Stop spending a fortune on Margaritas when you’re out! Bring the party IN this weekend with homemade margaritas! It’s as easy as 1-2-3: 1 part Cointreau, 2 parts lime juice, 3 parts tequila. Shake, pour, sip! Margaritas If, like me, it makes you ill thinking how much you’ve spent on cocktails in your lifetime, it’s time to get onto the band wagon of making margaritas at home! Ridiculously easy, it’s a party starter that’s fresh and zingy with just enough sweet, and certainly with a good kick of alcohol that’s going to get you buzzing in no time! What goes in Margaritas Here’s what you need – it’s easy as 1-2-3: 1 part Cointreau (or other triple sec) 2 parts lime...
Papayas are so good for you. If you arent eating them, you must have them ASAP and every day! When we lived in Singapore for 5 years, papayas were on the breakfast menu EVERY SINGLE .. DAY! I admit that they were just sliced up and nothing exciting was going on there. But there are so many fun and fancy ways of having papayas now, that we are spoilt for choice. And one of my favourites is Papaya Barramundi Ceviche. Golden Australian Papayas I am very excited to be working with Ruby Rise Papaya to bring you an exciting papaya recipe that will be a guaranteed hit at your summer gatherings. Ruby Rise Papayas are 100% Australian and grown by...
I got home from work and a beer with some hockey friends to find some rambunctious children wanting to “play” with their Halloween candy. At this stage, they’re much more into counting and organizing it all than actually eating it. Believe you me, I’m not complaining. This has allowed me to make may way through many of the Twix, Almond Joys, and Kit Kats – my favorites. Oops Mark has been traveling EXTENSIVELY for work…to the tune of NEVER EVER HOME. Needless to say, my cooking has been more of a gather-and-assemble deal than actual cooking. Thinking he would be home tonight, I planned and shopped for a recipe, hoping we’d sneak in one meal together this week as a...
When starting out the adventure of home-cooking, you may wonder what kitchen basics you need to own in terms of spices. The following list is what I think is a great place to start in what dried spices your kitchen needs! So when I first started home cooking, there were a lot of recipes that had spices I didnt own yet. Because some spices can be expensive, I questioned which spices were actually worth buying and owning in my home. I took many risks and bought spices that I never used and bought some that I use constantly! One thing this home will never produce is a tasteless, spiceless meal. So I use dried spices very often, and pretty much...
The Vitals: the spot: Discada 1319 Rosewood Ave Austin TX 78702 the eats: Discada taco the bucks: $1.75 each, 5 (for $8) will do you right the full nelson: a Northern Mexican taco delicacy makes its way to Austin TX Discada tacos are a meaty mishmash of several popular taco meats like steak and chorizo that somehow makes room for hotdogs, bacon, bell peppers and onions, just to name a few. Usually these kinds of concoctions are found on Taters Tots in an episode of Diners, Drive In and Dives. However if you find yourself in the Northern states of Mexico, or in this case, Austin TX, you just might encounter this at a taco stand. You also might find...
