Homemade sour mix

What it is:

Crazy easy to make with only two ingredients
Completely natural, chemical free

What it’s not:

Loaded with high fructose corn syrup
Neon (because, um, ew)

What’s not to like?

Combine these:

16 ounces simple syrup
12 ounces key lime, lime or lemon juice or some combination thereof

Stir or shake to combine. The end! See? Crazy easy. And you can customize it, [...]

Key lime margarita

It’s summer! The time when I reach for Lucy Buffett’s cookbook before anything else.

This one is based on Lucy’s Cadillac Margarita, adapted to, naturally, include key lime juice. Because I am obsessed love it.

Do me a favor and combine in a shaker:

1.5 ounces tequila
3/4 ounce Grand Marnier
1 ounce key lime juice
1 [...]

Chilpotle cheese dip

I’ve been doing a bit of desperation cooking around One Particular Kitchen.

In the initial thick of things with the flood we were trying to stay out of the way, stay home, and leave the available gas, water (oh the irony), roads and groceries for those who needed them far more than we did.

We [...]

Lissa's margaritas

Lissa and I have decided we’re going to be professional guacamole and margarita tasters. Anyone in the market for that? Anyone? Well let us know. We’re available.

Given our fondness for that combination, I thought it was time to share Lissa’s margarita recipe with you. I declare it Lissa week [...]

Queso fiesta dip

It’s another LuLu Buffett recipe! This was every so slightly modified from LuLu’s Crazy Cheesy Queso Dip. I love it especially right now because the red and green peppers look all Christmasey. Aww!

Here’s what I used:

1/4 cup butter
1/2 sweet yellow onion
1/2 red bell pepper
1/2 green bell pepper
1 can (4 oz) diced green chiles
1 pound Velveeta [...]