By Nick • August 20, 2009
Ceviche is one of those magical dishes. It is really easy to make, hard to make badly, and always impressive. For those that don’t know what ceviche is, it’s basically a seafood salsa of sorts. You start with raw seafood and mix it with citrus and the citrus actually cooks the seafood. That means that [...]
Posted in appetizers, Dinner, Fish, healthy, Side dishes | Tagged ceviche, halibut, how to make ceviche, jalapenos, lemons, limes, oranges, scallops, tomatoes
By Nick • June 25, 2009
On Thursdays now I’ve started posting the meal from the poll results from the previous Friday where I ask readers what they would like me to make. This week’s winning dish was “Something really spicy!”
Spicy food is one of my favorite things and I like my spicy food to be really spicy so I was [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, good food, spicy | Tagged chicken, Dinner, habaneros, limes, mangos, molasses, simmer sauce, spicy, vinegar
By Nick • April 29, 2009
Somehow Spring completely skipped Washington DC this year. It was 55 and crappy and two days later it was 90 degrees with 100% humidity. And it appears it’s going to stay that way. I’ve been experimenting with a few light salads in an effort to defeat the absolute sweat-fest that is happening outside.
This fennel and [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, healthy, salad | Tagged Dinner, fennel, Fish, healthy, limes, orange, salad, salmon
By Nick • December 30, 2008
Tacos are one of my absolute favorite dishes because they are so versatile. No matter what kind of food you eat, I bet I can make a taco that you would like. If not, then that’s okay. We just won’t be friends.
90% of the time I like my tacos standard. Some beef with lots [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, pork, spicy | Tagged Chorizo, limes, red onions, tacos, yam
By Nick • December 1, 2008
I don’t know about you, but this weekend I found myself in a serious food coma for about 72 hours. And now it has become a bit more difficult for me to think about food. And I love thinking about food.
Eventually however, I will get hungry again and so will you. But [...]
Posted in chicken, Dinner, healthy | Tagged chicken, cilantro, garlic, healthy, jalepenos, limes, marinade, marinating, pepper, pico de gallo, quinoa, red onions, thyme
By Nick • November 22, 2008
I know you might not think Guacamole is a Thanksgiving recipe, but I have to disagree. I have to disagree because I eat guacamole anytime I can have an excuse to eat guacamole. And anytime I have a bunch of people together, that is an excuse to make, and eat, the guac.
What I [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, good food | Tagged appetizers, avocado, chips, dips, guacamole, limes, red onions, tomatoes
