Skinny Margaritas for Cinco De Mayo!
It’s Cinco De Mayo, that day when white people appropriate Hispanic culture without any knowledge of the day’s historical background at all, but, hey, margaritas, amirite?! We’re back on a low carb kick here in the Unintended Domesticity household, so for me, any celebratory margaritas have to be of the skinny variety. Luckily, I’ve spent […]
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5 Quick Meals for Beginning Cooks
This weekend I got to spend a couple days visiting some very dear friends of mine in Dallas, who also happen to be newlyweds. My friend, who’s never been much for cooking, was taking a fair bit of good-natured ribbing from her new husband about how often she served charcuterie for dinner instead of a […]
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Make Ahead Snacks for the “Big Game”
We like to play a drinking game whenever we watch a show on HGTV – you have to take a sip anytime someone says “open concept”. This game can get you very drunk, very fast. Because “open concept” is all the rage in real estate, but it has one fatal flaw – if everyone can see […]
Read MoreOur Homemade Holiday Gifts (2015 Edition)
When I got married three years ago, this long-time only child had the privilege of marrying into a gigantic family. My husband is one of 7, and between his siblings and their spouses, my extended family, plus friends, neighbors, and coworkers, our holiday present budget looked destined to skyrocket. So, we started giving out homemade and diy presents […]
Read MoreWhen life hands you oranges…make Triple Sec
Recently, some good friends of us dropped off a large basket of citrus. They had agreed to purchase the fruit through a neighborhood fundraiser but found they received way more citrus than they knew what to do with. So, knowing that I do weird kitchen stuff often, they called me. I considered making marmalade or […]
Read MoreRipening Late-Harvest Tomatoes
A friend of mine came over for lunch recently, and was shocked when I mentioned the tomatoes we were enjoying had come from my garden. “But how?” she wondered. “Our first freeze was over a month ago! How can you possibly still have fresh, ripe tomatoes this time of year?” Well, the answer is that […]
Read MoreMis-Adventures in Canning
When life hands you peppers, make pepper jelly. At least, that’s all I could think to do with a bumper harvest of more than 50 serrano peppers from the single plant in our raised bed garden this fall. So like a good little diy-er, I ordered a canning kit, and started scouring the web for […]
Read MoreFun Halloween Party Foods (2015 Edition)
Last weekend, we decided to repeat a tradition we started this past year: a pre-Halloween pumpkin carving party for friends and their kiddos. We already had some great recipes from last year including salmon sandwich ghosts and chocolate-dipped pretzel rods that we chose to repeat this year. But I also expanded this year’s spread to include candy […]
Read MoreThe World’s *Second* Best Chicken Salad
My chicken salad recipe is legendary. It always get compliments, people request it for special occasions….it’s just damn good. But lo and behold, I actually make *two* really good chicken salad recipes. And after a summer full of the traditional one, the hubby has started requesting the alternate: curry chicken salad. Spicy, tangy, savory, sweet […]
Read MoreGreat-Looking 4th of July Treats in Under an Hour
If you’re like just about every other living, breathing American this weekend, you’ve probably been invited to a 4th of July barbecue, picnic, or potluck. Which means, of course, that you’re probably now scrambling to come up with what to bring. Well, fear not, patriots, and let me introduce you to a super-cute and easy to […]
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