Ever have a leftover half gallon of milk sitting in your fridge that is about to go bad, but you know you’re just not going to get to all of it? While this doesn’t happen …
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Recipe: Homemade Ricotta Cheese
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Technique: How to Open a Pomegranate
Pomegranates are one of my absolute favorite fruits, and since it’s that time of year again that they are in season, I figured I would share a picture guide on the easiest way to open …
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How to Set Up a Wood Fired Pizza Oven – Step by Step Guide with Pictures
Almost no visit home is complete without my Dad firing up his pizza oven, and this last visit was no exception! Upon popular request from my cousin, Diana, who is a proud new owner of …
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The Best Way to Freeze Strawberries at Home
The best method to freeze strawberries at home.
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I Made Gourmet Pop Tarts from Bon Appetit’s Gourmet Makes
If you are looking for a fun and rewarding project, might I recommend making Gourmet Pop Tarts? As a big fan of Bon Appetit’s YouTube series Gourmet Makes, I was very excited that they released …
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Burger Night with Home-Made Burger Buns!
We had quite the burger night on Sunday, complete with homemade hamburger buns, Tzatziki sauce, spicy pickle relish, oven fries, wedge salads, and of course, hamburger patties. We successfully found some ground beef after a …
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Recipe: Tomato Sauce from Scratch
In our preparation for the state of California to shut down, Chris and I went to Costco to stock up (okay, panic buy) on quite a few items to supply both of us on our …
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Recipe – Ramen Soup Broth
Two particular soup recipes have been catching my eye recently, Andy Baraghani’s I-Can’t-Believe-It’s-Vegetarian-Ramen and Amiel Stanek’s French Onion Beef Noodle Soup (click the links to access both recipes – both from Bon Appetit of course!). …
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Recipe: Potato Tomato Pizza with Caramelized Onions
We came home from another fun camping trip (more on that to come later in the week!), only to find a relatively empty refrigerator. As Chris unloaded all of the very wet camping gear from …
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Recipe: Strawberry Lemon Marmalade
I mentioned earlier that life has given me more lemons, as my boss’s tree has been in harvest-mode and you know I can’t resist beautiful produce, especially if it’s free for the taking. After bringing …
Claire Aucella 