Luscious red cherries are a glorious fruit to pair with whiskey in house-crafted cocktails. One of my favorites is the Manhattan, often garnished with a preserved cherry. I wondered how I could make my own fresher version of this bar back staple, and capitalize on the beautiful sweet cherries currently in season. The Bing cherry…
Category: Fruit
Fresh Berry Butter Cake
Berries are beautiful — and make this quick, buttery cake the best. This is a redo of one of my earlier recipes, scaled smaller optimized for berries. I think it’s perfect for an afternoon treat. Fresh Berry Butter Cake (makes one 8″ cake) 1/2 cup unsalted butter, room temperature 5 oz (3/4 cup) granulated sugar…
Citrus Mint Smoothie
Here’s just the thing for a pick me up – a tangy, bright, fresh smoothie made with tangerine, spinach and mint. While I usually eat my greens and fruit, today was hectic and I wanted something to enjoy while on the go. Using my Vitamix, I blended some delightful baby spinach with whole tangerine, lime…
CSA Veggie box 2/2/18
If you’ve visited my site before, you’ll notice that I often include beautiful vegetables in my recipes from my weekly Full Belly Farm Community Supported Agriculture veggie box. I’ve had a number of inquiries from friends and followers on how to best use the produce in my box — how I decide what to use…
Almond Date Mousse
This ultra simple dessert is not only delicious and smooth — it’s vegan. What began as a mistake ended up a surprisingly lovely dessert! After making my Homemade Almond Milk, I used it to make a warm beverage, sweetened with dates. While it tasted good, the texture was too thick — all wrong for drinking. …
Apple Cranberry Pie
Cranberries are a bright red addition to the classic apple pie. They both happen to be available in my market, so Apple Cranberry Pie happened today. I made this pie with a double all-butter crust for extra richness. One tip for baking a perfect pie with evenly brown crust top and bottom is to thoroughly…
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