17 Apart Naturally Flavored Water Say goodbye to soda, juice, and bottled water with these refreshing, healthy flavors! I'm keeping 2-3 flavors of this "spa water" in my fridge now, so I have a variety to motivate me to drink more water. I was a hardcore Dr. Simply water At the end of the day, regular old tap water--or at least a filtered version of it--seems to be the way to go. Aside from my morning coffee, I honestly forget to drink fluids throughout the day. Subtle flavor without sweetnessThese aren't sweet waters, so they'll be disappointing if that's what you're expecting. The KISS (Keep It Simple Stupid) approach to Flavored WatersMy natural tendency is to go overboard and overcomplicate things, so I really have to fight that when I'm developing recipes. How to makeNaturally Flavored Water Supplies Needed: fruit -- whatever kind you like (except no bananas); make sure it's good and ripe for maximum sweetness and flavor. Fresh vs. frozen fruit. A variety of fresh herbs. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. Here's the whole gang.
Living Homegrown — Exploring how to live homegrown, local and fresh from the garden Homemade Ice Cream in a Bag: Summer Crafts for Kids: Easy Homemade Ice Cream Recipes This photo originally appeared in FamilyFun Magazine Prep Time 5 minutes Forget endlessly cranking the handle of an ice-cream maker. After combining the ingredients, each kid can simply shake up his or her own pouch of soft serve -- and it's done in just 5 minutes. For 30+ more treats that give Baskin-Robbins® a run for its money, visit our Best Ice Cream Recipes gallery. What you'll need Ice cubes (enough to fill each gallon-size bag about half full) 1 cup half and half 1/2 cup salt (The bigger the granules, the better. How to make it Combine the sugar, half and half, and vanilla extract in the pint-size bag and seal it tightly.
Delightful Crumb | by Stacy Ladenburger Step-By-Step Canning Tips I am relatively new to canning. Although I grew up watching my grandmother and mother can, I really had no idea what equipment I needed or how to proceed with the canning process. So, I went to the internet and book store to learn how. Truth is, canning isn't hard. A word of caution about water process canning. If you want more detailed canning information, I recommend the Ball website. I'm going to show you how I canned a recent batch of my Marinara Sauce. Step 1: Assemble your equipment.Here's what I use. ♦♦view on Amazon: canning kit --I've been using this economy set for years. The lid rack is another gadget that I love. ♦♦view on Amazon: lid rack Canning jars come in several sizes. ♦♦View on Amazon: mason jars You can also purchase rims and lids together, or lids only. View lids on Amazon:♦wide mouth lids, ♦wide mouth lids and rims♦regular mouth lids, ♦regular mouth lids and rims Step 3: Sterilize your jars, rims, and lids.First wash them in hot, sudsy water and rinse them.
Food & Drink Infographics | Infographic Journal Which Countries Wine Down The Most? Wine drinking isn’t a contest, at least not a close one. In fact, wine has been a dietary staple since the beginning of recorded human history. It may not surprise you to learn that Italy, France, and Spain produce the most wine in the world, but did you know that Vatican City is the greatest consumer per capita? A Bottle of Red, A Bottle of White: Europe’s Wine Regions Once you’ve made it to Southern Europe you’ll find that there is an incredible variety of wines produced in a wide variety of wine regions. Beginner’s Guide To Homebrewing You might think that brewing your own beer is a big hassle, but once you learn the basic technique, your craft will pay off. 5 Best Herbs for Energy Everyone has those days when they just can’t seem to find enough energy. The Truth About Superfoods This infographic offers an insight into the world of superfoods and questions some of many claims that are made about them. Snack Stash – What Snack Personality Are You?
10 Best Websites To Find Awesome Camping Recipes & Outdoor Cooking Tips Summer is almost upon the northern hemisphere, and official camping season is just around the corner. An important and integral part of any camping trip, be it car camping, backpacking or just a day camp in the woods, is camping food. It never ceases to amaze me how simple ingredients cooked on a fire can become so delicious just by the change of settings. There are lots of websites offering camping recipes and cooking tips, and the variety of recipes that exist is amazing. Scoutorama.com Scoutorama offers a huge list of camping and Dutch oven recipes. To make is easier to find specific recipes, the site also offers an advanced recipe search, where you can search for recipes by keywords, meal type and type of camping. Camp Recipes Camp Recipes includes 741 recipes, divided into 18 different categories. You can search through the recipes only by keywords. KOA – Kampgrounds of America Some recipes are submitted by KOA itself, while others were submitted by readers. About.com BBC GoodFood
Kitchen Konfidence | Seasonal Recipes | San Diego Blog La Selva: RGB Black Series; Carnovsky AM. What is the Black Series all about? C. RGB Black is a new RGB series available for now in wallpaper and some limited edition prints. AM. C. AM. C. AM. C. In general with some RGB designs we think that the bigger they are, the better they work, because the figures become gigantic and it is possible to see all the details and textures richness, that on a small scale could get lost. AM. C. We can tell you for example that our love for the jungle or the tropical forest does not come from the fact of have been actually there, but most of all from Kipling stories, Henri Rousseau paintings, and from Werner Herzog’ films (and life)… between other things. AM. C. AM. C. AM. C. AM. C. AM. C. La Selva: RGB Black Series by Carnovsky is showing at DreamBagsJaguarShoes, Shoreditch; until 21st September 2011 If you can make it to DreamBagsJaguarShoes, Carnovsky‘s installation is more than worth a look. Photography: Jeff Metal courtesy of JaguarShoes Collective
Asian Pickles: Sweet, Sour, Salty, Cured, and Fermented Preserves from Korea, Japan, China, India, and Beyond - Karen Solomon - Food Writer/Cookbook Author Homemade Junk Food: The Cookbook | Good. Food. Stories. We’ve had some fun travels down junk food memory lane over the past few years. Together we’ve chomped on Cheez-Its, gone wild for Cheez Whiz, flirted with Fig Newtons, puckered up to Pinkberry… and now there’s going to be a whole lot more on the plate. Yes, it’s true. I sincerely hope no one plans on counting the calories in these recipes. And there is real American history in each bite, which I’ll share with sidebars and factoids on the history and evolution of our country’s beloved junk food.
Homemade Hot Sauce! Some of us are hot sauce people. I hear the other some of us say that it “takes over” and “burns” and all that nonsense. Clearly, I am hot sauce person. It’s actually rather disconcerting how much so sometimes. Anyway, hot sauce and hot summers go hand-in-hand, right? These are super easy and quick to make so don’t worry about having time to do it if you want to make them for this weekend. Okay, the seeds of the pepper are the nucleus of the heat so I recommend you remove most or all of them unless you like it ridiculously hot. * Disclaimer * The only thing I will warn you about up front, is the importance of safe pepper handling. I love both of these sauces, but I have to say that this spicy hot one is my favorite. It has such great flavor, is really well balanced and it’s one of those hot sauces that goes great on everything from avocados and tacos, to potatoes, eggs and basically any kind of protein. Peppers for heat: Red chili, habanero and scotch bonnet (if you like it really hot).
Mama Shelter, Marseille The open-plan bar and restaurant space comprises a mix of long communal beech wood tables, low dining tables and loud-patterned custom-upholstered sofas. And crowning it off, the centrepiece of the room is of course, the signature oversized Mama table football game. Outside, the patio is marked by a contemporary southern French provincial twist; a bright yellow vertical stripe runs along the white walls where potted flowers are affixed among bare brightly coloured bulbs, giving a whole new meaning to the hanging basket. Mama Shelter’s atmosphere changes depending on the time of day – in the daytime, the restaurant is warm and cosy, usually with Marseille’s bright blue skies visible from the wall-to-wall windows running along the back wall. Spread over eight floors sporting heavy grey carpets printed with words and pictures emblematic of Marseille, reminds of Mama Paris. The group will be opening several hotels in the coming year, including in Istanbul, Bordeaux, Lyon and Los Angeles.