You’ve heard of the oat milk craze, I’m sure, but Sesame Seed Milk (Horchata de Ajonjolí) needs to be on your list of recipes to make. Pronounced or-CHA-tah day oh-hone-ho-LEE, this plant milk is nutty, creamy, and simple to make. Since this milk is basically a pantry recipe, you never need to worry about not having…
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How to Make Coconut Milk at Home
Here’s a quick “tute” all about Coconut Milk. How to make it. Why you should make it. And what you can use it in when you make it. Besides being creamier and more refreshing than that stuff in a carton or can, fresh coconut milk is easily customizable to add (or not) flavorings you might be keen…
Tres Leches Chocolate Cake with Cajeta Drizzle
We’re smack-dab in the middle of Hispanic Heritage Month and do you know what that means for my Puerto Rican family? Absolutely nothing. That’s right. Since we celebrate our “hispanicness” on a daily basis, this weirdly-dated pseudo-holiday holds no importance to us. But, that’s just us. I do have a Hispanic recipe I want to…
Cereal Milk Frozen Custard
If you’ve never heard of Momofuko’s Milk Bar and Christina Tosi, then Cereal Milk is probably a new idea to you. Having deep New York City roots, I am very familiar with the Milk Bar craze. Obviously, Tosi did not “create” cereal milk- we all, at one time or another, have created our own version. Cereal…
Turmeric-Almond Milk Tea
Yep! This was a picture the Soldier snapped this past Monday. Why, no, friend. I’m NOT getting my splint removed. What you see here is me getting a NEW flippin’ splint put on!! Not just any splint, either!! The orthopedic surgeon told the Ortho tech at our post’s hospital to put me in a cast!! RIGHT!?! Can…
Tres Leches Paletas (Three Milks Popsicles)
This is a trust fall. We need to build a bridge of trust right now; I need to trust you to hear what I have to say and understand that what I did, I didn’t do to hurt you. I’ve lied about this recipe. It’s actually not a tres leches…it’s a cuatros leches. You’re not mad are you? Don’t…
