How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey + Video
Holidays are the time for turkeys, but for me, I love roasted turkey and could enjoy it any time of the year, especially when this recipe for How to Roast Napa Jack’s Holiday Turkey is used. There’s nothing like a golden brown, roasted turkey with crispy, tasty skin, and moist, juicy turkey meat. The savory aroma carries throughout the house, making taste buds dance & mouths water. Whether it’s Thanksgiving,...
How to Make Haskap Citrus Cyclops Cocktails + Video: Homemade Halloween Treats
I am very pleased to share a recipe with you of How to Make Haskap Citrus Cyclops Cocktails, especially appropriate for Halloween parties and fun celebrations. A delicious, crimson colored cocktail, tangy & sweet with haskap juice & pure culinary citrus essential oil. Spike this bevvy with Golden Pear Liqueur for the adults, or enjoy without alcohol. The pièce de résistance is the cyclops eyeball made of kiwi with the color...
How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles + Video
I am excited to show you How to Can Mom’s Dill Pickles with my amazing Mother! The recipe my mother uses is one where she combined my German grandmother’s recipe, and my Ukrainian grandmother’s recipe, and she came out with her own recipe which, in my opinion is the best of two worlds. Our family is wild about mom’s dill pickles. When I was away at university, mom and dad used to stock up my pantry, always...
How to Make Cranberry Lemonade Punch: 4th of July Fare
This refreshing Cranberry Lemonade Punch hits the spot when the days are hot and a nice, tall, icy drink quenches your thirst. How to Make Cranberry Lemonade Punch: Type: Beverage Recipe Prep Time: 15 min Yield: 8 servings Ingredients: 8 cups water 1 1/2 – 2 cups sugar 1 cup fresh lemon juice 1/4 cup frozen cranberries 20 cranberries – cooked and mashed Instructions: In a pitcher, mix water, sugar, lemon juice & frozen...
How to Make Rhubarb Lemonade + Video
If you’ve never tried the combination before, I highly recommend this recipe for How to Make Rhubarb Lemonade! This awesome Summertime lemonade is fabulous on those hot days when only something lemony will quench your thirst. How to Make Rhubarb Lemonade: Tips: Be sure to roll your lemons on a hard surface to get the juices flowing. I don’t recommend microwaving them because it changes the flavor of the lemons and if left...
How to Make Iced Orange Grog with Rum: Father’s Day Flavor
This recipe for Iced Orange Grog with Rum is a drink we like to serve when the man of the house is doing some outdoor cooking. Thus, he and his friends can enjoy a nice, refreshing, adult drink while they play chef. This beverage can be made with or without alcohol, if you so desire. How to Make Iced Orange Grog with Rum: You can serve the drinks in a punch bowl but we prefer to prepare a tray full of drinks in tall glasses, garnished...
How to Cook Beef Stock + Video
Beef Stock is the building block of amazing soups, stews & sauces, as well as other dishes that require a bit more flavor. Making your own beef stock is easy to do, but takes some time. You’ll start off with roasting your beef bones, which is the most important part of the recipe to develop deep flavors of deliciousness. Use this stock to make a large pot of soup, or save for later in the refrigerator for up to 3-4 days, or...
How to Make Pomegranate Granita
Pomegranates are a part of the cold, Northern Hemispherical Winters, and this Pomegranate Granita recipe is an icy surprise. Aside from the relationship between Pluto & Persephone, where she was committed to leave the Earth to dwell in the confines of the unpleasant, infernal regions during Earth’s Winter. This was a result of eating just one seed of pomegranate. Goodness, just from one seed? I would have at least demanded...
Quench Your Thirst on National Frappé Day
Happy National Frappé Day! A frappé is a delightful, tasty, frozen shaved iced & fruit flavored sweet dessert beverage. The fruit flavors can be as preferred – cherry, strawberry, peach, orange, lemon or any other fruit you like. The amount of sugar used is up to your preference. As a matter of fact, you could even adjust the frappé by using chocolate or coffee, as long as you use the shaved ice, and of course, serve the...
How to Boil Eggs: Soft Boiled & Hard Boiled + Video
For those of you who are newbies to this whole cookin’ game, here’s a special post & show for you on How to Boil Eggs… Soft boiled eggs, hard boiled eggs, I like them and all of it in between. My favorite way to eat boiled eggs are soft and runny, so I can dip my toast into the goo. Man, that’s a tasty breakfast! Full of protein, these eggs are great on their own as a meal, or added to dishes like Niçoise...
National Chocolate Milkshake Day: How to Make Chocolate Milkshakes
Happy Chocolate Milkshake Day! Chocolate Milkshakes are one of my all-time favorite treats… As a youngster, living on a farm, it didn’t take much to encourage me to go out with my Dad, in one of his trucks to enjoy a delicious chocolate milkshake on Friday evenings. We would sit in an old fashioned diner-type restaurant about 8 miles or so from home. The shakes were served in huge, glass containers and made right in front...
Web Chef Review: Fee Brothers Grapefruit Bitters
Today’s product is Fee Brothers Grapefruit Bitters. If you have never heard of bitters, well, they are an ingredient from “olden times” to add concentrated flavor in a small amount of liquid. You typically add only a few drops of bitters into beverages both virgin & of the cocktail variety, sauces, desserts or treats. Check out this webisode of “What I Say About Food” here: I’ve even used bitters in...
How to Make Lavender Lemon Water + Video
Here’s a refreshing water recipe for the summertime, or anytime for that matter. It’s Lavender Lemon Water! This hydration encourager, water mixed with hints of tasty herbs & fruit do the trick of getting you to drink more water, especially when your body needs it desperately in the heat of summer. Lavender can be an “acquired taste” as it can taste very floral & perfumey or soapy…but that’s...
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How to Marinate Sirloin Tip Steak + Video
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