I’ve been a huge proponent of homemade popcorn for many years now. Frankly, I just think it tastes better than the microwaved version and I’m pretty sure that it’s way cheaper, but sometimes my bias can get in the way of actual reality so I wanted to run a few different kinds of popcorn through my homemade trials and see what comes out on top!
If you’re new to this series, I pick a food and make it from scratch and then compare the results to a few different popular store-bought versions in the categories of time, cost, nutrition, and taste and see if my version can hang with the store-bought versions.
I had grand visions of calling this dip “Bronco Dip” because it’s orange and blue (cheese).
This dip is no longer called Bronco dip after their devastating loss to the Ravens on Saturday. It is now called Tears of Loss Dip.
If you’re not a football fan, hang with me. The Broncos were a huge favorite in the playoff game against the Ravens. They had won 11 straight games, they were playing at home, and they have Peyton Manning! What could go wrong?
Turns out everything can go wrong, but mostly the Broncos just played to lose. And, while I hate to admit it, they deserved to lose. They gave up the chance to win the game at the end and settled to go to overtime.
So this dip is now dedicated to all those fans out there that have to watch the rest of football season without cheering for their team (I’m looking at you SEATTLE).
Even if your team is no longer in it, we can all still collectively root against the Patriots (because they always win), and eat this dip while we do so!
My mom doesn’t think that she’s a great cook, and while it’s true that she rarely cooks super-fancy stuff, that doesn’t NOT make her a good cook. The truth is that she has a great flavor palette and can come up with really fun flavor combos that I wouldn’t have thought went well together.
Over the holidays, she served this colorful kale salad that I couldn’t get enough of. Betsy and I ate huge bowls of it and I made sure to snap a picture on my phone so I could try to re-create it later.
The salad has the perfect mix of crunchy and creamy, salty and sweet. Heck. I even used frozen raspberries for my version and it was still delicious.
Have you ever looked at a full loaf of bread and thought to yourself, “Wow. It’s going to be a lot of work to cut into that sucker!”?
Maybe not, but somebody obviously did. Hence, sliced bread.
But what if the bread was already sliced before you even baked it? Then you could just pull it apart right? Not only that, but you could layer delicious things in between the slices.
It’s homemade bread for people that are too lazy to slice. Now that I think about it, I’m not really sure those circles overlap on a Venn diagram.
Betsy and I have lived on the Western slope of Colorado for over two years now and in general the area has some of the best and most temperate weather I’ve ever seen. Last year at this time, for example, I was going on trail runs in shorts with my dog. The temperature would be close to 50 degrees during the sunny days.
This year is a different beast! It has been freezing cold for the last few weeks with temperatures dropping way below zero at night and topping out around 10 degrees during the day. Apparently this is due to an inversion where warm air traps cold air closer to the ground.
I honestly don’t mind cold weather, but I’m ready for it to be over!
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Chicken Liver Pate- This is one of my favorite appetizers ever. I’ve made my own version a while back that I served on toast. It’s simple food, but I just can’t get enough. Also, need to check out the book featured in this post! (@ David Lebovitz)
Homemade Gin – Apparently you can buy a kit now and make gin at home! Also, it appears to not suck. (@ Endless simmer)
Roasted Avocado Arepas – When you roast anything it intensifies the flavors and so I imagine the avocados in this recipe to be especially wonderful. (@ Food in my beard)
10 Best Food Blogs in 2012- I like this list because it’s not the same old blogs that always show on these lists. Some definitely new and beautiful blogs here. (@ PBS Food)
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This was my first loaf of no knead bread in at least a few months. I’ve been busy testing recipes for the book and trying to keep up with some other work so store-bought bread has made a huge comeback in our kitchen.
I was excited that you guys voted for it though because I knew I needed a reminder of why I love it so much.
This recipe is only slightly adapted from my basic no knead bread recipe that I used to make about once a week. The one new addition does add some nice texture to the loaf, but in reality this is just a reminder that bread can be easy to make at home.
If I can do one thing as a food blogger, I hope it is to convince bread lovers to try this method.
Betsy and I have lived on the Western slope of Colorado for over two years now and in general the area has some of the best and most temperate weather I’ve ever seen. Last year at this time, for example, I was going on trail runs in shorts with my dog. The temperature would be close to 50 degrees during the sunny days.
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