ever since we got home from our whirlwind tour of the continent over the holidays, i've been obsessing over little diy home improvement-type projects, trying to utilize stuff we have around the cottage for new purposes. to start the year off right, since we are already in the second week of january, i'll be posting two this week.
week one: herb-infused olive oils
our backyard garden was quite bountiful after all the winter rains, so we harvested some rosemary, basil (which was going to seed and needed to be trimmed back anyway), and chili peppers. well, no that's a lie - the chili peppers came from maile's farm because those red-butt birds ate all our chili peppers while we were away.
i think these infusions may make a cameo in our misto - one of my favorite new kitchen utensils. it's great for lightly greasing the grill, breads, pans, etc. and i can't wait to make grilled pizza with our herb-infused oil. i also scored a big bag of plastic pouring spouts from ross recently, so i'm in the process of re-purposing every alcohol bottle into something new and pourable.
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trying not to look like a psycho and comment right away, but i figure, why bother. :) 1)i think we established that neither you nor i like oregano, but lemme know if you want some for this project, that could perhaps be repurposed as a gift. 2)lauren <3s the misto. 3)the labels didn't come off when you boiled your bottles? 4)those pouring spouts sound awesome. i'm gonna hit up ross' soon to check out some glass containers--i avoid styrofoam like the plague, but am trying not to buy even durable plastic, cuz it all ends up not biodegrading. hooray. :) exciting 52 projects, i'm pumped to see what develops! good luck, and thanks again for hanging out! :)
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