NOSH! - The International Diet Cookbook

A Fancy, Gourmet Grilled Cheese Recipe

2012-02-25T14:54:00.000-05:00

It could be the world's best grilled cheese. A few months back I had my life changed forever-more when I visited a restaurant in Wilmington, North Carolina called Sweet & Savory. The restaurant combines French style cooking with American style foods, and southern cuisine. One of the most highly recommend sandwiches is their Ultimate Grilled Cheese made of Havarti, bacon and tomato. It is

Home-made Garlic and Parmesan Croutons

2012-01-02T17:58:00.001-05:00

Home-made Garlic and Parmesan Croutons So if you weren't aware of it already, I'm a bit infatuated with baguettes. As fate would have it, during exams, my normal baker's dozen baguette recipe sat unused on the baking rack. That never happens. Rather than throw it out, I decided to make the stale bread into crispy, gourmet, home-made croutons. Cost me nothing, and they came out delicious. Now

Mince Pie Recipe To Ring In The New Year.

2012-01-01T10:55:00.003-05:00

Make your own design too! Last night as we were swashbuckling in the last hours of the year waiting for 2012, we enjoyed some festive treats: mince pies. It's another traditional English comfort-food that has a long history attached to it. From the king of England's favorite food, to prohibition in America which almost caused its extinction stateside, mince pies are a nostalgic traditional

Where to buy Olestra Oil (Olean)?

2011-12-26T11:23:00.000-05:00

Made with Olean brand fat replacer. So I'm making my french fries today and something occurs to me. It's occurred before. I mean, olive oil is great an oil, but why in the year 2012 can't they produce an oil with no fat. Then I correct myself and say "They do Liv!" and remember the fat-free (Olean) chips I buy. They're fried in Olestra oil, but I don't ever recollect seeing bottles of the

Why Is Pork & Sauerkraut a New Years Tradition?

2011-12-26T11:17:00.000-05:00

Why Is Pork & Sauerkraut a New Years Tradition? Shannon got looking up Welsh New Years traditions the other day and discovered the concept of divination where you take egg whites in water, and they're to spell our the initials of your suitor. Of course we also had mince pies. Being also of part German, I remember Grandma saying "Pork & Sauerkraut" was good luck. I've always been a big fan of

Where to buy rectangle school cafeteria pizza?

2011-12-20T19:19:00.002-05:00

Jean jackets, New Kids on the Block, and Square Pizza. People come in and out of our lives, as do foods. Some, like cafeteria food probably should remain as some distant memory, but often like myself and others, you'll reach the age of thirty-something and ask yourself "Whatever happened to that square / rectangle pizza from elementary school?" It might hit as a pregnancy craving, or simply a

Bassahi Burgers | Horse Meat Recipe

2011-12-18T12:36:00.000-05:00

An outdoor cookout (roast) of horse meat. "I'm so hungry, I could eat a... " Let's talk about horse meat, a common staple of food in Japan (known as Bassahi) and many other countries. While it remains taboo in America, there's not really any rational reason not to eat horse. (Some cultures despise our eating rabbit and cow.) Even if you're disgusted by the idea, the plain fact, is you may

Rawley's Bacon Fried Hot Dogs

2011-12-04T10:06:00.001-05:00

Rawley's Drive-In "You'll Relish the Flavor!" Let's be frank, most people have yet to have a fried hot-dog. If they did there would really be no other way to eat them. Sure, occasionally you're going to get a hankering for a dirty water hot-dog from New York, or a Chicago Char-Dog, but the crisped, charred outer skin of a fried hot dog is something all together amazing. You "crunch" into it

Pizza Hut Supreme Sandwich Sub Recipe | 1970's

2011-11-13T16:21:00.001-05:00

Pizza Hut's Super Supreme Sandwich Recipe Everything was better in the 70s. Cool cars, great food, and Pizza Hut's classic Italian sub marketed as the Supreme Sandwich. The sub lasted into the eighties as an enemy of long sleeves as the creamy dressing would run down your arm. While phased out in America, it's still available in Saudi Arabia, and a few franchises in the States that operate

Moe's Southwest Grill Guacamole

2011-11-11T15:54:00.001-05:00

This recipe will yield 1 ½ quarts of fresh Moe's Southwest Grill guacamole Holy Guacamole. Fresh Avocados, Ripened 6 each White Onions, Diced 1 ½ cups Tomatoes, Diced 1 ½ cups Fresh Jalapenos, diced ½ teaspoon Cilantro, Chopped ¾ cup Lime Juice, Fresh 1 ½ ounces Salt 1 tablespoon Make sure to mix all ingredients in a large bowl and serve with tortilla chips warmed in a 250 degree oven

Moe's Southwest Grill Pico de Gallo

2011-11-11T15:42:00.001-05:00

Welcome to Moe's? Pico de gallo is the third type of salsa which comically translates to “beak of rooster”. It's the Mexico's take on the fruit salad, and gains its name from the style in which you dig it out of a bowl with a chip. (Similar to a chicken pecking at its food.) Instead of unhealthy snacks, I can make a bowl of this with some baked low fat chips and enjoy my favorite movie night

Pizza Hut's Tuscani Meaty Marinara Pasta Recipe

2011-11-04T22:39:00.000-04:00

Tuscani is in France. Tuscany is in Italy. So it's 10 PM, on a Friday and it's crazy around here. A full day of school, a night of work, two tired kids, and absolutely no time to cook. Normally we'd just order pizza, since there's no dishes, and we don't have to cook. However we had pizza earlier in the week, so I though I'd try Pizza Hut's pasta offerings since I've never had it. Pizza Hut

Sugar Cookies Recipe for a Yummy Halloween or any Holiday

2011-10-22T13:42:00.000-04:00

A web of sugar cookie deliciousness. [Guest Post, from Shannon Jones] I volunteered to provide the cookies for Serenity's class party last week. Liv always rolls her eyes at me when I take on these challenges because I always find the hardest way possible to do things. Most moms run by the store and grab a box of cookies on sale for $2.99 from my bakery table. I on the other hand pause life,

Scary Halloween Cupcakes | Recipe

2011-10-15T13:27:00.000-04:00

[Guest Post, from Shannon Jones] The Scariest Cupcake Recipe Ever! I have to admit that I have rocked some pretty cool cakes for Chance's class over the years, so he was eager for me to come up with something for second grade. While I get my jollies being artistically creative, a budget can be restrictive. I have had a blast making cute Halloween cakes for class parties, but my 7 year

Del Taco Deluxe Chili Cheese Fries and Secret Menus

2011-09-15T18:21:00.004-04:00

Del Taco Deluxe Chili Cheddar Fries Recipe Chili cheese fries are hugely popular in California. So what do you do when you want to open up a taco restaurant on the West Coast? If you're Ed Hackbarth, then instead of chili you use taco-seasoned meat. Hackbart opened Casa De Taco in the 1960s, but later it became known as simply Del Taco. Del Taco was always one of my favorite restaurants

A Baguette Recipe for Simple Kneads

2011-08-20T20:14:00.014-04:00

Get your mind out of the gutter. I'm a fan of baguettes. It's serious business in Europe too, especially among chefs, and bakers. The joke in Paris is that when bakers get to heaven, their admittance into the pearly gates is based upon their ability to make this simple, but perfect type of bread. The baguette separates those who can from those who cannot. Quite too often, I'll visit local

Neese's Sausage Chili Sandwich.

2011-08-09T14:27:00.003-04:00

Neese's Sausage Chili Sandwich If you're not familiar with Neese's Sausage you probably didn't grow up in North Carolina. A company based out of Guilford County, which since 1917, delivers their sausage fresh, unfrozen to the market in square blocks, wrapped in wax paper. One of my favorite ways to use Neese's Sausage, or any sausage for that matter is to make chili breakfast sandwiches with

Octoberfest Spatzle - 3 Cheese Macaroni, Sausage and Sauerkraut

2011-08-04T12:20:00.002-04:00

Best Mac & Cheese Ever? For some odd reason sausage and kraut with macaroni and cheese just goes together. It shouldn't in my mind, but it does. While the modern, elbow macaroni version is a traditional southern dish which entices its eater to mix it all up and eat it, the dish began in Germany as something called Spatzle. Spatzle derived from Baden-Wuttemberg, Germany and literally

Philippe French Dip Sandwich - The Original Recipe

2011-07-23T20:15:00.003-04:00

Philippe The Original French Dip Sandwich Philippe The Original French Dip Sandwich The French dip sandwich originated far from France in the city of Los Angeles around 1918 when restaurant owner Philippe Mathieu, accidentally dropped his customer's bun in the meat juice. Next thing you know, people are clamoring for the French dip, a sandwich born and made till this day in the city of Angels.

Bastille Day French Onion Soup

2011-07-14T18:26:00.006-04:00

Bastille Day French Onion Soup La Fete Nationale, or national day of celebration, is more commonly known as Bastille Day which is celebrated each year on July 14th. (Joyeux quatorze juillet!) In France, and cities around the world, people celebrate the 18th century storming of Bastille during the French Revolution, and which forever changed the world in it's wake. It was around this time that a

Original Tommy's Chili Recipe

2011-07-12T12:52:00.012-04:00

Tommy's Original, chili cheeseburger and chili cheese fries Perhaps the greatest hamburger I've ever tasted came from a little restaurant in Los Angeles called Tommy's. "If you don't see the shack, take it back."- was their mantra referring to the tiny red building on all their signs, and homage to the original Tommy's location that this burger legend began from. Named after it's inventor,

Chile Rellenos (Stuffed Mexican Peppers) Recipe

2011-07-09T15:48:00.001-04:00

Chile Rellenos Recipe For all the gringos (non Spanish speaking) out there, chiles rellenos is nothing more than the Mexican take on stuffed peppers. Rellenos translated means: filling, or stuffing. One of our family's favorites, this easy recipe makes a nutritious snack, meal or side-dish. This version uses only queso (cheese), but you can also add beef (carne), sausage, or chicken (pollo), as

Bojangle's Dirty Rice Recipe

2011-07-08T13:48:00.001-04:00

Recipe for Dirty Rice. Cajun style Dirty Rice Made with the Holy Trinity of Cajun cooking: celery, peppers and onions, this traditional Louisiana dish is by far one of my favorites. Goes great with chicken, or in my case... as a meal until its own. Charlotte, North Carolina based Bojangle's Famous Chicken and Biscuits has been serving up their own spicy version of dirty rice since 1977. They

Taco Bell Seasoning Mix Recipe

2011-07-07T16:43:00.004-04:00

The Taco Bell of my childhood. Taco Bell, I'm told is one of the fast-foods you'll truly miss if you spend a large amount of time outside of the States. Mexican food all together is difficult to find in the U.K. and Europe, and Taco Bells are even more rare. As if to completely prepare for a future life abroad, I've sewn this Taco Bell seasoning clone to the inside of my suitcase. Even if I

The Ultimate Grilled Cheese - The French "Crunch" Recipe

2011-07-06T14:12:00.004-04:00

Ultimate Grilled Cheese Recipe So there's this rather handsome French gentleman at the Borough Market in London who makes these gorgeous grilled cheese sandwiches. He's usually rather hidden off in the alley, but he always draws a crowd and there's always a line. People stand around and watch him create these monstrosities of cheese from blocks of Gruyere and butter. I've never seen anything