In a previous post on homemade soda, I raved about the Soda-Club soda machine used to make your own carbonated water. From now until the end of this month, you can save on your online order with the following promo codes: Save $10 – use code POPDADDY Save 10% – use code SUMMERSTOCK Tips for [...]

Say goodbye to your tortilla press and use your stand mixer for fast(er) tortilla-making at home. For these instructions, you would need the pasta roller attachment (not just for pasta making)! Here’s how I make 32 tortillas in under 30 minutes (not including dough resting time or extra little helpers): Ingredients: 4 cups flour, all-purpose [...]

Here’s a healthy shake for the kids. It’s easy enough for them to make it themselves too. It’s just fruit and milk. Cut up fruits into blender friendly size. Freeze. This is also a good way to make good use of over-ripen fruits. Blend frozen fruits with milk. You can pretty much use any kind: [...]

I just pulled out all of our onions this week. It is our first big harvest for this year. Onions are very easy to grow in Central Texas. We plant the onion sets very close together and use the thinned out ones as green onions. The ones I just pulled are from our edible garden [...]

Ingredients 2 cups sugar 1 cup water Combine the sugar and water in a saucepan on low heat. Stir until dissolved. Store in an easy to pour bottle preferably in the refrigerator. This recipe barely fits a 16 fl oz container.

Many wild rice blends actually contain very little wild rice. If you’re fortunate enough to have a bulk foods section at your grocery store, you can easily find all the ingredients in a typical rice blend: long grain rice (brown and white), black and red wild rice, orzo (plain or whole wheat – technically not [...]

Once you see how easy it is to make creme brulee, you will never order an overpriced one at a restaurant again! Eggs, heavy cream, sugar, and vanilla are all the ingredients in a basic creme brulee. This recipe is not as egg-y as some out there and makes a very creamy and smooth creme [...]

Oven pot roast is a standard in our family. I prepare three versions the exact same way. The only thing I vary is the meat: with chicken, I get coq au vin; beef chuck, boeuf bourgignon; and deer meat, uh, venison pot roast, no fancy french name for this one. Ingredients (I really don’t measure [...]

Many fortune cookie recipes call for baking only a couple of pieces at a time so that you have time to shape the cookie before it cools. Baking time varies and can take up to 10 minutes. This is very time consuming. There’s a better way. I make my fortune cookies over the stove top, [...]

Ricer cookers aren’t just for plain rice! Here’s a simple recipe for spanish rice: Ingredients: medium or long grain rice chicken broth diced, pureed, or blended tomatoes garlic powder Method using the rice cooker: Use the cup measurer included with the rice cooker to measure up to 3 cups of rice. Mix in desired amounts [...]