I’m really not a big pop fan. Most are loaded with sugar and chemicals and don’t even taste that good. I do enjoy an occasional root beer float, and sometimes you just gotta have a sweet beverage with your pizza. Homemade cream sodas are a totally different story. You can control the sweetness easily, and…
Beverage
Hot Chocolate
{This post was originally published on February 1, 2011 on Cooking for Seven. This is a mighty fine cup of chocolate, my friends.} Yesterday, I had a completely new experience: homemade hot chocolate. Not the kind made with cocoa powder and sugar. No. The Kind made with REAL chocolate. Oh my. It was like drinking chocolate pudding; it…
Homemade Frappuccino Recipe
This post was originally published on February 16, 2012 on Cooking for Seven. A reader recently requested this recipe, so I thought I should share it here on Buttered Side Up! Skiing is my favorite winter sport. Feeling the snow swish beneath my feet as I slide down the “mountain” (in Minnesota, the closest things we have to…
How to Make Mocha | His and Hers
I don’t remember the first time I tasted a mocha. It was probably at a Starbucks or Caribou Coffee when I was 18 or so. In general I am nonplussed about most chain coffee drinks, but, if my memory serves me well, I believe that I quite enjoyed it. It wasn’t extremely sweet like most…
Homemade Chocolate Syrup for Chocolate Milk!
First of all, my apologies for being such a horrid blogger this past month. Earlier this summer I felt like I had a really good rhythm going. Then things got busy. Every weekend for the past 5 weekends we’ve had something going on. I’m looking forward to being able to catch my breath. This past…
Blood Orange Lemonade + The Winner
This Blood Orange Lemonade is a refreshing drink made with real food ingredients! I must admit that I don’t really care for blood oranges. We picked up a bag at the supermarket and were very disappointed at the taste. Maybe we got a bad batch, but I was quite underwhelmed. And so I decided to…
Homemade Peppermint Hot Chocolate
This Homemade Peppermint Hot Chocolate is the perfect Christmas/winter treat. This was originally posted on Cooking for Seven on December 12, 2012. Enjoy! For some reason, I have been averse to pairing mint with chocolate my whole life. Whenever someone would order a mint mocha or mint chocolate chip ice cream I would inwardly shake…
Homemade Eggnog
I originally posted about this awesome homemade eggnog three years ago on Cooking for Seven. It’s still a favorite at Christmastime, so I felt I should share it here on Buttered Side Up. Our family has always enjoyed a good cup of eggnog at Christmastime. Mom would carefully pour out a small portion and add…
Sparkling Strawberry Jasmine Green Tea
This Sparkling Strawberry Jasmine Green Tea is a refreshing spring or summer drink. So. Our house flooded. At six thirty in the morning we heard Grandpa calling from upstairs (we live in the basement apartment of Reuben’s grandparents’ house). At first we thought one of them had fallen down, but…
