Making your own homemade tamales can be a great deal of fun. When our children were young, they loved vegetable tamales with a corn/cheese and pepper filling. This is our home version of Vegetarian Tamales. Go To Recipe My first note is that our tamale dough is not vegetarian because it uses lard. If you…
Tamales are one of those Mexican dishes you don’t find in many restaurants. This is because they are labor intensive. However, with proper planning, you can make your own tamales that are better than most any you can buy commercially. This is our guide to Instant Pot Tamales. Overview The good news is that by…
Making your own tamales at home can be a fun family project. Of course, the first step is making the masa dough. This is our recipe for the tamale dough we use in our Instant Pot Tamale Project. Go To Recipe This dough is easy to make. That being said, making tamales is a time-consuming…
Indian cuisine is not my specialty. However, I really like many Indian dishes I have tried. An interesting dish at many Indian restaurants is the fairly spicy vindaloo. In most cases, it is made with chicken. Thus, I was surprised to find that vindaloo is originally a pork dish. With some research, I have developed…
French Onion Soup has always been a favorite of mine. However, too often when ordered at restaurants it is a disappointment. So, I have learned to make it at home. This is my French Onion Soup Recipe. Go To Recipe French Onion Soup seems like it would be easy. Simply throw some onions in broth…
When it comes to cooking steak, nothing beats using the sous vide technique. This is our guide to cooking perfect sous vide ribeye steak. Go To Recipe Sous vide is nothing more than a hot water bath set at the temperature you want the meat to cook at. So, if you set the sous vide…
Most fancy restaurants advertise dry-aged prime steaks. Dry aging is an intensive process. In addition, prime steaks are hard to find and expensive. Fun Diego Family did a test to see whether prime steaks were really better than choice. In addition, we tested a quick dry-aged method. This is the result of our Prime vs…
We have heard that most fancy restaurants dry-age steak for long periods of time. This is not really something we are equipped to do at home. I read about methods for a quick dry-aged steak marinade that can be done in less than a day. This is my experience with creating a recipe for Quick…
I love to make my own smoked bacon on our Big Green Egg. While researching how to do this I came across ideas for making a delicious sounding candied bacon. I had to do it. Here is my Homemade Candied Bacon Recipe. Go To Recipe As mentioned, I like to make homemade bacon on our…
Our Big Green Egg is back in action for 2019. For the New Year, my first smoking project was smoking bacon. This is my Big Green Egg Smoked Bacon recipe. Go To Recipe If you don’t know about the Big Green Egg check out our overview for general Big Green Egg tips If you don’t…