The beans are optional, but they’re much better together. Prep time: 5 minutes Cook time: 55 minutes Yield: about 7 cups of rice and beans Ingredients 2 cups uncooked brown rice 8 oz. tomato sauce 6 stems cilantro 1 tsp salt 4 cloves of garlic 4 cups of vegetable broth 1 tsp cumin 1 tsp pepper 3 ~16 oz. cans of beans, any kind without additives Equipment a 5 quart pot with lid a kitchen knife a cutting board a strainer Instructions Wash brown rice in the strainer.

He didn’t used to like cream of mushroom soup, but now he does - and it tastes even better with a baked potato! Prep time: 10 minutes Cook time: 35 minutes Yield: 5-6 bowls Ingredients 2 onions 6 large cloves of garlic 1.5 lbs. fresh brown mushrooms 4 teaspoons thyme 1/2 cup of dry red or white wine both 3-5 tbsp arrowroot powder 2-3 tbsp cold water both either 4 tbsp Seitenbacher (powdered) vegetable broth and seasoning 2 bullion cubes 4 cups water either 2 tbsp Seitenbacher (powdered) vegetable broth and seasoning 2 bullion cubes 1-2 tsp salt to taste 1/2-1 tsp cracked black pepper to taste 1 13.

It’s like a mango slushie, but it gets you buzzed. Prep time: 5 minutes Yield: 2 large drinks Ingredients 2 jigger tequila 1 ounces cointreau 2 jigger lime juice 3/4 cup pineapple chunks 1 cup frozen mango chunks 3 cups ice Equipment a blender Instructions Put all ingredients in the blender. Blend on medium high until smooth.

Dill is good. Cream cheese is good. Sour cream is good. This dip is good. Prep time: 10 minutes Yield: enough dip for a bag of chips Ingredients 12 oz. cream cheese 2/3 cup sour cream 1 tbsp dill 4 tbsp chives 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper 1/2 tsp black pepper 1 tsp sea salt 1 tbsp lemon juice zest of 1 lemon Equipment 1 medium mixing bowl 1 mixing utensil (spoon or fork works fine) Instructions Mix everything together.

We have to force ourselves to not eat the whole batch as soon as it comes out of the oven because it gets even better and denser after letting it cool overnight. Prep time: 20 minutes Cook time: 50 minutes Yield: 2 loaves Ingredients Batter 1 cup softened butter 2 cups sugar 2 eggs one of either 2 cups buttermilk or a mixture of 2 cups milk 2 tablespoons of vinegar or lemon juice 4 cups flour 2 teaspoons baking soda Cinnamon/sugar mixture 2/3 cup sugar 2 teaspoons cinnamon Equipment a large bowl a small bowl 2 7"x3" bread pan (or muffin tins) Instructions Cream together butter, 2 cups of sugar, and eggs.

These buttermilk chocolate chip cookies come out soft and cakey - perfect for soaking up milk. Prep time: 30 minutes Cook time: 10-12 minutes per round Yield: 48 cookies Ingredients 3.5 cups all-purpose flour 1 tsp. baking powder 1 tsp. baking soda 0.5 tsp. salt 1 cup butter 1 cup granulated sugar 0.5 cup packed light brown sugar 0.5 cup turbinado sugar (or packed light brown sugar) 2 large eggs 2 tsp.

Batter Blotter is a blog by Francesca Picarazzi and Cristián Romo on the topics of cooking, baking, gardening, and self-sufficiency. We talked about starting a bread blog in 2019 but never did. Since then, we’ve made our own cheese, wine, and many loaves of bread with little more than pictures and full bellies to show for it. One day, during our free time during lockdown in May 2020, we finally started the blog to chronicle our adventures.