlic, onion, poblanos, Tomatoes
Two Cooks on the Cape
A has an incredibly generous uncle with a beach house in Chatham, MA. Every year he offers us a vacation spent in the comfort of his home and every Fall we more than willingly take him up on his offer. The house has three bedrooms, [...]
Category: Entree, Hearty Meals, Side Dish, Soups, Vegetarian |
Tags: brussels sprouts, butternut squash, garlic, parmesan, pine nuts, potatoes
Our Tofu Smells like Rose’s
We owe one of our favorite tofu recipes to one of our best friends, Rose, whom we will henceforth call Violet. Violet is not a vegetarian, but she is a conscientious eater who grew up in a family that never ate red meat, never grilled [...]
Category: Side Dish, Vegetarian |
Tags: garlic, lime juice, maple syrup, sesame oil, sriracha, tamari, tofu
Cucumber Kimchi and Somen Salad
We’ve added a more descriptive title to this post… the old title: Where were you during the East Coast Earthquake? Sorry, is that old news already? Maybe even asking about the hurricane would be a little “last weekend”… In any case, we were in Portland [...]
Worth a shot
We have been meaning to post about our successfully failed dinner party for a while and hope it isn’t too late. The short version is that we made a relatively last minute decision to host a big dinner party and cooked a four-course meal for eight. [...]
Category: Side Dish, Soups, Vegetarian |
Tags: basil, garlic, goat cheese, gouda, pecorino romano, Scallions, Tomatoes
BBQ Chicken and Summer Pasta
When the cooking world is your oyster, the question “What should we have for dinner?” is simultaneously thrilling and daunting. The follow up question: what are you craving? Zach: Chicken and BBQ sauce. Amanda: A light summer pasta. Typical. But that’s what we got. We turned [...]
Category: Chicken, Entree, Entree, Make Ahead, Meat, Pasta, Vegetarian |
Tags: basil, BBQ sauce, chicken, garlic, parmesan, roasted peppers, Whiskey
Corn, Tomato and Black Bean Salad
(Side note: We have had a few requests for a subscription option and just wanted to let you know we have one now. It’s at the bottom of our left-hand sidebar.) Now onto the blog… This past weekend was spent in Massachusetts with A’s family. [...]
Category: Side Dishes, Vegetarian Side Dishes |
Tags: black beans, cilantro, corn, cumin, garlic, limes, Scallions, Tomatoes
Pea and Leek Pesto
Our first summer together was spent packed with dinner dates — ones where we were getting to know each other, but also ones where we were getting to know each other’s friends. But Zach was paying off grad school loans and Amanda was still on [...]
What’s the beef? Bring home the beef?
I am horrible with idioms. Somehow I managed to be born in Massachusetts, attend college in Connecticut and spend the past four years in New York City without gaining the slightest knowledge of expressions. My English department co-workers mock me ceaselessly and my English-Language-Learning students [...]
Category: Beef, Hearty Meals |
Tags: beef, extra wine, garlic, meat, red wine, sage, vegetarian, vegetarian tacos
