Do It Yourself – The Daily Evergreen

Quick recipes for quarantine living

MINDY MALONE, Evergreen columnist

March 25, 2020

A few days ago Twitter king Jaboukie Young-White started a thread asking for his followers' favorite struggle/comfort meals. (If the hyperlink to the thread doesn't work, wait a couple days. He's probably just suspended for impersonating CNN again.) He received a lot of replies with recipes that are q...

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DIY: Make your own bath bomb

MINDY MALONE, Evergreen columnist

February 13, 2020

Ingredients: 1 cup baking soda 1/2 cup Epsom salt 1/2 cup cornstarch 1/2 cup citric acid (powder) 3/4 teaspoon water 2 teaspoons essential oils (lavender, eucalyptus, rose, etc.) 2 teaspoons basic oil (jojoba, sweet almond oil, coconut, olive or even baby oil) A few drops of f...

Add to your tomatoes with cheesy appetizer

MINDY MALONE, Evergreen columnist

November 13, 2019

This recipe is straightforward and takes maybe 10-15 minutes to prepare. From making it myself, I have some recommendations. While it calls for 16 oz. of mozzarella, I found 8 oz. chopped into 1-inch cubes to be enough, even with 5 tomatoes. 16 oz. would have the mozzarella covering the tomatoes, which...

Learn to make ghastly festive confections

MINDY MALONE, Evergreen columnist

October 31, 2019

WRITER'S NOTE: I didn’t come up with this recipe myself. I found it on thesimple-sweetlife.com Yield: 8-inch-by-8-inch square of candy bark Ingredients: 6 bars of dark chocolate 3 bars of white chocolate Sprinkles or cookie crumbles (optional) Directions: Melt three bars of dark chocolate ...