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 • September 2, 2009
People are so scared of squid! I just don’t get it. I’ve been talking about this calamari salad for a week or so since I’ve made it and a lot of people are kind of put off by the idea. News flash though people: If it’s good deep-fried, it’s probably good other ways. Not to [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, Economical, Fish, healthy, salad, spicy | Tagged appetizers, bok choy, calamari, calamari salad, chili sauce, garlic, soy sauce, spicy, tomatoes
By Nick • August 27, 2009
If I were to make a list of things that I don’t mention enough on Macheesmo it might start out something like this:
1. How seriously, unbearably hot it is in DC in August. I am a cold weather person. This sweltering heat is not to my liking.
2. How much I love cucumbers.
Luckily, both of these [...]
Posted in appetizers, Easy Stuff, healthy, soup | Tagged cold soups, cubanelle peppers, cucumber soup, cucumbers, olive oil, soup, tomatoes
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 • August 3, 2009
I installed a Plugin for Macheesmo recently that lets me check out what people are searching for on Macheesmo. It’s a bit Big Brother, and I usually don’t pay attention to it. The most useful part for me is looking at what people search for that return zero results. So in theory I can make [...]
Posted in Dinner, good food, pork, spicy | Tagged bbq sauce, boss sauce, garlic, habaneros, hot sauce, jalepenos, onions, pork, pork chops, strawberries, tomatoes
By Nick • July 27, 2009
Sometimes I’m in the mood for salad, but I also want something with a lot of flavor. Not that other salads don’t have flavor, but I often crave something with protein, some good rich vegetables and a nice dressing. Basically, I want a Nicoise salad.
Oh sorry. I mean Niçoise salad. And as I was corrected [...]
Posted in Dinner, Fish, good food, healthy, salad | Tagged anchovies, asparagus, boiled eggs, Dinner, new potatoes, nicoise salad, olives, salads, seared tuna, tomatoes, tuna
