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How To Make Macaroni Salad, Take 2

July 11, 2008 (Updated March 24, 2014) by Drew Kime

The last time I made macaroni salad my wife and her father commented on how dry it was. I don't like it runny, like it usually is when you buy pre-made macaroni salad at the grocery store. I might have over-reacted a little and gone a bit drier than I needed to. (Not that I'm the kind of person to over-react. Oh no, not at all.) So this time I made it a bit more like they're used to. About twice the mayo as last time, though still not as runny as the pre-made stuff. I've got to admit, this … [Read more...]

How To Make Mayonnaise

July 8, 2008 (Updated November 18, 2013) by Drew Kime

Dressing / Sauce, Technique Eggs, gluten free, recipe card, Undieting

I've been making mayonnaise for a while now. I've used it for buttermilk ranch dressing, macroni salad, horseradish sauce, onion ring sauce, thousand island dressing and deviled eggs. A couple of times I said that it didn't come out as thick as I would have wanted, but that was okay since it was an ingredient in a sauce. Well, after enough trial and error I think I can finally explain how to do it consistently. … [Read more...]

How To Make Garlic Salt

July 7, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Herbs / Spices gluten free, recipe card, Undieting

When you start cooking from scratch, one of the first stumbling blocks is that every single recipe seems to call for some kind of spice or seasoning that you don't have. So you start buying those little plastic jars with the red caps and get cooking. Then one day you notice how many recipes list two different amounts, one for fresh herbs and spices and one for dry. "Hmm ..." you think to yourself, "I wonder if the fresh stuff is really that different." So you start small. Maybe you go look at … [Read more...]

How To Make Peach Cobbler

July 3, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dessert, Favorites recipe card

Got cherries? Make cobbler. Got strawberries? Make cobbler. Got apples? Blueberries? Peaches? Cobbler, cobbler, cobbler. I guess what I'm saying here is ... man I like cobbler. It's even fun to say. Cobbler cobbler cobbler cobbler. Whoa, I'm sounding like a turkey in my head. Okay, here's the recipe. This works for whatever fruit you want. … [Read more...]

How To Make Cultured Butter (and Buttermilk)

June 30, 2008 (Updated March 23, 2014) by Drew Kime

Dairy, Side gluten free, recipe card, Thanksgiving

Why on earth would you make your own butter? The stuff at the grocery store is already made from nothing but cream, isn't it? Okay, and salt if you buy salted butter. But that's pretty good isn't it? Because this butter is better. You read that right: better than ordinary butter. Hard to believe, but there you have it. Okay, it's not so much better that I won't use store-bought butter in my cooking and baking. But when I want something to spread on crusty French bread, or on top of warm … [Read more...]