Fresh garlic parmesan pasta uses ingredients that are easy to come by and good for you. Plus, it comes together in a snap. One taste, and it’ll become your go-to “right now” dinner recipe.
Dolce Casa Cafe
Dolce Casa Cafe is a coffeehouse not far from the Brown Line, in Ravenswood, Chicago, where you can do some beardspotting, co-working, and/or studying. Thrusting your plug into the nearest electrical outlet might require maze-solving, but at least the hot spot and public restroom won’t present challenges.
Bacon Wrapped Meat Roll
The words “bacon wrapped meat roll” may send some of you into immediate foodgasm. Others of you with a modicum of decorum might rather that this post were about Rouleau de viande – which it is, so relax. Regardless of what you call it, what we’re talking about here is a meatloaf stuffed with cheese and wrapped in bacon.
Swiss Eggs Benedict
This recipe for Swiss Eggs Benedict uses cottage bacon and Swiss cheese as stand-ins for the traditional Canadian bacon and Hollandaise sauce. It turns Benedict’s “distinctiveness” setting up so high, it crosses over into “lusty.”
Midwestern Chili
Invite your corn-fed quarterback in for a warm, hearty, strapping bowlful of this hell of a tasty, comfort-foody, Midwestern chili. It won’t burn you; it won’t bite you. It will just make you feel good way down in your hungry heart. Home run, quarterback!
Factor 75
MiLam reviews nutritious, prepared, chow-time meals from Factor 75, a Chicago meal delivery service geared toward performance, fitness, and distinguished eating. In a word, yes. In three words, oh hell yes.
Pierogi Dough
This is the final post in a six-part pierogi series. This post contains several pierogi dough recipes: a plain version, one that uses sour cream (miLam’s favorite), another that uses milk, and one that’s enriched with egg yolks. For fillings and instructions, see previous posts.