This year I also added garlic powder, turmeric and onion powder! Get Recipe! With Halloween now over I had some time to roast those beautiful pumpkin seeds! Here is a quick video tutorial showing all the steps. Once you remove the pumpkin seeds, soak and massage vigorously in water. Put seeds in a sieve and […]
Spicy Sausage Sauce
It has been my foodie dream to learn about sauces. When I found 400 Sauces-Dips Dressings Salsas at a thrift store, I could not wait to start testing out the recipes and truly learn all about sauce-making. Do not go light on the spiciness of this recipe. It is a very simple and basic sauce and will […]
Almond Fairy Bites
White Wine Oven Braised Mushroom Soup
Pressure Cooker Devilled Chicken
Life has gotten crazy and I have been looking to the past for inspiration. A little bit of comfort with a bit of contemporary flare. I bought this 1974 copy of Culinary Arts Institute Encyclopedic Cookbook Completely New Revised Edition at Value Village. It was such a giant treasure trove of retro food, I could not wait […]
How To Make Homemade Chocolate Ice Cream
How To Make Beef Broth From Scratch
I have always wanted to learn how to make beef broth but found it very intimidating. Thanks to the cookbook Sunday Soup: A Year’s Worth of Mouth-Watering, Easy-to-Make Recipes by Betty Rosbottom the process was demystified and I finally did it. Tutorial First you need beef bones and meat. I finally found some beef bones at my […]
How to make the perfect pie crust: My Recipe!
Martha Stewart’s Brandy Apple Pie
Before everything went wrong on Christmas Eve, I made Martha’s Brandy Apple Pie from her cookbook Martha Stewart’s New Pies and Tarts. That was the one saving grace for the holidays, a fabulous apple pie. I took some liberties with with recipe (I did not do a shingle-leaf top crust) and it took WAY longer to […]