You may have seen my previous post about the dollars and sense of making vegetable stock. In that recipe I was instructed to buy all new, whole vegetables and NOT to clean out the fridge. I obliged. Although, I didn’t 100% agree.
Well, turns out two friends of mine have a trusted vegetable stock recipe, and it calls for vegetable scraps! Lucky for us, they agreed to share the recipe (along with some... 
In it’s simplest form, espagnole sauce is a meat-based stock thickened with a roux. You make beef stock by slowly simmering beef bones and trimmings in herbs for several hours. It’s a time intensive process that requires one hefty stock pot.
I have not endeavored to make a beef stock, but I have made vegetable stock. While at first I didn’t think all the money and time was worth making a... 
Raise your hands if you think bean dip is the best dip IN THE WORLD?
One, two, three…oh, there’s too many to count.
The following bean dip recipes are categorized by bean type. I know there are dozens (if not hundreds) more bean dip recipes not listed here, so tell me what I’ve missed in the comments. I’d like to hear from you.
Baked beans – Baked beans (usually navy beans)... 
There’s a whole world of sauce connoisseurs devoted to barbecue sauce. In fact, you can find a number of food blogs devoted to the culture, including this, this, and this one.
Barbecue sauces tend to fall under different categories based on the main ingredient, which might be tomato, mustard, or vinegar. Then there’s the barbecue sauces that are grouped by function: mopping sauce coats meat... 
Many advise that making your own vegetable stock is a MUST DO. Seeing how I make a few sauces and soups around here, I heeded the advice and made my own. Here’s how homemade vegetable stock compares to store bought vegetable stock:
Does it take less time to make your own vegetable stock? Of course not.
Is homemade vegetable stock cheaper? Heck no.
Does homemade vegetable stock taste better? Sure.
Is... 
Last fall I received a complimentary copy of Ina Garten’s cookbook How Easy is That? thanks to the Cake Duchess and her awesome give away. Since then, I’ve read almost every page of the book and tried quite a few of the recipes.
The two recipes I can’t wait to share with you are, of course, a dip and a sauce. What else!
An Ina Garten-Inspired Tapenade
During the last... 
