easy peasy mac and cheesy
Language: English
Part of speech: adj
Forms: form: easy peasy, mac and cheesy
Senses: examples: text: On the other hand, the 'noise' has been quite loud lately. Personally, I don't mind at all, hell I'm guilty of contributing to it. If I'm not interested in an OT, I don't read it... easy peasy mac n cheesy.
ref: 2001 March 14, Joshua, “My take on the recent ASP controversy <long: skip it, trust me>”, in alt.smokers.pipes (Usenet):
text: The Professor done said:
> "We have got to be tough with Germany and I mean the German people not just
> the Nazis. We either have to castrate the German people or you have to
> treat them in such a manner so they can't go on reproducing."
Easy-peasy, macs^([sic]) and cheesy.
FDR.
ref: 2006 July 3, Max C. Webster III, “Who said it?”, in alt.music.rush (Usenet):
text: Yanking the cloth aside, she stepped into the box and tapped on one of the walls to demonstrate. “Then you remove the cloth and lift the lid and voilà.” / “Easy peasy, mac-n-cheesy,” I told her, and she glared at me. I cleared my throat. “Um, I mean, no problem.”
ref: 2008, Lisa Papademetriou, Accidentally Fabulous (Candy Apple Books), New York, N.Y.: Scholastic Inc., →ISBN, pages 172–173:
text: “[…] Their bungalow is infested, which means you need to find a way inside, identify the monsters there, and get rid of them. You have one hour.” / “Easy-peasy mac and cheesy,” Theodore replied.
ref: 2008, Dean Lorey, Monster Madness (Nightmare Academy; 2), New York, N.Y.: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN, pages 9–10:
text: “The plan,” Violet said, “is to fight our way into the lair, find Charlie, and help him. But first we gotta figure out how we’re gonna get past these two Golems.” / “Let me take care of that,” Theodore said with a chuckle. “It’s easy-peasy mac-and-cheesy—trust me.”
ref: 2010, Dean Lorey, Monster War (Nightmare Academy; 3), Harper, →ISBN, page 230:
text: “This is how you get in the car.” See? Easy peasy, mac and cheesy!
ref: 2010, Bob Shea, Oh, Daddy!, New York, N.Y.: Balzer + Bray, HarperCollins Publishers, →ISBN:
text: google limiting apps to the app store, but allowing alternatives is good. your mom and the 87 year old down the street can stick to the anroid^([sic]) market if they want, easy-peazy,^([sic]) mac and cheesy.
ref: 2010 June 25, ed, “Android not so free as some here seem to think”, in comp.sys.mac.advocacy (Usenet):
text: And by the time he and Daymon, who had started on the low side, had met in the middle, Jenkins had chalked up eighteen kills up close and personal while Daymon had culled twenty-four of the putrefying corpses. / “Easy peasy mac and cheesy,” Daymon sang as he wiped the machete off in the tall grass.
ref: 2013, Shawn Chesser, Allegiance: Surviving the Zombie Apocalypse, Portland, Ore.: Morbid Press, →ISBN, page 294:
text: It was only GMD #1, Good Mood Day Number One. Judy had to be stomp-free for the rest of the week. This being in a good mood all the time sure was not as easy-peasy, mac-and-cheesy as it looked.
ref: 2014, Megan McDonald, Judy Moody, Mood Martian, Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, →ISBN, page 56:
text: Amy had been having trouble focusing her eyes as the night had gone along, with the IPA’s tilted back and emptied, more than just a couple, and she said, “I can’t see past your gorgeous face, Kelly. I can’t tell if I’ve met him or not.” / “Well, stay away from him.” / Amy had no intention of getting near any man in a bar, especially with her new friend holding her hand, “Easy, peasy, mac and cheesy,” she giggled into Kelly’s ear as Kelly led her through the crowd and toward the doors to outside of the club.
ref: 2015, Sailor Stone, Prayers for the Soul of a Raging Moon, Mystica Holdings LLC:
text: The girls might prefer a plate of hors d’oeuvres tonight rather than shoving mac and cheese down their throats just because it came in the shape of some creep named SpongeBob. Donald watched as the girls pondered their options. They whispered back and forth. This was a high-level decision. / “We’ll take mac and cheese, please,” they announced in unison. So much for your theory, Daddy-O. The girls ran off singing, “Easy peasy, mac and cheesy. Easy peasy, mac and cheesy.”
ref: 2015, Bobby Akart, The Loyal Nine (The Boston Brahmin Series; 1), [North Charleston, S.C.]: [CreateSpace], →ISBN, page 163:
text: I wedge myself in behind Eyes and in front of Legs. Then I pull George in with me and two cameras swivel over to film us. I keep my head up, looking straight at them. I swallow but I smile and they slide on past me to film someone else. There. Easy-peasy, mac and cheesy. I can do this. I can even do it on camera.
ref: 2016, Jill MacKenzie, Spin the Sky, New York, N.Y.: Sky Pony Press, Skyhorse Publishing, →ISBN, page 98:
text: Do you have protection? whispered Carly. / Are you serious? he asked, a sodium window-light bathing his eyes. / I don’t know, said Carly. / Listen, I dig you. I don’t want you to think I don’t like you. / - Everything’s so easy-peasy-mac-and-cheesy in your life, - Carly thought. She hated the moment, hated Stephen for his felicity, for probably having a healthy sister who’d have not a thing go wrong in her adorable life.
ref: 2016, Christine Reilly, Sunday’s on the Phone to Monday, New York, N.Y.: Touchstone, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 151:
text: Stink sighed and handed Judy a piece of paper and a pair of left-handed scissors. “Let’s see you cut out a circle with your left hand.” / “Easy-peasy mac-and-cheesy,” said Judy. But it was not so easy-peasy. Her left hand wouldn’t behave.
ref: 2018, Megan McDonald, Not-So-Lucky Lefty (Judy Moody and Friends), Somerville, Mass.: Candlewick Press, →ISBN:
text: “You ready for this, Kemo Sabe? Tonto gonna take you to the ship.” / “How do you plan to do that?” / “Backward—how else? Forward, I pitch you out of the chair. Backward, I use my body as a brake. Easy peasy mac and cheesy.” […] “Have fun. Just follow what I’ve laid out for you. It’s easy peasy mac and cheesy.”
ref: 2018, Ann E. Van Dyke, Ride The Waves: A Caregiver’s Journey, Bloomington, Ind.: Balboa Press, Hay House, →ISBN:
text: Everybody’s doing a nice job—except, of course, for Moe, who’s dead—even though we’re all in the same jam. Nobody’s losing their cool, not one gun is shaking. We’re just waiting for the phone call that tells us the game is over and we can all go home. Easy peasy, mac and cheesy.
ref: 2018, Ross Klavan, Tim O’Mara, Charles Salzberg, Three Strikes: 3 Authors, 3 Novellas, Lutz, Fla.: Down & Out Books, →ISBN:
text: Everyone followed Mrs. Wallerby’s signals, because she always looked kind, sensible, and correct. / I do one of Mrs. Wallerby’s hand signals now. “Easy peasy mac and cheesy,” I say. “These chores have officially crossed over to being my responsibility.”
ref: 2019, Adele Griffin, The Becket List: A Blackberry Farm Story, Chapel Hill, N.C.: Algonquin Young Readers, Workman Publishing, →ISBN:
text: Easy Peasy Mac & Cheesy / Cleverly disguised as delicious comfort food, this mac and cheese is a protein powerhouse thanks to ingredients such as tofu, cashews, green peas, and walnuts.
ref: 2020, Robin Robertson, The Plant Protein Revolution Cookbook: Supercharge Your Body with More Than 85 Delicious Vegan Recipes Made with Protein-Rich Plant-Based Ingredients, Beverly, Mass.: The Harvard Common Press, The Quarto Group, →ISBN, page 115:
text: I let out a squeak as I trip again, this time on the bottom step of the next set of wooden stairs leading up the side of Sugarloaf Mountain. Which Micah assures me is a misnomer. It’s not really a mountain. Just a really, really big hill, roughly a thousand feet above sea level. Easy-peasy mac-n-cheesy.
ref: 2021, Erin Hahn, Never Saw You Coming, New York, N.Y.: Wednesday Books, St. Martin’s Publishing Group, →ISBN:
text: He guessed their maximum speed at a hundred and ten knots, give or take a few for wind. They might be fifteen miles in front of him, a distance he could make up in half an hour. / ‘Easy-peasy, mac and cheesy,’ he told himself. / All he had to do was follow them to wherever they might land, take on Emmerson’s army by himself and find and rescue Kurt.
ref: 2022, Graham Brown, Clive Cussler’s Dark Vector (NUMA Files), London: Penguin Books, published 2023, →ISBN:
text: At least Mom left me a snack: Easy Peasy Mac-n-Cheesy, my favorite thing on The Sweet Potato’s menu. […] There’s a lot I’m going to need from Mom. But right now, one easy thing come to mind. / I grin. / “Easy Peasy Mac-n-Cheesy.” / Sometimes help really is that simple. You name it, and it’s yours.
ref: 2022, Bree Barton, Zia Erases the World, New York, N.Y.: Viking, →ISBN, pages 86 and 200–201:
text: I don't like hard times and go through things that aren't easy peasy, Mac^([sic]) and cheesy. I love for things to just go the way that they are supposed to go.
ref: 2023, LaTasha Bell, Jesus, Take the Wheel, Meadville, Pa.: Christian Faith Publishing, →ISBN:
glosses: Extended form of easy peasy.