DIY Chili Oil

I've been growing and drying lots of chilis just because my plant refuses to die. And finally, I got around to making chili oil. I used this website as a guideline: Homemade Chili Oil.

But this is what I ended up using:

1 3/4 cup vegetable oil

2 tbs sesame oil

a crapton of dried chilis, chopped

Pretty much just throw everything in a pot and heat it up on low heat til it bubbles.

Then pour in a container. Hubby wanted the chili flakes in there so I poured those in as well.

It was still bubbling a lil bit so I took a pic, but it's hard to see here...

Chili flakes falling down.

Hubby said not to put in the seeds part because they're hard to eat...

All canned up!

Awhile later, the chili flakes fell to the bottom. Hopefully, it's as spicy as hubby likes it.

DIY Butter

I would just like to say, "I told you so." Le hubby did not believe me when I said that one can make butter from heavy whipping cream. We had this convo ages ago. Until today, when he looked it up online and randomly told me, "Hey, we can make butter with that [pointing to the heavy whipping cream in the fridge]." I told him, "I know. I told you that ages ago." Needless to say, he got the stink eye from me. Meanwhile, he proceeded to make butter.

He simply poured in some heavy whipping cream into a jar and closed it tightly. Then, he shook the jar for about 3 minutes (keep in mind he's pretty strong and works out daily) and saw results. I think it took maybe all of 7-8 minutes to get full on butter. Ta-da!

Buttermilk

Butter!

DIY Candle Making

Okay, it seems like my boyfriend is getting more and more creative as he made this. How, you ask. He used the fat that came with the beef ribs after baking it for a super duper long time. When it harden overnight, he scooped out the fatty portions, rendered it, then filtered the stuff so it's all tallow...

You can make a candle with tallow...