The Kitchen Sink

Rhubarb Rhubarb – Homemade Rhubarb Liqueur

Rhubarb steeping in vodka

As anyone will know who has rhubarb in their garden, you can’t get rid of the stuff. No matter how hard you try to dig up the roots and either throw it away or give it to a friends, it keeps on coming back. Once it has a foothold in your garden then it can …

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Iced Green-Ginger Tea

Homemade Iced Ginger Green Tea

When I need a seriously quenching,  non-alcoholic, summer drink, I drink iced teas.  There are dozens of possibilities when making iced teas from scratch.  If I can infuse a health benefit as well – I get happy!  My go-to fave is Iced Green-Ginger Tea. Green tea is known to have benefits against: impaired immune functions, …

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Iron Brew – Made in Scotland from Girders

Iron Brew

Iron Brew, or Irn Bru as it is spelt, is Scotland’s other national drink (the other being Whisky), and has long kept global brands such as Coca-Cola and Pepsi in second place in Scotland. Iron bru is bright orange in colour and contains ammonium ferric citrate, which along with the fact that it was popular …

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Homemade Sausage: Kitchen Aid Sausage Attachment

Meat Grinder Attachment from Kitchen Aid

Many of us own a Kitchen Aid Mixer that stands nice and pretty on our kitchen counter that is literally too heavy and big to move in and out of a kitchen cabinet the handful of times a year that it is to be used. Likewise, most of us own a Kitchen Aid attachment pack …

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Mysterious Mirepoix

Onion, Carrots, Garlic, Thyme & Rosemary

When Chefs use this term it sounds like an exotic ingredient or complicated culinary feat.  It actuality, is a very basic combination of vegetables, diced & mixed together before sauteing. Some mirepoix combinations include leafy greens, as found in soup, and others contains meat, au gras, if you need the term. Mirepoix is a French …

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