Kolache

Episode 11 Hilah’s Texas Kitchen: Kolache! (I know everyone says “kolaches” but I think it’s really “kolache” in the plural and just “kolach” in the singular? And I am a stickler for grammar, although I say “kolaches” all the time. Do you know the truth? Let me know!) At any rate, if you’ve never driven…

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Sweet Potato Biscuits

I was asked to collaborate with ONE.org to create a recipe (and video) using sweet potatoes in order to drum up awareness and excitement for their nutrition campaign this year: Sweet Potato on the Menu; Nutrition on the Agenda, the goal being to encourage world leaders to invest in agriculture to decrease malnutrition. The sweet…

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Louie Mueller Barbecue

Join me on a trip to the famous Louie Mueller Barbecue joint. See how to smoke a beef brisket, Texas-style, and learn the history behind a great Texas tradition. LINK: http://www.louiemuellerbarbecue.com/ And don’t miss the second video on our Texas BBQ series which will teach you how to make brisket at home.

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Beef Brisket

I’m really super happy to be sharing this with you today! Since shooting at Louie Mueller Barbecue a month ago, I’ve been working on my oven brisket technique and two things have happened. My oven brisket is at least four times more delicious than it was before I got tips from the master. Also, Chris…

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Quinoa Salad

Quinoa Salad Video (scroll down for recipe) I love quinoa salad. It’s the perfect solution to my inherent laziness – the laziness I fight so hard against but sometimes, like all better foes, it wins and I find myself sprawled out across the room, legs on the couch, face on the floor, watching “Video Chan…

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Cucumber Salad

Cucumber Salad Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe Subscribe to my YouTube channel to get notified of new videos. Cucumber salad a great thing to make the day before a big party because it just gets better in the fridge for the first couple days. After that, it’s still good, but definitely best if…

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Fried Green Tomatoes

Fried Green Tomatoes in Skillet

Fried Green Tomatoes Recipe Video – scroll down for recipe We always had a little garden when I was growing up. Not like a farm, but just a little plot behind the house, down the hill a bit, under a giant cottonwood tree with a swing tied to its branches. I didn’t really have much…

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Fried Chicken

My mom used to take me and little brother to Zilker Park sometimes, back when we were shorter and more annoying. She’d pick up a bucket of KFC fried chicken to take along and set it in the shade on one of the cement picnic tables while we ran around and got all tired and…

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Fried Fish: Cornmeal Fried Catfish

Me and my bestie Shannon spent most of our summer days fifth grade through eighth grade either at the coast or at the lake. The coast was awesome because her family liked to party and there was always a giant shade tent, cold beers (not that we got any) and cookouts. Also guitar pickin’ and…

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