Week 19, Meal 2: (Indian) wedding soup
I’ve had this curious case of the sniffles for the last week — a reprisal of the yuckies that sidelined me a few weeks back — and it threw off my kitchen game last week. The whole time I was cooking...
View ArticleWeek 20, Meal 3: Summer soup
For the last meal of two soups and a sandwich week, we’re bringing you a refreshing soup for the summer months. We’re using three delicious seafoods — crab, shrimp and scallops — to craft a luxurious...
View ArticleWeek 25: Mad Fresh Mex
We’re almost halfway through one year of recipes — this being Week 25 and all — but by the look of this menu, my midterm exam has arrived a week early. Chef Brian’s “Fresh Mex” menu has a long list of...
View ArticleWeek 25, Meal 1: Pudding! Peppers!! Pork!!!
I was intimidated going into the kitchen for Week 25, Meal 1: Marinated pork loin over jalapeno corn pudding and sauteed peppers with smoky ancho sauce. Because there were four components, I knew this...
View ArticleWeek 25, Meal 3: Chicken taco deluxe
The tacos I used to eat were mostly made of that oat-beef crap they sell at Taco Bell. Sure, I’ve encountered my fair share of traditional tacos (corn tortilla, meat, onions, cilantro, salsa), but...
View ArticleWeek 27: Thai-m for Thai
Chef Brian’s put out quite a few ethnic menus in the past–Italian, Mexican and Vietnamese dishes come to mind most–but one country he’s left alone until now is Thailand. “It kinda surprises me that I...
View ArticleWeek 27, Meal 1: Mean green shrimp curry
I joked on the Fat Dude Facebook page recently about how I thought green curry paste only came in jars from Trader Joe’s. But the fact that this recipe calls for making Thai green curry paste from...
View ArticleWeek 28, Meal 1: A deceptively simple chicken dinner
We’re kicking off Southern week with one of Chef Brian’s most flavorful dishes to date, Week 28, Meal 1: Blackened chicken over black eyed peas, kale and ham hock. What comes off the menu sounding...
View ArticleChef Brian’s tri-tip chili
I was running low on grocery money this week so I chose to skip Week 29: Salads that don’t suck and instead bought meals I could stretch into many portions like pasta and polenta. This was the most...
View ArticleWeek 31, Meal 3: The fiesta bowl
When I first started this blog, cooking was one of the worst ‘chores’ I had to do. I always felt like it was such a pain in the ass to cook my own meals everyday, so instead, I would hit the...
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