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Make a Hot Toddy

What you’ll need: Dark rum or bourbon (60ml or 2oz) Fresh-squeezed lemon juice (15ml or 0.5oz) A slice of lemon A cinnamon stick Honey (15ml or 0.5oz) Hot (but drinkable) water (a mug-full) A mug (to make it in, and drink it from) How to make it: Add the alcohol, lemon juice and honey to…

Make A Filet Mignon in Cast Iron

What you’ll need: Cut(s) of filet mignon (I go for 1.5 inch thick or thicker). 7-8 ounces per person is a good size. Important: go for prime, at least, from a store with a good butcher. Leave the cheap choice-grade for someone else to be disappointed by. I buy grass-fed, dry-aged, personally. Don’t cheap out…

Make Some Garlic Mashed Potatoes

What you’ll need: Some potatoes (I grab a bag of red potatoes from the grocery store, but get whatever you like). Some milk or cream. Some butter. Personally, I just use the whole stick of it. Some garlic. These are garlic mashed potatoes. It’s right there in the name. Use a lot of it. Peel…

Make a Black Russian Drink

What you’ll need: Vodka Kahlua Ice A short glass How to make it: Add some ice to your glass Add some Kahlua (about a finger-width or so) Add twice as much vodka Stir it Want a Grey Russian? Add a few drops of vanilla extract. Want a White Russian? Fill the rest of the glass…

Make a Breakfast Pizza

What you’re going to need: Some pizza dough (you can find this at a good grocery store) Some olive oil Some cheese (think provolone, mozzarella… you get the idea). A lot of it, if you’re doing this right. Tater tots. Yeah. Enough of them, however much that means for you. Bacon. All the bacon, cooked…

Make Some Potato Soup

OK, this one’s pretty basic, so let’s just dive into it. You’re going to need: A bag of potatoes (like a potato per serving), peeled, or not, as you like. Cut up into cubish shapes, about an inch or so wide An onion (white or sweet yellow, whichever you like better) Some garlic (how much…