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Yuca Fries Made with Lard
Yuca is a starchy root that fries up beautifully. Here's the short form of the yuca fries recipe: Skin, chop into sticks, and parboil yuca for 15 - 20 minutes in salty water; drain Fry in lard at 350...
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Wall-Mounted Standing Desk
I prefer to stand while working, and have built several standing and treadmill desks. While they were functional, my previous standing desks have really been hacks, using whatever scrap and random...
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Giant Cardboard LEGO Blocks
For our daughter's 5th birthday, we held a LEGO-themed party. A highlight of the party was the huge pile of 75 giant LEGOs. The giant LEGOs were made by painting cardboard moving boxes in the classic...
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Tiny 3D Printed Models
My 5-year-old daughter and I have been having fun designing and 3D printing her creations from Tinkerplay, formerly known as Modio. She's able to design something and feel ownership over it. This gives...
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Grass-fed beef liver with brown butter carmelized onions and dried California...
Or, more affectionately known in our household as Prune Liver Dinner! Beef liver is one of the most nutrient-dense foods. How it quantitatively compares to other foods is dependent on how the nutrients...
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Nautilus Bookshelf
Children's books are all drastically different sizes. Putting them into a bookshelf seems almost futile because they're either too big and don't fit or are too small and waste space (plus they're only...
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Mad Max and War Boy Nux father son costume
I live. I die. I live again!For this Halloween, I became Mad Max as a blood bag for my 3-year-old war-boy son. We chained ourselves together, painted his face, created an Immortan Joe skull steering...
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Custom Wooden Train Track X-crossing
Our wood train set from Ikea, the Lillabo, doesn't come with any x-crossing pieces. Other sets with x-crossing pieces are probably compatible, but I choose to make an x-crossing piece myself. I did...
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LEGO table with integrated parts bin
Creating LEGO-based furniture seems to be a right of passage for all parents. Here's mine. Oversized sidewalls contain the LEGO on the table during dumping. A custom mountain with LEGO baseplates...
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Bokoblin Mask From the Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild
Hide among troupes of monsters with this Legend of Zelda Breath of the Wild Bokoblin mask!During previous Halloween festivities, we've found that full face masks reduce visibility and usually aren't...
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