I LOVE Fajitas. The fragrance when they are cooking. The fact that they are a build your own dinner. The bright fresh flavor. How quick and easy they are. The fact that I can cook them on the stove or on the grill. When I order them in restaurants, I love that they come out…
How to: Make Your Own Chicken Stock
It is everyone’s favorite time of year again: cold and flu season. Upper respiratory viruses are in full swing every where these days. After narrowly avoiding acquiring the flu from Aj’s family after Christmas, I did finally succumb to some sort of respiratory virus shortly thereafter. And what is the best thing when you’re sick?…
How to: Make Sweetened Whipped Cream
This is the first recipe in a new category for Gravel & Dine called ‘How to’. One of the original reasons Tory & I started this blog was to collect all of the recipes that we liked in one place; cooking tips/tricks/instructions for things I find myself always looking up each time seemed like a…
Smoked Salt
Flavored and infused salts are pretty trendy right now, and as with most trendy products they come with a hefty price tag. Could I make my own smoked salt? Why not give it a try! All you need is some kosher salt (or sea salt) and a way to smoke it. We used our Bradley…
Homemade Vanilla Powder
After making my homemade vanilla extract and vanilla sugar, I had one more thing I wanted to use the leftover beans to make. Homemade vanilla powder. This is a great way to add vanilla flavor to something when you want to be careful adding a lot of extra liquid, and it gives you a those…
Homemade Vanilla Sugar
Homemade Vanilla Sugar After I finished making vanilla extract for Christmas gifts, I had some leftover partially used vanilla beans that I couldn’t bear to through away. So what did I do? I decided to use the beans as many ways as much as I could. I turned to my trusty source, Google, and soon…
