By Nick • March 3, 2010
When people ask me about Macheesmo, one of the first questions I get asked is how I don’t weigh approximately 400 pounds. I think I’ll save my philosophy on healthy eating for another post, but generally I eat a lot of fruit and vegetables with the occasional heavier meal.
I try to post delicious and interesting [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, Gadgetry, healthy, Learning to Cook, soup | Tagged barley, beans, cooking, crock pots, healthy eating, mushrooms, slow cooker, slow cookers, stew, stewed tomatoes, stews, tomatoes, veggie stew
By Nick • November 17, 2009
Guess what. It’s almost 2010. 2010 is going to be so cool. It just sounds cooler to say “Twenty-ten” rather than “Two Thousand Nine.” It has a nice ring to it.
I spent the last few weekends of my life rummaging through the over eight thousand Macheesmo photos I’ve taken this year to pick 12 lucky [...]
Posted in Gadgetry, musings, Products | Tagged 2010 calendar, calendar, photography, Products
By Nick • April 9, 2009
If there’s one thing that I have had in the back of my mind for the last few months that I really wanted to try it is making my own sausage. Some people may consider it gross, but I think the exact opposite. In fact, if I’m going to eat sausage I would rather it [...]
Posted in Dinner, Gadgetry, good food, pork, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged bratwurst, homemade brats, homemade sausage, how to make brats, pork, sausages
By Nick • November 18, 2008
One of the things that can be most daunting about getting started in the kitchen is not the food or the preparation, but simply determining what stuff you actually need to cook. When you walk into a store there are isles and isles of kitchen gadgets and gizmos most of which I find utterly [...]
Posted in Gadgetry, Learning to Cook | Tagged kitchen tools