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Nothing beats homemade peanut butter, just peanuts, that's it.

I like my peanut butter a little bit thicker; if you like it thinner, just run the blender longer. 

Ingredients: 3 cups (440g) unsalted roasted peanuts, that's it. 

Use the tamper to press the peanuts into the blade. 

Once it starts to swirl, watch it closely until it reaches the consistency you prefer. 

This will make you throw rocks at store-bought. 

Enjoy

And that's that!

These are deeeelicious cupcakes and so moist.
I used medium hot chiles in this recipe, but for my taste, the next time I make them, I'm going to use hotter chiles.
 

It's pretty much a basic cupcake recipe with the addition of green chile and pineapple. 

As usual, you start with creaming the butter and sugar together until light and fluffy. While this is fluffing, get the rest of the recipe together. 

Once the batter comes together, fold in the green chile and pineapple.

I made jumbo cupcakes, so I ended up with 5 cupcakes. 

I will definitely make these again, not only because I really like them but because I've had several requests for more. 

Enjoy

And that's that!

This is my new all-time favorite red chile sauce. 

It's made using 3 different chiles, giving it a wonderful spicy depth of flavor. This totally knocks the socks off all the other sauces I've made over the years. 

In the saucepan are guajillo, ancho, and chiles de arbol, onion, and garlic with enough water to cover the chiles. 

Bring the water to a boil, then lower the heat to a strong simmer. Since the chiles tend to float, it's necessary to weigh them down with a small plate or bowl to help keep them under the water. Don't cook them any longer than 15 - 20 minutes because any longer than that, the chile water can become bitter and you need it to make the sauce. 

Once the chiles are softened, add the chiles, onion, salt, and garlic to the blender jar along with about half a cup of the water to start the blending action. 

As the chiles are blending, add more water and or chicken broth to reach your desired consistency. If you like it spicier, add more chile water than broth. I usually start using equal amounts of chile water and broth, then add more chile water if it's not spicy enough or broth if it's too spicy. 

If after blending you still have bits of chile skin in the sauce so you'll need to strain it for a smooth sauce. 

After blending and pouring the sauce into a jar, I decided it was a little too thick, so I added a bit more chile water to the jar and stirred it around. 
Perfect!

I snagged this off of ArnieTex on YouTube https://tinyurl.com/f6cxrmfs

And that's that!

Freshly whirled lemonade in the Vitamix

Looks like I bought my Vitamix in time for some summer refreshments

Just 5 ingredients for a quick and easy refreshing drink

Start with 2 cups of water and a tablespoon of lemon zest

then drop in one peeled lemon

a tablespoon of honey or 3 pitted dates

a cup of ice cubes

and let 'er rip

Coming soon, lemon ice cream Mmmmmm

And that's that!