Leo's Redesign: "lunchless?"

Hey Nomsters!

As most of you know, delivery is happening tonight! So make sure you place your orders or at least check out what we're baking up.

GtownFoodie+NN realizes that not all of you may want late night baked goods every single week, which is why this blog serves as a place to improve your overall "food experience" at Georgetown! Therefore today we're bringing you another round of "Leo's Redesign" so that you always have options. This week's Redesign is a bit personal. Unfortunately, my schedule this year doesn't leave room for lunch, so by the time I'm able to eat in the afternoon, I'm starving and the top portion of Leo's is always closed. Now, we all know that unless you use stealth-like moves (or hope that they don't see you sneak by), you won't manage to get anything from the upper portion of the dining hall. So here are some mixes for those of you who are stuck "down below."


Lunch #1: Pizza Bagels
-Bagel (downstairs)
-Marinara sauce (near "Bistro" section or at pizza station)
-Cheese (near pizza station or from salad bar)
-Toppings (pizza station or salad bar)

Toast bagel in the rotating toaster oven thing near bread station,
Add marinara sauce, cheese, and toppings,
Head on over to the microwave and nuke it for s long as you like to melt the cheese (30-40seconds).

(for a lighter option, use english muffins instead of a bagel!)

Lunch #2: Warm Tuna Melt
-Bread (2 slices, bread station)
-Tuna salad (deli area)
-Cheese (deli area)
-Tomato (deli area)
-Spinach (salad bar [optional])

Toast your bread,
Add Tuna, Cheese, Spinach and Tomato,
-Microwave on high for 30-50 seconds (until warm).

Dessert: "Cookies and Cream Froyo"
-Froyo (or ice cream)
-1 or 2 Leo's Cookies (sugar, chocolate chip, etc)

Take your cookies and break them into bite-sized, mixable pieces,
Microwave cookies for 10-15secs,
Grab some froyo or icecream,
Mix cookies in to your frozen treat "Coldstone" style!

Enjoy!


P.S. we hope all of you enjoyed the article in The Guide!
As always, feel free to sends comments and questions to nightlynoms@gmail.com 

-Gtown Foodie

Happy Fall! Weekly Orders

Nomsters!

Happy Fall! Hopefully you all are still enjoying the warm weather. To kick off the season, for this Wednesday's (Sept. 22nd) delivery we'll be baking up Pumpkin Spice Muffins and Ginger Snap Cookies! So make sure you order muffins by 6pm Wed. and cookies by 11:30pm Wed.

Place Online Orders Here!

Also, If you haven't seen it already, Nightly Noms was featured in The Guide this week. So pick up a copy in The Hoya, or check out the interview online!

Remember, a portion of NN's profits goes to Operation Smile!

So keep ordering and enjoying the yumminess of late night baked goods!

-nn

p.s. thank you to everyone who has helped this blog reach over 1,000 page views!

Update+Weekly Orders!

Hey Nomsters,

Thanks for a great first week of deliveries. As some of you know, we had a few minor problems with our oven, but hopefully all is well now!

Along with thanking our supporters, Nightly Noms has to give a big shout out to The Georgetown Voice blog and Chris Heller, Vox Populi for writing a great post about NN. We really appreciate the support. Concerning comments on the post, of course with the good, comes the skeptical, so for those of you who left some “interesting” comments on the post… oh well, we can’t win all of Georgetown over in the first round!

In regards to this week’s delivery offerings, we’re baking up Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, Cinnamon Apple Breakfast Muffins, and Chocolate Chip Cookies. Once again, please, please try to order the Muffins 6pm on Wed. to ensure you get your noms, but feel free to order cookies up until 11:30pm!

Order Here! :)

Here’s a bit of a description also:

Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins: Our traditional muffin batter loaded with extra bananas, cinnamon, and chocolate chips. These muffins are moist and are great served warm for breakfast or dessert.

Cinnamon Apple Muffins: These special muffins are made from “Amish Friendship Bread” batter, meaning that we use a starter. If you’re unsure of what this “starter” business is, it basically means we were given a base to a recipe that we must maintain and bake every ten days to ensure that we can keep making the muffins. We sort of see the starter as our baby, day one we have the starter, day six we “feed” the starter sugar, milk, and flour, and day ten we bake! Then it’s back to day one again. This recipe yields an extremely soft muffin with a cinnamon swirl, and to give you a serving of fruit for the day, NN has baked up these muffins with apples. (the recipe we linked to is different from ours, but the website gives some good info!)

Chocolate Chip Cookies: Chocolate Chip Cookies are always a favorite and when they have a nice soft texture, life just gets a little bit better! So place your orders before Wednesday or that night and we’ll do our best to make sure they get to you warm!

Remember, our recipes are from scratch, meaning less preservatives! Nightly Noms also tries to use less sugar and more natural sweeteners, like fruit!

Thanks for the support and hopefully we'll deliver to you soon!

-NN

Leo's Redesign

Hey my fellow Georgetowners,

Hopefully you've enjoyed the majority of the three day weekend out with friends or just soaking up the sun. This post is the kick-off for a series of posts on how to "spice up" what our lovely Leo's has to offer.

Although our resident dining hall has some tasty offerings, sometimes you just need something new, or maybe you've gotten sick of eating all of the "safe" choices. This blog will be your solution to your Leo's issues!

Here at the Georgetown Foodie+Nightly Noms blog we're going to try to make your dining experience ten times better by giving you fun alternatives and tips to having a meal plan if you're getting sick of the typical Leo's fare. With each "Leo's Redesign" post, we'll give you a few creative alternatives of what you can make with what Leo's has to offer!

So off we go!

Breakfast: Breakfast Parfait

-1 banana
-Honey Dew or Cantaloupe melon
-Granola (or another cereal)
-1 tall cup
-Plain or Strawberry yogurt

-Cinnamon (if desired)

Dice banana and melon into small pieces,
Use half to make a layer in bottom of your cup,
Place a layer of yogurt over fruit,
Place a layer of granola over yogurt,
Add second layer of fruit and top with more granola, and top with a sprinkle of cinnamon for some added flavor

Lunch: Shrimp Penne w/ spinach

Go to the vegetarian section and pick your pasta, then on your way to the Stir Fry section (upper level), grab some spinach from the salad section in a separate bowl. Ask Stir Fryer for Shrimp (and whatever else you would like) and ask him to add the spinach.


After he's done add the mix to your pasta, add some sauce and enjoy!



Dinner:  Chicken and Cheese Quesadillas 
-1 tortilla from bread station
-1/2 grilled chicken breasts from lower lever Bistro section (cut into pieces)
-Handful each of cheese from "Make your own" pizza section and salad bar
-Vegetables (if desired)

Place chicken, cheese, and any additional ingredients on 1/2 tortilla,
Fold over so that it resembles a half moon shape,
Place in microwave or panini maker until cheese is melted



Dessert: Coke float
-1 tall glass
-Scoops of ice cream or froyo
-coke (or any other fizzy beverage)

Place ice cream in cup, add soda and enjoy

Nighty Noms Update! 1st delivery date is September 8th, order now!

Hello little Nomsters (yes, I sort of ripped that form Lady Gaga, but it’s catchy and I like it),

The time has come to start a new semester on “the Hilltop.” Fall brings new friends, old flings, welcome parties and of course, the start of Nightly Noms delivery!!!

Place orders for September 8th Delivery Here!

Last year Nightly Noms attempted to make your Tuesdays and Thursdays that much more enjoyable by offering fresh, homemade, from scratch bake goods and delivering them to your dorm or apartment door, and this year will be no different. EXCEPT, this year, Nightly Noms will be delivery Wednesday nights 10pm-12am, instead of Tues/Thurs. In addition, Nightly Noms hopes to starting selling a second day a week in either Red Square or Lau so that you don't always have to delivery to enjoy Noms!

NEW NIGHT: Wednesdays 10pm-12am Delivery

(place orders for noms [besides cookies] as early as possible, or by 6pm the Wed of Delivery)

(place orders for cookies up to 11:30pm Wed of Delivery)

Of course we'll be offering old favorites like S'mores Bars and Banana Chocolate Chip Muffins, but we'll also be delivering new items such as Chocolate Chip Cookies, Double Fudge Browns, and Snickerdoodles!

Nightly Noms will bake extra Noms in order to allow for Wednesday night "on demand deliver;" however, orders are subject to availability only. If you place an order after 5pm or between delivery hours, we will do our best to fill your request, but no assurance is guaranteed.

Although Nightly Noms will no longer allow people to place "on demand orders (orders made after 6pm Wed) for certain noms, we will be taking orders and baking cookies up until 11:30pm Wed night! So if you forgot to place your order for a muffin, try a cookie instead!

Remember, we're students who love to bake and make it a top priority to keep the kitchens we work in are as clean and pristine as possible. In addition, a portion of our profits are donated to Operation Smile!

So get ready for the start of a great year and let Nightly Noms curb your cravings along the way!

nom! nom! nom!

Delivery Areas: Village A, Village B, Darnall, Henle, Harbin, New South, Lau, Leavy, SWQ most common areas on campus+most apts

Simple Recipes and Common Sense: Sweet Potato Fries

Hey Fellow Foodies and Readers,

Sorry I haven’t been around for a bit. Between Lollapalooza taking over my life and pretending to clean/pack for college, I’ve been a bit consumed. But! I’ve decided to drop a quick post to let you know I’ll have a great Lollapalooza feature soon; for now, I thought I’d leave you with a recipe.

I love sweet potatoes, mashed, chips, baked, and even in muffins! However, something I’ve been craving lately are sweet potato fries. So, I figured I’d experiment with a recipe/common sense to see if I could come up with a recipe that didn’t require the fries to be fried, but rather baked, you know, to at least attempt that healthy alternative!

I found a recipe in Cook’s Country for regular baked potato fries, a recipe online, and a recipe in a cookbook I own. After reading through each recipe, I decided to use a bit of each. This is a great recipe for all you Georgetowners and college students that want an easy recipe that tastes great and will satiate your craving for fried foods or sweets!

My family decided to grill burgers today. So as my mom and dad grilled, I baked up these fries. The overall result was a satisfactory, soft, sweet fry with a nice crisp. Next time, I may add more seasonings (paprika, garlic salt), and also let the fries dry a bit more before I coat them so that I get a more crispy texture, but overall, they were very tasty!

SO here you go!
3 Large Sweet Potatoes, washed, and thickly julienned (cut into spear shapes)
6 tablespoons of olive oil or vegetable oil
1 tablespoon cornstarch (if you don’t have this, I don’t think it’s a huge deal, but let your potatoes dry a bit after microwaving/blotting)
Seasonings (optional: salt, pepper, garlic salt/powder, paprika)

-Preheat the over to 450 (f)
-Microwave sweet potatoes in large bowl covered with saran wrap for 4-6minutes to slightly cook,
-Remove the sliced potatoes from bowl and blot dry (gives fries a crispier texture), let sit for five minutes if you aren’t using cornstarch,
-As fries dry, use 5 tbsp of the oil to coat a cookie/baking sheet, then place sheet in oven for 5-7 minutes (until the sheet begins to smoke),
-While oil heats, mix remaining oil (1 tbsp) with cornstarch (optional) and, then toss fries in mixture, making sure to coat each, add seasonings,
-Place fries in single layer rows on the heated cookie sheet, place back in oven and cook for 25-35 minutes, flipping fries halfway through cooking time,
-Remove from oven and place fries on paper towels to blot excess oil, lightly salt if desired.
-Enjoy!

Summer Feature-more Cupcake Boutique (Chicago)

Hello my foodie friends! (and I know you’re out there since Blogger is giving me stats now!)

So, the general population seems to understand that cupcakes are “in” right now, meaning every week yields a new cupcake shop, flavor, or TV show. From DC’s Georgetown Cupcake or Baked and Wired, to New York’s Magnolia Bakery or Crumbs, the American public is experiencing cupcake overload! While Chicago has undergone a similar delicious infestation of cupcake shops, there’s one little, pristine “cupcake boutique” in Chicago’s Gold Coast named more, that’s doing the new “it” item a little differently and literally making people say, “more please!”

As I said on the Nightly Noms Twitter, I finally had the chance to sample a cupcake from more, a Chicago cupcake boutique owned by Patty Rothman. After attempting (and failing) to beat out a fierce crowd of Internet foodies to tag myself in a more facebook picture and earn a free cupcake, I decided to leave a comment on the photo. Just a quick “Oh! One MORE please!” Low and behold the next morning I had a facebook message from Ms. Rothman saying she had added my name to the list! Once again, thank you for your generosity!

I selected Saturday morning to make my way to more to pick up my “Cookies and Cream” cupcake; let me say, I was not disappointed. As you can see by the picture, more has a way with assembling aesthetically pleasing cupcakes. The mound of icing covered in delicate cookie crumbles was enough to catch my interest, but as I gently pealed the wrapper away I discovered that cookies were not mixed into the batter (like Georgetown Cupcake’s item of the same name), but rather more’s C’n’C sported a fluffy white cake with a cookie crumble bottom. I used my spoon to ensure that I had each component and took my first bite: delicious. The frosting was creamy, the cake was moist, and the crumble bottom had a soft chew to it, making the overall combination a perfect marriage of flavors and textures. Each bite left a new dimension of taste, which I believe was because of the contrast between the three dimensions of the cupcake. Also, if you’re in a rush and cannot eat your treat immediately, I’m quite positive that more’s C’n’C would taste awesome chilled too!

Overall, my first more cupcake was a delight (I’ve already managed to tag myself for this week to test out Chocolate Chocolate). The modern and chic Gold Coast neighborhood cupcake boutique offers both sweet (Crème Brulee) and savory flavors (foie gras and sour cherry), along with a “Happy Hour” of drink-inspired cupcakes (Mojito, Champagne, etc). more cupcakes are perfect for kids and adults craving a sweet, beautiful treat. Although prices range anywhere from $3.50-$6.00 for a large cupcake, more makes it possible for anyone to experience their flavors by using the facebook tagging process, which often occurs on Tuesdays (Monday around midnight). So start tagging, Chicagoans and visitors!

With catchy taglines like “eat MORE” “taste MORE” “love MORE,” all we can say is:

We want MORE!

Name: More Cupcakes

Meal: Anytime/Snack/Dessert

Location: Gold Coast (Downtown), Chicago

Address: 1 E. Delaware place Chicago, Illinois 60611

Price: $3.50-$6.00

Ordered: Cookies and Cream Cupcake