From cinnamon sugar to steak herb butter, these four quick and easy homemade butter recipes will have you making butter weekly. Yeah, I know what you’re thinking. Homemade butter? Excuse me? Is this 1850? No, it’s not. It’s 2021 and you’re currently eating butter filled with weird chemicals and preservatives that your body has no…
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The BEST Five Minute Shrimp Sauce on the Internet
Seriously, this tangy & sweet five minute shrimp sauce is incredible AND incredibly easy to make. If you’ve ever been to a Hibachi restaurant, you’ve had the delicious & magical dipping sauce that’s served with everything. It’s sweet, tangy- and you can’t quite figure out what’s in it. Well my friends, it’s much less complicated…
Natural Skinny Margarita
At only 114 calories, this naturally skinny margarita has ZERO artificial sweeteners or additives. As the site title suggests, I LOVE tequila. I also hate sugary drinks. You won’t find a drink on this site that uses sugar or even simple syrup. For this natural skinny margarita, we’re going to use agave nectar. This is…
Low Cal High Protein Mini Taco Bowls
An easy weeknight dish to satisfy your cravings for Mexican food that won’t break your calorie bank (and they’re high in protein, too). Cinco de Mayo is coming up- and of course it’s on a weekday. I know, I want to go to a cheap Mexican restaurant and fill up on chips & queso and…
Classic Old Fashioned
A simple bourbon cocktail built for weeknights or weekends Classic old fashioned bourbon cocktails have been around for literally over 100 years. It was given its name in the 1880s and is dubbed one of six classic cocktails. What bourbon should you use? As stated in my Egg White Bourbon Sour recipe -Bourbon differs from…
Extruder Pasta Dough
From rigatoni to bucatini, this extruder pasta dough will hold its shape and make any sauce stand out. As I mentioned in my Fresh Pasta Tutorial, extruder pasta dough varies from rolled pasta dough. For shapes like rigatoni, macaroni, bucatini, and true spaghetti- the dough must be more firm to hold shape. Extruded dough contains…
Easy Spicy Vodka Sauce
We all want something delicious after work, but don’t always have time to prep. This beautiful easy spicy vodka sauce is simple and comes together in less than an hour. This easy spicy vodka sauce is a beautiful pink sauce that, honestly, is remarkably simple to make. The alcohol in the vodka reacts with the…
Quick and Easy Cosmopolitan
Yes, I learned how to make this because of Sex and the City I love cosmopolitans. I don’t always have citron vodka, though. This non-traditional quick and easy cosmopolitan uses standard vodka. I’m a huge fan of Sex and the City. If you’ve watched the show, you know that this is the only thing Carrie…
Egg White Bourbon Sour
Regular cocktails are boring. Amp your game up and impress everyone with this unique twist on a classic sour. Technically, this recipe is for a Whiskey Sour. I don’t ever buy regular whiskey. If you do, just replace the bourbon with the same measurement of whiskey. Even though it is called an egg white bourbon…
Fresh Pasta Tutorial
Homemade pasta is simple & delicate- make this to impress your family, friends, and even yourself. Fresh pasta does not get the attention it deserves. The beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic brought us countless news stories about banana bread and homemade bread, but no pasta. It’s rude honestly. Making pasta yourself is cheaper and far…