Recipes
There is no fluff here. No storytelling, just to the point ingredients and bullet point methods. There is no need for a “jump to recipe” button. The recipes are always at the top. There are video links to make things crystal clear. There is a button below each video. Click on it to open a pdf of the recipe for easy printing.
A recipe is a guideline, except in the case of baking. Baking requires following recipes/measurements. Cooking has principles. Here you will learn concepts and principles to expand your culinary foundation. When you understand the principles of cooking, then you will have the ability to bend the rules with success. The goal is to eventually eliminate recipes, outside of baking, and become creative and self-sufficient in the kitchen.
Learn how to look at a recipe and see where there is room for interpretation; and how you can twist it based on your own creativity and preferences. Build the confidence to enter your kitchen without a recipe; to open the refrigerator and be able to put something together that tastes good and is easy to prepare.
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Basic Pickles
Learn how to make Cucumber Pickles with this easy recipe. Minimal equipment and simple ingredients. The brine in this recipe can be used to pickle beets, carrots, and jalapeños.
Fermented Jalapeño Hot Sauce
Jalapeños are not the hottest chiles, but they make an excellent “daily driver” hot sauce. This recipe walks you through the process of how to ferment jalapeños and transform them into the kind of hot sauce that you want to put on everything.
Pickled Jalapeños
Use this simple recipe to make your own Pickled Jalapeños. This is a low cost, easy project. The recipe gives you a solid foundation to produce excellent Jalapeño Pickles and leaves you room for interpretation to add any other aromatics to your preference. You can also use the bine to pickle other vegetables e.g. cucumbers, beets, carrots, etc.