40+ of my favorite nerdy recipes inspired by books, television, and movies. Recipes for everything from ‘Game of Thrones’ and ‘The Walking Dead’ to ‘Star Wars’ and the Marvel Cinematic Universe!
May Nerd Month has come to a close. Whew, it has been a long, GIF-filled month of book, television, and film recipes.
Thank you, lovely readers, for indulging me and following along as I fangirled over and rambled on about so many things I love. I had such a blast putting these recipes and posts together and I hope you had a good time too!
My Nerd Month Recipes Were:
Person of Interest Strawberry Glazed Sencha Green Tea Doughnuts
Avengers Chicken Shawarma With Yogurt Sauce
Captain America Brooklyn Blackout Cupcakes
Wonderfalls Candy-Sweet Jello Shots with Triple Sec Whipped Cream
Pushing Daisies Kahlua Cream Cheese Cup Pies
Hannibal Lomo Saltado With Oven-baked Fries
American Gods Easy Beef Pasties
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Happy Endings Strawberry Mimosas
Happy Endings Easy Oven-Baked Ribs
The IT Crowd No-recipe Homemade Mashed Potatoes
Bob’s Burgers Bacon Dutch Apple Baby For Two
Black Books Tinto De Verano Red Wine Popsicles
As I do at the end of every monthly series, I’m finishing out the month with even more recipes that fit the theme from some of my favorite fellow bloggers (with a couple of my own in there too), and oh my word, they are fantastic! I was a huge fan of some of these recipes before Baking Mischief even existed, so I’m so excited to get to share them here.
Recipes are divided into Book , Television , and Movies categories to reduce load time on the pages, so make sure to check them all out!
Television Recipes | Book Recipes
Movies
Deadpool Funfetti Cake Pops from The Flavor Bender
Captain America Slushy Cocktail from Giraffes Can Bake
Star Wars Rogue One Vegan Toffee Ice Cream from Nerdy Mamma
Gone With the Wind Chocolate Chess Pie from Gourmet Project
Star Wars Macarons from Goodie Godmother
Spirited Away Soot Sprite Cookie Pops from Fiction Kitchen
Alice in Wonderland Chai Latte Cupcakes from Bread Booze Bacon
Superman Kryptonite Candy from Bread Booze Bacon
Ratatouille Omelet from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Captain America Cheesecake Parfaits
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The Walking Dead, Sherlock, Doctor Who , and More!
Recipes are divided into Books, Television, and Movies categories to reduce load time on the pages, so make sure to check them all out! Movie Recipes | Book Recipes
Television
Chocolate Rainbow Fruit Bars (Edible Doctor Who “Scarf”) from The Flavor Bender
Daredevil Marvel’s Elektra Cocktail from Giraffes Can Bake
Downton Abbey Mini Beef Wellington Pot Pies from Healthy Seasonal Recipes
Archer Pimm’s Cup In A Pimp Cup from Nomageddon
Once Upon A Time Chocolate And Pear Turnovers from At The Corner of Happy And Harried
How to Make a Doctor Who Tardis Cake from Goodie Godmother
Doctor Who Wedding Cookies from Goodie Godmother
Sherlock Tea Bag Cookies
Supernatural Pig ‘N A Poke from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
The Walking Dead Merle’s Cake with Pink Frosting from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
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Recipes are divided into Books, Television, and Movies categories to reduce load time on the pages, so make sure to check them all out! Movie Recipes | Television Recipes
Books
Carry On Bacon Cinnamon Buns from Fiction Food
Game of Thrones Rosemary Lemon Cakes from Witchy Kitchen
Game of Thrones Scalloped Turnips from Witchy Kitchen
Harry Potter’s Hot Butter Beer from The TipToe Fairy
Jammie Dodger Cookies from Culinary Ginger
Pride and Prejudice Apple Cheddar Scone Muffins from Fiction Kitchen
Hunger Games Hot Chocolate & Brötchen from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Fizzy Lifting Drinks inspired by Charlie and the Chocolate Factory from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
Pasta Puttanesca from A Series of Unfortunate Events from Fiction Food
Holes “Sploosh” Peach & Onion Salsa from Fiction Food
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Saturday Morning Snapshot
Was given about a million of these strange tiny plums. Don’t know what type they are, but I do know they’re pretty tasty!
State of the Blog
This week was the last week of Nerd Month ! I had so much fun this month coming up with recipes for and writing about shows, movies, and books (okay, book, singular ) I love, but I’m glad we’ve reached the end of it. Finding the perfect GIFs to use in posts is surprisingly time-consuming, as was editing down my gushing over every single book/movie/tv show I posted about.
For the last set of Nerd Month recipes, I posted two from British television favorites and one from Bob’s Burgers , the sweetest animated comedy on television.
Next week the blog turns six months old! My baby blog is growing up. 🙂 To celebrate, I’m adding an extra posting day to the schedule every other week. Starting yesterday, two Saturdays a month, a simple foundation recipe or favorite tip or trick will go up. This way I can still keep more interesting recipes coming during the week, but provide step-by-step walk throughs for some of my most-used basics. This week I started with with my favorite buttermilk pie crust .
Later this week, there will be the usual end-of-the-month theme roundup post, a healthy and easy dinner, and my new favorite summer dessert.
Recipes/posts released this week were:
No-recipe Homemade Mashed Potatoes – How to make easy homemade mashed potatoes with no recipe required, instructions I wish someone had given me during my childhood of eating boxed mashed potatoes!
Bacon Dutch Apple Baby For Two – Smokey bacon and tart apples make this Dutch Apple Baby pancake the perfect breakfast for a lazy weekend morning.
Tinto De Verano Red Wine Popsicles – Super easy Tinto De Verano red wine popsicles made with your favorite red wine, lemon lime soda, and a homemade lime simple syrup. Delicious, boozy treats perfect for a grown-up summer.
My Favorite Buttermilk Pie Crust – My favorite flaky, delicious buttermilk pie crust (made with a food processor). This is seriously the easiest pie dough you will ever make or work with!
Pop-culture Corner
It’s season finale time! How are all your favorite shows wrapping up? Any good twists or cliffhangers?
I caught The Nice Guys this weekend and it was soooooo charming and funny! Have you seen it yet?
Fellow Game Of Thrones fans, what did you think of last week’s hold the door moment? Did it get you? I might just be a monster, because I was UNMOVED!
Then again, this is coming from someone who cried over the shenanigans of a Winchester on the Supernatural finale this week, so my emotional responses are clearly suspect.
It’s James Bond casting speculation time! Who do you want to replace him? I know Tom Hiddleston is the front runner , but I really had my heart set on Tom Hardy or Idris Elba.
Finally, speaking of Tom Hiddleston, I let all the episodes of the Night Manager build up on my DVR. Now that it’s finished airing in the States, I can’t wait to binge it. Has anyone watched this yet?
Meal Planning
Saturday: Homemade Margherita Pizza Sunday: Chicken and Asparagus Pasta Monday: BBQ Steak with Corn on the Cob Tuesday: Slightly Spicy Chipotle Chicken Salad Wednesday: Mom’s Chicken Noodle Soup Thursday: Sausage and Zucchini Bake Friday: TBD
Wishing you a great weekend and a peaceful Memorial Day!
Quick pork chops made with rosemary and sherry that can be on the table in about 20 minutes. So easy and delicious you won’t believe it.
Happy Wednesday! How’s your week going so far? Did the Monday holiday (for US readers) throw you off? I’m a huge creature of habit so disruptions to my schedule always leave me feeling adrift. Like, what is time even!? 😉
Oh well. That means we’re just that much closer to the weekend.
And hey, speaking of time, how it flies! Baking Mischief is six months old today! Not to get sappy or anything, but I want to thank everyone who has followed along, commented, emailed, pinned, tried recipes, EVERYTHING. You guys are the best and this has been one of the most fun experiences of my life!
Okay, enough feelings for today. On to the recipe!
Are you ready for your new favorite way to cook pork chops?
This recipe is the epitome of a perfect weeknight meal, so quick and easy, no-fail, healthy, and still tastes like something you slaved over.
Sometimes simplicity is beautiful (and delicious). This is just a few pork chops, whatever kind you like best, seared in butter, and then simmered in a combination of sherry, rosemary, and garlic until cooked through. That’s it.
20 minutes from start to finish and you have a main dish that looks and tastes like it took three times that.
And, guess what. This dish even makes it’s own side.
Steam or boil some broccoli/asparagus/green beans while your chops cook and then once you set the meat aside to rest, deglaze the pan with a bit more sherry and toss those veggies in there, let them soak up all that delicious rosemary and garlic sauce and boom, your healthy side dish is taken care of too.
Ingredients
- ▢ 4 small pork chops
- ▢ 1 tablespoon butter
- ▢ 1/2 cup sherry plus more for deglazing
- ▢ 1 1/2 teaspoons fresh rosemary or 1/2 teaspoon dried, minced
- ▢ 2 garlic cloves minced or crushed
- ▢ 1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon salt
- ▢ 1/4 teaspoon pepper
Instructions
- Heat a large skillet over medium-high heat. Once pan is very hot, melt butter. Sear pork chops, flipping once, about 1 to 2 minutes per side.
- Turn heat down to medium and add sherry, rosemary, garlic, salt, and pepper.
- Allow liquid to come to a simmer and cook, flipping once, until an instant-read thermometer inserted into the center of the pork chops reads at least 145°F (about 8-16 minutes depending on the thickness of the chops).
- Move chops to a plate to rest for at least five minutes.
- Deglaze pan by pouring a couple tablespoons of sherry over the hot surface and scraping off all of the blackened bits with a spatula. Simmer for 30 seconds or so until mixture is thickened and pour back over the chops or toss with steamed vegetables for a quick and easy side.
- Serve and enjoy!
Notes
Nutritional Information (for 6-ounce bone-in chops) Adapted From: AllRecipes.com
Recipes are divided into Books, Television, and Movies categories to reduce load time on the pages, so make sure to check them all out! Movie Recipes | Book Recipes
Television
Chocolate Rainbow Fruit Bars (Edible Doctor Who “Scarf”) from The Flavor Bender
Daredevil Marvel’s Elektra Cocktail from Giraffes Can Bake
Downton Abbey Mini Beef Wellington Pot Pies from Healthy Seasonal Recipes
Archer Pimm’s Cup In A Pimp Cup from Nomageddon
Once Upon A Time Chocolate And Pear Turnovers from At The Corner of Happy And Harried
How to Make a Doctor Who Tardis Cake from Goodie Godmother
Doctor Who Wedding Cookies from Goodie Godmother
Sherlock Tea Bag Cookies
Supernatural Pig ‘N A Poke from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
The Walking Dead Merle’s Cake with Pink Frosting from All Roads Lead to the Kitchen
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