NOW (That’s What I Call Food) 2012
Because I love y’all nearly as much as I love food, I present ye with handy ratings of everything (yes really) I’ve cooked this year.
A++++
- Asparagus, goat cheese, and lemon pasta
- Beef chili with masa harina
- Beef stew in red wine sauce
- Beer-marinated chicken tacos
- Black bean & butternut squash soup
- Black bean quesadillas
- Caramelized onion and prosciutto pizza
- Cheesy meatloaf
- Chicken taco bowls
- Cornmeal crusted chicken with jalapeno popper sauce
- Falafel
- Fancy mac
- Gingered nuts (lol)
- Gwyneth’s fish tacos
- Harvest pizza
- Peasant pasta
- Portillo’s chopped salad
- Posole lasagna
- Restaurant-style salsa
- Spicy Dr. Pepper pork
- Spinach artichoke pizza
- Zucchini pizza
A
- Baked broccoli mac & cheese
- Baked rigatoni with spinach, ricotta, and fontina
- BLT mac
- Bucatini with bacon sauce and meatballs
- Chevy’s black beans
- Chicken with forty cloves of garlic
- Chicken shawarma
- Chopped salad with feta, lime, and mint
- Cobb salad
- Creamy tuscan white bean pasta
- Crock pot gyros
- Double crunch honey garlic chicken
- Drunken noodles
- Fried zucchini spaghetti
- Gin penne pasta
- GOOP’s garlic bread
- GOOP’s turkey meatballs
- Greek zucchini salad
- Hard apple cider mac and cheese (with bacon!)
- Hushpuppies
- Kettle corn
- Mini meatloaves
- Mixed greens and sausage soup with cornmeal dumplings
- Mushroom herb mac & cheese
- Mushy peas
- Pasta with sausage, basil, and mustard
- Penne with roasted asparagus and balsamic butter
- Pizza bianca
- Reuben mac & cheese
- Salted oatmeal white chocolate cookies
- Sarasota lemonade
- Soft pretzel tots
- Stovetop bbq chicken shells and cheese
- Taco mac
- Thai beef with chiles over coconut rice
- Tortilla soup
- Truffled deviled eggs
- Turkey burgers with zucchini
- Twice baked potatoes
- Veggie burgers
- Wasabi cucumber sesame salad
B
- Apple and pear crisp with crystallized ginger
- Asian noodle salad
- Baked potato dip
- Baked pumpkin fettucine alfredo
- Beef with broccoli
- Blue cheese broccoli slaw
- Blue cheese mashed potatoes with caramelized onions and mushrooms
- Buffalo turkey burgers
- Cajun meatloaf
- Cake batter chocolate chip cookies
- Caprese risotto
- Caramelized garlic tart
- Caramelized onion and pancetta quiche
- Caramelized pork banh mis
- Chicken fried steak
- Chipotle pork loin with black bean salad
- Clams casino pizza
- Clam chowder with brown butter garlic croutons
- Coffee-rubbed cheeseburgers
- Crock pot bbq beer chicken
- Crock pot french dip sammies
- Crock pot parmesan garlic chicken with orzo
- Crunchy chicken cones with mango slaw
- Fully loaded baked potato soup
- Gnocchi with squash and sweet corn
- Greek quesadillas
- Green bean casserole
- Gruyere mac & cheese with mustard greens
- Italian sausage burgers with garlicky spinach
- Jalapeno popper mac
- Kielbasa, potato, and cabbage soup
- Korean tacos
- Pancetta fried rice
- Patty melts
- Polenta with sausage, spinach, and onions
- Pickled cucumber daikon salad
- Pizza stuffed mushrooms
- Queso blanco burgers
- Red wine and goat cheese risotto with caramelized mushrooms
- Roasted jalapeno and corn hummus
- Santa fe stuffed peppers
- Sherried tomato soup
- Slow cooker marinara
- Spaghetti with tomatoes, black olives, garlic, and feta
- Spicy chicken rigatoni
- Spicy pretzels
- Spiedini hoagies with caprese relish
- Surf & turf cajun pasta
- Thai chicken enchiladas
- Tilapia burgers with watermelon salsa and avocado
- Tortellini spinach bake
- White pizza dip
C
- Asian turkey burgers
- Buffalo chicken subs
- Buttermilk roast chicken
- Caramelized corn dip
- Chicken parm sandwiches
- Chicken with pepperoni marinara
- Chicken scallopine
- Chorizo, butternut squash, and zucchini chili
- Creamy caprese pasta bake
- Creamy tomato soup with baked mozzarella balls
- Eggplant goat cheese stack
- Goat cheese skillet mac
- Green chile turkey burgers
- Loaded potato & buffalo chicken c-word
- Martha’s mac & cheese
- Oven tacos
- Pappardelle with snap peas
- Peppered beef stroganoff
- Pork and sauerkraut
- Redemption salad
- Salisbury steaks
- Sesame chicken skillet
- Shepherd’s pie
- Spinach and feta pie
- Spinach stracciatella soup with orzo
- Steakhouse shepherd’s pie
- Watermelon, feta, and basil quinoa
D(on’t bother)
- Asian braised pork
- BBQ spiced salmon with pineapple jalapeno salsa
- Broccoli rabe and sausage calzones
- Brown sugar and balsamic glazed pork loin
- Buffalo chicken soup
- Charred salsa
- Crock pot buffalo chicken lettuce wraps
- Crock pot chicken cacciatore
- Crock pot turkey white bean pumpkin chili
- Herb butter and goat cheese linguine with fresh tomatoes
- Potato gratin
- Rigatoni with goat cheese
- Round and round pasta
- Spaghetti with broccoli cream pesto
- Spicy italian drip beef
- Veggie gyoza
- Winter chop chop salad
F(ail)
Operation Make My First Quiche was a huge success! I opted to go for a potato crust since I also had potatoes lying around. This was amazing, I can’t wait to make it again!
Ingredients
- 2 small-medium yukon gold potatoes
- Olive oil
- 1 bundle of ramps
- 4 small tomatoes on the vine
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 4 large eggs
- 1/2 cup skim milk
- 1/2 cup grated mozarella
- Salt and pepper
Directions
Preheat over to 425. Trim the asparagus and cut the tomatoes and drizzle with olive oil, salt, and pepper. Roast around 15 minutes until cooked through and are, well, delicious. Meanwhile, trim the ramps and clean them. Then dice and sauté in olive oil until fragrant of onion/garlic (maybe 5-7 minutes over low-medium heat).
Using a mandolin, thinly slice the potatoes and arrange in a single layer covering the bottom and sides of the quiche pan. Drizzle with some olive oil and cook in the over for 10-15 minutes (until the potatoes are set).
In a bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk, cheese, ramps, and salt/pepper. Pour the egg mixture into the potato crust. Place the tomatoes and the asparagus stalks in the pan on top.
Bake the quiche for 20-25 minutes, or until the eggs are set.
Eat all the food.
gsjlaghalh drooling.
missjacobi: crispy avocado BLT salad.
(via how sweet eats)


