By Nick • February 4, 2010
I was actually kind of shocked that “something spicy” won last week’s poll. I figured that something fried would win for sure given that it’s for the Super Bowl. Shows you what I know!
My requirements for this dish were pretty simple. I wanted something that I could eat with my hands, that was super-spicy, and [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Easy Stuff, Fish, spicy, Stuffing Stuff | Tagged appetizers, cayenne, cheese, corn tortilla, cuisine of the southwestern united states, cuisine of the western united states, Dinner, guacamole, mexican cuisine, paprika, quesadilla, quesadillas, red pepper, shrimp, shrimp quesadilla, shrimps, spicy shrimp, sprimp, super bowl, Superbowl, tex-mex cuisine
By Nick • January 18, 2010
Even though I’ve been trying to eat less meat, there’s one thing that I try to do every few months that’s an extremely economical way to eat and use meat: roasting a whole chicken. It provides a great meal, good leftovers, and enough stock to make even more meals in the future.
I think if there [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, good food, TIWSIMRIIHAR | Tagged chicken, Dinner, five spice powder, ginger, orange, rice, roasted chicken
By Nick • January 14, 2010
I was kind of shocked by last week’s poll winner. Not sure why but I just didn’t expect polenta to make a huge wave. I guess that’s because I always assume that people underestimated polenta’s potential.
The voting Macheesmo readers seem to be intrigued by it though. And I must say that I [...]
Posted in baking, Dinner, healthy, Side dishes, spicy | Tagged basil, Dinner, polenta, spicy, tomato
By Nick • January 11, 2010
I’m a pretty huge Mark Bittman fan. I like his books (especially How to Cook Everything and Food Matters), and we have similar goals with our writing which is to get people excited about cooking good food in their homes. I guess you could say that he’s a bit better at it than me, but [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, good food, healthy, spicy | Tagged appetizers, Dinner, feta, jalapenos, lamb, nachos, olives, pita chips, red peppers, sun-dried tomato
By Nick • January 7, 2010
Honestly, I’d never even heard of a Buddha bowl until a week or two ago. I was kind of shocked that it won last week’s poll by so much! At first I thought it was a recipe, then after a few google searches, I realized it was more of a product – an actual bowl.
Oh [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, healthy, spicy | Tagged buddha bowl, Dinner, peppers, quinoa, spicy, tofu, turmeric, vegetarian
By Nick • December 28, 2009
After a long week of holiday eating, I’m always looking for a quick and healthy meal to combat the holiday pounds! Especially in the few days between Christmas and New Years, it’s nice to get some healthy eating in. I’ve experimented with this spicy broccoli Pad Thai dish a few times now and I love [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, healthy, spicy | Tagged broccoli, Dinner, eggs, fish sauce, ginger, how to make pad thai, pad thai, sesame oil, soy sauce, spicy
