Make Your Own Hot Dog Buns
Don’t you hate it when there are 6 hot dogs in the package and 8 hot dog buns in the package? The solution is to make your own buns. You …
Food/Drink
Food and drink
Lemon Lavender Cocktail
My newest concoction with DIY Cocktails is the Lemon Lavender Cocktail. We used lemon and lavender from my yard, champagne, gin, and some of the limoncello I recently made. (If …
Make Your Own English Muffins
Make Your Own English Muffins. Mmmm homemade eggs benedict…
Pink Collins Cocktail
If I were going to describe the latest drink I made with DIY Cocktails, I would describe it as a grapefruit and elderflower soda with a strawberry chaser. That is …
Canadian Biscuits
When I was first married, I told my Southern-born husband that I was going to make him biscuits. He was pleased, but when I put the biscuits in front of …
Mango Margarita
Since Cinco de Mayo is coming up, DIY Cocktails and I came up with the Mango Margarita. As you probably guessed by the name, this is a margarita with fresh …
Make Your Own Limoncello
So I did it. I made my own limoncello. And it turned out great. Limoncello, as you probably know, is a sweet lemon liqueur that originated in Italy. It’s an …
Lemon Cake
Here’s a good, reliable lemon cake. It is somewhat like a pound cake, only lighter, and softer, and more lemon-y. This is a very versatile cake. You can freeze it. …
Cheese Carrots For Easter
Another great Easter appetizer: Cheese Carrots. They are a mix of cheeses shaped into “carrots” and topped with parsley. Serve them with crackers and people will get the idea.
Colorful Deviled Eggs For Easter
Here’s a cute Easter appetizer: Colorful Deviled Eggs. The trick is to soak the whites of the hard-boiled eggs in food coloring.
The Income Tax Cocktail
It’s tax day. Boo! No one has ever liked that, even back in the 1920s when they made up The Income Tax Cocktail. This variation on the Bronx Cocktail uses …