What to do this weekend to get ready for the week Make your anchovy butter Give your beans a nice luxurious soak Nothing Fancy’s Anchovy Butter Chicken w/ Chicken Fat Croutons I have a serious love / hate relationship with roasting a whole chicken. On the one hand, there’s something just really special / romantic … Continue reading Meal Plan Round-Up: Week of February 24th, 2020
Recipe: NYT Cooking Total Time: 45 min Review: In the past few years, we have really started to love and appreciate beans. I especially like white beans, that you can get super creamy and savory. Even the bean broth is great – we freeze it and use it as a base for brown rice. We … Continue reading Creamy Braised White Beans + Scallops
Recipe: Nothing Fancy Cookbook Total Time: 45 min Review: The first time we were introduced to fregola was at Concord Hill, a neighborhood restaurant near our apartment. Any time we would go there, or order in from there, it was impossible to not get the fregola. It was just one of those dishes that you … Continue reading Tiny Creamy Pasta w/ Black Pepper & Pecorino
Recipe: Nothing Fancy Cookbook Note: We did a whole chicken and threw in some extra chicken legs that we had Total Time: 2 hours Review: I made a pretty good chicken joke on the Instagram so I’m really out of ideas. This chicken was dope – great weekend dinner. The croutons in the chicken fat … Continue reading Anchovy Butter Chicken w/ Chicken Fat Croutons
Here’s what we made last week. Tested, verified, and vying for spots on your meal plan next week What to do over the weekend to get ready for the week Clean your kale you dirty boy Cut up celery & carrots for some desk snacking Make your black bean garlic sauce for the Miso Polenta … Continue reading Meal Plan Roundup: Week of February 16, 2020
Recipe: Nothing Fancy Cookbook Total Time: 2.5 hours (over 2 nights) Review: This was really on the edge of being a weekend recipe. But it’s doable on a weeknight with a little determination. First up – you need to make the focaccia the night before. Then when you get home from work the next night, … Continue reading Pizza Night
We last made this in April 2019 with Spring Vegetables Polenta Recipe: Bon Appetit (swap out asparagus & snow peas for butternut squash & broccoli) Black Bean Garlic Sauce Recipe: loosely based on this Ming Tsai recipe Prep Time: 1 hr (a little longer for Winter Veggies b/c you’re roasting) Note: To winterize this recipe, … Continue reading Miso Polenta w/ Winter Vegetables & Tofu
Recipe: Nothing Fancy Cookbook Total Time: 6 hrs Note: I would add extra liquid here, there wasn’t quite enough sauce for all the ribs. Review: As my mom says, “winter is nature’s way of telling us to slow down and rest” and I couldn’t agree more. Short ribs have always been one of my favorite … Continue reading Spiced & Braised Short Ribs with Creamy Potatoes
Note In the everlasting pursuit of bettering ourselves – or at the very least our food blog – we’ve decided to change up the meal plan a bit and go with a more retrospective approach where we post last week’s meal plan, this week. We feel like this round-up format will be better because we’ll … Continue reading Meal Plan: Week of February 9, 2020
Recipe: Dining In Cookbook Total Time: 6 hrs Review: In terms of time, this wasn’t too bad! We were really looking forward to having a nice stew simmering on the stove, but then ended up making this Roasted Broccoli & Tofu recipe that really blew up the day. Then we had to take a nap, … Continue reading Pork & Red Chile Stew w/ Tomatillos
Jane & Zak: Meal Prepping from Williamsburg, Brooklyn 