Step 1: Grab a mason jar with a lid. Don’t have one? Go to your local thrift store, or pick up a pack at the grocery store. Step 2: Add your ingredients. The first few times you might want to actually measure them, but after a few tries you will be eyeballing it. Step 3: Shake it up and use on your favorite salad. That’s it! Easy peasy. Wait, wait,…
Today is the 21st which means it’s Recipe ReDux day. And it’s also my man’s birthday! Happy Birthday Jeff! In case you can’t tell, I’m a tad fond of him. Anyways… The Recipe ReDux challenge this month was to use a fresh green herb in a nontraditional way. I use fresh herbs all the time, but in a pretty boring and predictable manner. I was trying to think of something…
Joe is in the middle of a two week spring break. We’ve hit the baseball field, train park, garden and a few friends houses. We’ve listened to Peter Pan and Robin Hood on the record player, built forts and watched old school Garfield cartoons. And that was just week one. Now we’re getting into science experiments. Joe got a science kit for Christmas so we’ve been playing around with acids…
Last year I finally got over my fear of making homemade whipped cream. It was ah-mazing. And then? I had to cut out dairy. Dang it! Then I found out I could make dairy-free whipped cream out of coconut milk. Great! Except you have to plan ahead and put the can of coconut milk in the fridge the night before you want to make the whipped cream. And I’m not…
When I saw the topic for this month’s Recipe Redux challenge, I had absolutely no idea where to start. I have no experience making “Fermented Foods” at home, and didn’t even know it was possible. When I started looking into the process, the food safety nerd came out in me as I worried about leaving food out on the counter to ferment for days without refrigeration. Is that really safe?…
Do you suffer from separation anxiety? Do you refuse to buy the natural peanut butter because it’s an oily mess on top and dry as a bone on the bottom? Well I’m here to teach you how to enjoy the goodness of natural nut butter with absolutely no separation anxiety. Here’s how you do it. Grab your nut butter. Ideally, the only ingredients will be the nut itself and maybe…
Pssst, I learned the easiest way to roast corn on the cob last week. Want to know how to do it? Take your corn, Stick it into a 350 degree oven for 30 minutes. Yep, right on the rack. Pull it out (careful, it’s hot!), pull back the husk and eat! Or add it to your cowboy caviar, because that’s delicious too. I know, I know, you don’t want to…