Beans are meaty, filling, nutritious, tasty and full of fiber. They’re also really cheap! Most of the canned beans you find on the shelf at your local supermarket are overcooked, oversalted and — while not exactly espensive — overpriced. Not only that, but the cans they come in often contain chemicals in their lining that […]
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Basic Homemade Granola
Papi’s favorite recipe for making a lightly sweet homemade granola, full of nuts, seeds, dried fruits and goodness.
How to Make Your Own Homemade Wine: The Basics
Here are simple overall instructions for making a nice homemade country wine. This guide is by no means comprehensive. It is a list for me to reference when I’m ready to make a new batch, and it assumes some prior knowledge of winemaking. The recipe here is for 1-gallon batches, which will produce five 750-ml […]
El Paso for Mexican Food in Iowa City
If you see a sign in Iowa City that says “authentic Mexican food,” chances are very good that anything but is being served inside.