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Nick • July 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’m noticing a trend with the pasta salads that I really like: They are freakin’ packed with flavor. If I’m making a meal out of a [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Pasta, Quick and Easy, Salad, Side Dishes, Vegetarian | Tagged arugula, balsamic vinegar, bowtie pasta, garlic, goat cheese, parmesan cheese, pine nuts, sun-dried tomatoes
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Nick • June 10, 2010
I was thrilled when risotto won the poll last week. It’s really one of my favorite dishes. When made right, it’s creamy and flavorful. It can be paired well with a ton of dishes or just eaten on its own. It also rocks for leftovers. For this version I wanted to use some old cherry [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Vegetarian | Tagged basil, butter, chicken stock, cream, Italian food, onions, parmesan cheese, risotto, sun-dried tomatoes, tomatoes, white wine
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Nick • January 13, 2010
I’ve had some pretty intense posts over the last few days (Review of Eating Animals and a post with excellent comments On Food Labels). So I thought I’d post something a bit more lighthearted today and revisit something that I used to do more frequently on Macheesmo, which is search for the perfect grilled cheese [...]
Posted in Main Dishes, Quick and Easy, Sandwiches, Vegetarian | Tagged basil, butter, garlic, grilled cheese, kalamata olives, mozzarella cheese, no knead bread, roasted garlic, sun-dried tomatoes
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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, Main Dishes, Spicy | Tagged cucumbers, cumin, feta cheese, greek yogurt, jalapenos, kalamata olives, lamb, mint, nachos, olive oil, pita chips, red onions, red peppers, sun-dried tomatoes
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Nick • July 2, 2009
The winning dish from last week’s poll was “Something Seasonal” by a pretty close margin, but I was happy to see that it won. Something seasonal is fairly easy in July, but I used it as an opportunity to make something that I’ve been wanting to make for a while: stuffed artichokes. Artichokes are hands [...]
Posted in Appetizers, Side Dishes, Stuffing Stuff, Vegetarian | Tagged artichokes, basil, bread crumbs, feta cheese, lemons, panko, sun-dried tomatoes, white wine
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Nick • January 12, 2009
I made this dish because of a reader’s comments on my Review of Rachel Ray’s book, “Just in Time.” (Hi Natalie!) It was one of the recipes in the book that really stood out for me so I thought I would try a version of it. The idea of the dish is to take pasta, [...]
Posted in Economical, Failure, Main Dishes, Pasta, Vegetarian | Tagged baked pasta, cream, Eggs, garlic, linguine, mozzarella cheese, parmesan cheese, parsley, red peppers, ricotta, Spaghetti, sun-dried tomatoes
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