I finally made sunflower nut butter, about as easy as boiling water, we should have been doing this all along! =d

Take a handful of sunflower seeds, we used roasted & salted, and pulse it in a food processor until you get the desired consistency. That's it!

I finally got around to making homemade Kahlua. I just wanna drink the coffee simple syrup from the first step!

Yesterday was officially eight weeks, the recommended time.

Smell:-store bought: smelled of alcohol, but sweeter, looks like they put corn syrup in there maybe for this purpose ( Read more... )

Saw this on a package for a vanilla bean at the grocery store, looks like it's worth a try. And having started the homemade vanilla extract, I'm confident that this would be pretty good. Anybody have a brand of instant coffee they like? (I'd rather not buy the instant stuff, but I could use it in chocolate-coffee muffins and other treats ( Read more... )

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I have the process down and don't make a big mess anymore. Last night I used (apple cider) vinegar as the acid and it worked just fine. About 1/2 cup was more than enough to curdle it.

A gallon of milk makes about 1.5 lbs of paneer cheese. That's a pretty good ratio, and with the price of cheese these days it's also a pretty good deal. =)

Bobby Flay's throwdown last night inspired me to try making arepas. You use the same corn flour that you use for tamales, basically 1:1 flour:water ratio, with a little salt and grated cheese if you like. Form balls then flatten them a bit and heat (about med. high) in a relatively dry (non-oily) pan. A little cooking spray on each side seems like ( Read more... )

I'm on the hunt for vegetable rennet...

That DIY soyrizo didn't work. The result tasted fine, just not like chorizo. I tried adding lots of cayenne pepper sauce and buffalo wing sauce to Morningstar crumbles. At least it's spicy.

After a few snake spelunkings, I discovered some shredded leeks, but the slow drain problems persists. I hear a gurgling noise when I initially run the water, so I need to research more. I've had it with snaking for now.

Leeks!!!

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