It’s easy to make a simple sangria from leftover wine. Even though it may be somewhat improvised, with a little bit of know-how, you can have it wind up fruity and delicious. Most of what you need you probably already have.
homemade
In one sense, you could say that every recipe on this site produces something homemade. We reserve the use of this tag for items that are presented in deliberate contrast to a store-bought or restaurant-served version, especially when it would be noteworthy to have made it from scratch. Ice cream is an excellent example. Apple crisp isn’t. This tag also find synonyms, like “from scratch.”
Iced Mocha Royale
Do you enjoy a coffeehouse iced mocha? Skip the café – I’ll show you how to make one at home! This Iced Mocha Royale is made with coffee instead of espresso, blended with heavy cream and Chocolat Royal liqueur. It’s a simple and easy recipe.
Yeast-Risen Date Nut Bread
(Not a quickbread.)
This homemade yeast-risen Date Nut Bread it’s not a quick bread, like banana bread. It’s a bread bread that comes from a hand-kneaded, yeast-risen dough, stuffed with almonds, peanuts, and dates.
Leftover Lemon Juice? Lemonade Concentrate!
Use leftover lemon juice to make a homemade lemonade concentrate, and then use that to mix with gin, vodka, cherries, or God knows what. You can make easy, simple, and quick cocktails or soft drinks. Dark, rainy, and cold outside? Freeze it until the sun comes out.
This Hearty Spinach Soup Is Packed with Meat and Veggies
This homemade and hearty Spinach Soup is packed with (leftover) vegetables (such as Brussels sprouts, carrots, cauliflower, and potatoes). It’s comfort food for the veg-friendly.
Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies
Wildly Outstanding Salted Chocolate Chunk Shortbread Cookies. What more can you say than that?
This Maple Whiskey Glaze Goes with Everything
This homemade Maple Whiskey Glaze is brilliant with beef, but I’d bet it’d be unbelievable with bacon and wicked with chicken.
French Toast from Leftover Wheat Bread (or pretty much any bread, really)
How to make an easy custardy, comfort-foodie homemade French Toast from wheat bread. An everyday-cooking kind of recipe.
Refried Beans with Cotija Crumble
This recipe for homemade Mexican (or Tex-Mex … who knows?) Refried Beans with Cotija Crumble makes a traditional side for a taco or burrito, but also makes a super-umami sandwich spread.