Category: Homemade

Southwestern Style Mac And Cheese – Gluten-free

This Mac & Cheese is no ordinary recipe as ingredients that kick up the flavor are added to creat a deliciously yummy Southwestern vibe.

How to Make Salsa in a Molcajete

A traditional Mexican salsa is made with roasted tomatoes, chilies, garlic and onions. Rather than using a blender, the roasted ingredients are smashed together in a molcajete or mortar and pestle. The earthy texture created by the Molcajete is quite distinctive, and due to the seasoning of the Molcajete, it will carry a subtle difference […]

Homemade Deliciously Yummy Salad Dressings & Vinaigrettes

If you enjoy eating a salad with your dinner every night, there’s one thing that can help you and your family from getting tired of them. What is it? Variety. Change the cheeses, the nuts, the greens, add some fruit and the one thing that can make or break your salad – the salad dressing. […]

Homemade Honey Barbecue Sauce

Author Harold McGee in his book, “On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen,” notes the combinations of sweet and sour within sauces used in cooking as early as 239 B.C. Barbecue sauce is a satisfying combination of complementary flavors that create the perfect addition to cooking pork, beef or chicken. The […]

Quick and Easy Homemade Mexican Salsa Recipe

Salsa is traced back to the times of the Aztecs, Incas, and Mayans. The native people created their own versions of salsa using tomatoes, chilies and squash seeds. However, official discovery to the rest of the world did not occur until the Spaniards conquered Mexico in the 1500’s. This mix of ingredients became popular throughout […]

Instant Pot Gluten-Free Feta Pasta

A deliciously yummy gluten-free pasta dish that is easy to make, and uses only a handful of ingredients, and comes together in under 40 minutes. It’s loaded with Mediterranean flavor and is the perfect pasta comfort meal that includes delicious Greek feta cheese, garlic infused olive oil, crushed red pepper flakes and colorful cherry tomatoes. […]

Chicken Soup With Ditalini

If your deboning you’re chicken legs, thighs or breasts for a recipe that requires it, don’t throw the bones out. Save them and make some homemade chicken soup. What You Need To Know About How To Successfully De-Bone Chicken Thighs The Facts About Chicken Soup Chicken soup can be found in the Mediterranean diet – […]

Sautéd Blood Orange Slices with Homemade Cranberry Sauce

The blood orange is a variety of orange with crimson, almost blood-colored flesh. The distinctive dark flesh color is due to the presence of a plant compound called anthocyanins. These plant compounds begin accumulating in the vesicles at the edges of the segments, and at the blossom end of the fruit, and continue accumulating in […]

Burritos With Homemade Flour Tortillas

The flour tortilla is a variant of the corn tortilla and its name comes from the Spanish language meaning “small cake”. Flour tortillas originated in the northern Mexican states of Chihuahua, Durango, Sonora and Sinaloa, where it is more suitable to grow wheat than corn. In more recent times both the flour and corn tortillas […]

The Difference Between Stock And Broth

Do you know the difference between broth and stock? Though they are both a liquid, there are differences. And these difference are in how they are prepared. Broth starts with meat or vegetables and including seasonings like onion, carrots, celery, herbs, salt and pepper. Broth is cooked in less than two hours and is best […]