By Nick • January 14, 2010
Welcome to Macheesmo! If this is your first time here, you might want to learn about Macheesmo! Also, I encourage you to subscribe to my RSS feed. Thanks for reading!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. [...]
Posted in baking, Dinner, healthy, Side dishes, spicy | Tagged basil, Dinner, polenta, spicy, 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 31, 2009
Happy New Year’s Eve everybody! I’ve been brainstorming and researching a few very quick appetizers that you could make for New Year’s tonight if you’re still in need of a recipe. The three appetizers in this post are basically just one ingredient with some standard spices and stuff that you probably have laying around.
They make [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, Economical, Holidays, spicy | Tagged appetizers, cashews, chickpeas, kale, spicy
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
By Nick • November 30, 2009
Before the holiday weekend my roommate from the summer, Jeff, was in town and Betsy and I invited him and his girlfriend over for dinner. I’ve been playing around with this curried cauliflower recipe for the last few weeks that I wanted to try on Jeff’s discerning vegetarian palate. I’ve made it two or three [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, healthy | Tagged cauliflower, curry powder, Dinner, flatbread, kale, lentils, naan, onion, scallions, spicy
By Nick • November 9, 2009
Betsy loves Tex-Mex. And make no mistake that it ranks pretty highly for me also. So a lot of times something in the Tex-Mex category is my default if I’m looking for a meal. This is a recipe that I make every once in awhile and realized recently that I’ve never posted it. What’s nice [...]
Posted in Dinner, Easy Stuff, Economical, spicy | Tagged beans, cumin, guacamole, rice, rice and beans, spicy, tostados