Light and creamy ricotta cheese infused with a hint of Vanilla and orange zest, then topped off with fresh plump figs drizzled with honey and roasted pistachios. Seductive, delicious, and satisfying this dessert is.
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Flavored Honey
I bought a rather eclectic cookbook filled with not so ordinary vegetarian recipes recently titled Naturally Vegetarian. Recipes and Stories from my Italian Family Farm by Valentina Solfrini. I have never found an Italian cookbook dedicated entirely to vegetarian dishes until this one. In Valentina’s book is where I found this beautiful article on flavored honeys. Continue reading Flavored Honey
Lemon Honey Ginger Pound Cake
To use two wonderful ingredients – fresh-picked lemons and gorgeous amber colored honey, I made a lemon honey cake. And for extra bit of flavor and moistness I added fresh ginger. The result is a delicious lemon honey ginger pound cake.
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Nut and Super Seeds Energy Bar Truffles
These protein-bar truffles actually look like chocolate truffles making them even more appealing and fun to eat. Positively a powerhouse of a snack this is.
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Honey Dijon Mustard Dressing
Here just five simple ingredients transform into a delicious classic vinaigrette perfect on any salad of your choice.
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Kale, Fennel & Apple Salad with Dubliner Cheese and Honey Mustard Dressing
Raw fennel and kale that are both chewy and crunchy work perfectly together in this salad, while apples add the right amount of sweetness. But the real nice surprise in this salad was Dubliner cheese.
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Sunset Ice Cream with Marigold Petals, Golden Raisins, & Saffron Honey
Saffron, honey, golden raisins and marigold petals, all give this creamy ice cream a golden hue and a spicy sweet flavor.
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Greens Salad with Apples & Pickled Onion Vinaigrette
Greens Salad with Apples & Pickled Onion Vinaigrette
Ingredients:
- 8-10 cups spring greens salad mix
- 2 medium apples cut into thin slices
- 1 bell pepper cut into thin slices or 4 small peppers cut into thin circles
- 1/2 small red onion cut into slivers
- 1 avocado cut into thin slices
- White cheddar cheese cut into small cubes – as much as you like (optional)
- Ingredients for pickled onion vinaigrette
- 1/4 cup pickled onion vinegar
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- Salt and pepper
- 1 tbsp honey
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Pickled Onion Vinaigrette
Hey folks, have you had a chance to make easy pickled onions yet? Wondering what to do with the vinegar after the pickled onions have been consumed? Guess what? That same vinegar can be used to make a vinaigrette salad dressing. An added bonus is that the vinegar is now an onion and coriander flavored vinegar. Pretty cool!
The Dawa Cocktail
With a few simple ingredients – lime juice, honey, brown sugar and vodka – the dawa is the perfect drink on a balmy summer evening.
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