recipe card - Page 28 of 36 - How To Cook Like Your Grandmother

How To Make Sourdough Biscuits

September 24, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

I mentioned yesterday this was going to be my first cross-blog post. Anne made me an offer and I took her up on it. She would make the fish chowder, I would make the biscuits. Anne has posted the fish chowder, and it looks amazing. I think I could even do it without screwing it up. I plan to find out soon. I have to apologize to Anne for making a last-minute substitution. I ran out of buttermilk, so I did sourdough biscuits instead. The flavor should actually be really similar. The texture … [Read more...]

How To Make Loaded Nachos

September 22, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Beef, Dinner gluten free, recipe card

This recipe is completely unnecessary. Most people are satisfied with a bowl of chips, a bowl of cheese, and a bowl of chili. Presto, you've got nachos. Just what you need for a crowd. But when you're doing nachos for two, you can do a little better than that. … [Read more...]

How To Make Nacho Cheese Sauce

September 21, 2008 (Updated January 31, 2015) by Drew Kime

Dairy, Dressing / Sauce, Side gluten free, recipe card

One more fake food comes off my list of guilty pleasures. I'm a sucker for nachos with cheese sauce. I've had the "cheese" sauce in jars and in cans. Have you ever read the ingredients in those things? Some of them don't list a single dairy ingredient. That's so nasty. But they taste so gooood. I finally went looking for recipes to make nacho cheese sauce from real food. And maybe some actual cheese. (I know ... crazy, huh?) So did it work? Well, like I said, one more fake food I won't be … [Read more...]

How To Make Perfect Chili

September 17, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Beef, Dinner gluten free, recipe card, Undieting

"Perfect Chili" ... that's a pretty bold claim. But it's one I have absolute confidence in. I started making chili when I worked at a restaurant in college. The recipe started with 20 pounds of ground beef and 4 gallons of tomatoes. And a really big pot. Every couple of weeks when I made it I'd refine the recipe a little more. Until finally, I thought it was perfect. Then I tried to make it at home. My "perfect" recipe called for several pounds of chili powder. How many cups was that? I … [Read more...]

How To Make Sourdough Starter

September 14, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Bread recipe card

Today's recipe is a dish towel. No, today's recipe is under the dish towel. No, that's not it either. Today I'm showing how to start making a single ingredient that, in three days, will go into an actual recipe. Yeah, that's it. … [Read more...]