Category: main dishes
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Geek Eats: Thermal Detonators – A Star Wars Inspired Recipe
The Star Wars galaxy is a very large place. It is filled with lots of dangerous people with dangerous weapons. One of the most dangerous weapons that is easily carried (and now easily consumed) is a thermal detonators. With the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Geeks Who Eat thought it would be fun to create…
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Geek Eats Disney Recipes: Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Brown Butter – Artist Point at Disney’s Wilderness Lodge
As fall comes full force it is often easy to look around for some hearty fall-ish meals and find some hearty meat dishes. For vegetarians though, it isn’t always as easy. At Artist Point at Disney’s Fort Wilderness Lodge, healthy eaters can try out the Sweet Potato Gnocchi with Brown Butter. Or if instead you…
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Geek Eats Disney Recipes: Monte Cristo Sandwich – Disneyland’s Blue Bayou
There are few dishes more popular amongst Disneyland fans than the Monte Cristo Sandwich. This delicious sandwich has been on the menu at the Blue Bayou restaurant for 40 years! While it might be very difficult to recreate the beautiful ambiance of the Blue Bayou at home. However, you can create a memory at home…
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A Finding Dory Inspired Recipe: Fish Are Friends Not Food Tacos
Finding Dory is almost in theaters and Geeks Who Eat are very big fans of Finding Nemo have shared a Finding Dory inspired recipe in anticipation of this new Disney-Pixar fish flick! Remembering that “fish are friends not food,” the Geeks Who Eat made sure that no harm comes to any fish in the making of their…
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Disney Recipes: Pepper Bacon Mac and Cheese – Epcot’s Farm Fresh Marketplace
The Epcot Food & Wine Festival is now feeding Walt Disney World guests in full force as they taste their way around the World Showcase and Future Showcase. Running from September 25-November 16, this is the perfect place for those Disney fans who also happen to be fans of food and wine as well. But what happens…
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Disney Recipes: Pozole Soup – Disneyland Resort
While the temperatures may not be reflecting it entirely here in Southern California, fall has arrived. With the arrival of fall comes the arrival of fall foods and soups. One fall favorite that is occasionally found at the Disneyland Resort (during Disney ¡Viva Navidad! at Disney California Adventure) is the Pozole Soup. It is a wonderful…
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Disney Recipes: Tomato Soup, Cheese Dippers and Apple Slices – Tony’s Town Square in Magic Kingdom Park
It’s that time of year when kids are heading back to school which means it is also the time of year to come up with after school snacks. Thankfully, the good chefs at Tony’s Town Square in Walt Disney World’s Magic Kingdom Park have come up with the perfect after school snack for your enjoyment. Disney…
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Culinary Cameo- Perry Rea
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to Culinary Cameos! In a slight change of pace, today’s cameo will not feature a chef, but a different type of member of the culinary community. Today’s interview is with Perry Rea, olive oil sommelier and owner of the Queen Creek Olive Mill. As many of you know, I absolutely adore the…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Nobuo Fukuda
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to Culinary Cameos! This week we are featuring James Beard award winning chef Nobuo Fukuda owner of Nobuo at Teeter House. I met Chef Fukuda at Check, Please! Arizona Festival and was instantly drawn to his charismatic yet humble demeanor. My love of Japanese food also increased my desire to speak with…
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Culinary Cameo- Chef Christopher Gross
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to our latest Culinary Cameo featuring James Beard award winner Chef Christopher Gross. I had the pleasure of meeting Chef Gross at Check, Please! Arizona Festival after his panel with other James Beard award winners from Arizona. His unique attitude towards food, the culinary industry and life in general intrigued me (not…
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It's Pancake Day! Let's Celebrate!… with Nutella!
Happy Pancake Day (or perhaps more officially, Shrove Tuesday)! For those that celebrate Lent, this is the last day before it begins and in some countries it is the traditional day to eat pancakes. I personally love this idea as I’m a big fan of pancakes… just ask my brother. Ask some other friends and…
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Geek Eats- Spam Musubi (plus Spam Musubi Taco Recipe)
Aloha Foodies! Welcome to the newest Geek Eats! You may have noticed by my greeting that there is a definite theme to today’s blog. Today’s blog features on of my newest food loves, Spam Musubi! For those of you who have never had it, Spam musubi is a shaped block of rice (about the size…
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Turkey Turnovers – Geek Eats Recipe
Thanksgiving is the time to sit back and reflect on all that we are thankful for. It’s a time for spending time with family, watching parades, watching/playing football, and oh yes… eating Turkey. Inevitably there is leftover turkey though. For some, leftovers can be quite stressful. In my family, though this is not the case.…
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Geek Eats- Pumpkin Crazy!
Greetings Foodies! Welcome to this week’s Geek Eats! This week I’m going to be discussing an appropriate topic for the month of October, pumpkin! It’s the time of year in which it seems the aisles of the grocery store are painted orange. Even my local Trader Joes is touting over 60 different pumpkin products (I’m…
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Backyard Salmon – Geek Eats Recipe
My backyard right now is full of wonderfully delicious smells and tastes. There are herbs, fruit trees, and vegetables growing (despite the heat) and creating wonderful ingredients for creating fresh recipes. I found a deal on salmon at the market so I thought it would be fun to mix and match a few recipes and…