Full Moon Pale Ale Mustard
Mustard might be the gateway drug of homemade condiments, and I'm hooked on the spicy taste of this super-easy beer mustard.Try it and you'll get in the habit of making your own, too!
Read MoreBlueberry Kolaches
Texas kolaches are a special breed of pastry, having descended through several generations of Czech immigrants in various parts of the state. These homemade kolaches use East Texas blueberries straight off the bush, along with a family recipe for the dough.
Read MoreHunger Awareness Project: Snacking on a SNAP budget
This is the first in a series of three posts I’ve written for the Austin Food Bloggers Alliance Hunger Awareness Project. I recently joined the Austin Food Bloggers Alliance and we’re all working together with the Capital Area Food Bank to help raise awareness about hunger in Central Texas. For this first post, I’m focusing food education for kids by making healthy, easy snacks on a tight budget– just $16 for two kids’ snacks for the month. $16 is the smallest amount of support the government provides to food stamp recipients, and it’s possible that this...
Read MoreQueso Cheese Dip (with a secret ingredient)
I love queso, but I am not a big fan of the “processed cheese product” that is typically used to give this dip its creamy consistency. Besides being high in sodium, many processed cheeses are made with hormone-laden dairy and lots of preservatives. I avoid these pitfalls in my recipe by creating a creamy organic cheese blend from scratch, using locally-grown organic peppers, spices and cheeses, sans the chemicals. Like the velveeta version, this queso recipe will stand up to hours of heat in the crock pot without separating, and it’s a snap to put together. I kept this...
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