Chestnut butter is one of the most unique, homemade food gifts you can give for the holidays. With only three ingredients, it's easier than you might think!It’s not too late to make homemade food gifts for this holiday season! Once upon a time, when I thought of a nut butter, peanut butter was pretty much the only … [Read more...]
Gruyère Spinach Dip Recipe with Spices and Artichokes
Gruyère Spinach Dip is full of artichokes, spices and delicious flavors. It's a true comfort food that's perfect for fall. Imagine the best spinach dip and the best artichoke dip mixed together to make one over-the-top dip. Let me set this up for you . . . It’s a cool fall afternoon and you’re craving a super … [Read more...]
Basil Lemon Verbena Pesto Recipe
Basil Lemon Verbena Pesto recipe, a twist on traditional pesto, is packed with fresh, intense and delicious flavors. The texture is smooth and creamy, and the fragrance is unbelievably divine! This is one of my favorite unique pesto recipes, and it works well in many different dishes. What is pesto? Pesto is a … [Read more...]
Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter Recipe
Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter is as buttery as can be with no butter! With fall flavors throughout, it's rich, creamy, smooth and oh-so-delicious! When a raw apple is cooked, the transformation is really quite incredible. It's taken from a tart crisp bite, to one that's soft and sweet. So soft that it's … [Read more...]
How to Make Homemade Tahini
Homemade tahini can be a fantastic foodie gift, and it's great to have at the ready to add to things like baba ghanoush or other delicious sauces. And learning how to make homemade tahini is fun and easy! I love when I can make something at home that's sold packaged in stores. It's fun, delicious, and most … [Read more...]
Whipped Meyer Lemon-Vanilla Butter Recipe
This, my friends, is simply luscious. It's subtly sweet, lemony, and scented with the beautiful fragrance of vanilla. If I were you I'd serve this at a casual brunch with warm scones, pastries or brioche. Or I might even serve it at fun BBQ, melted over corn on the cob hot off the grill. That's just me, though. … [Read more...]
Roasted Red Fresno Pepper Pesto Recipe
There are a handful of foods I like to have at the ready at all times: cooked rice, homemade salad dressing, compound butters, cookie dough, and pesto -- just to name a few. This is a thick, spicy and slightly sweet pesto that's amazingly delicious . . . on everything! Which is exactly why it should be "at the … [Read more...]
Skorthalia Recipe {Greek Garlic-Potato Dip}
This unique Greek dip is rich, creamy and packed with unbelievable flavor!Last weekend, with live Greek music and plates breaking in the background, I ate one of the most delicious Greek meals ever. The Greek Authentic Cuisine restaurant is in downtown Santa Cruz, CA. Amongst a few chefs in the open kitchen, I … [Read more...]
Hatch Chile-Agave Compound Butter Recipe
A lot of things in my life make me smile. Some are big . . . When my mom says she's having a good day. When my boys feel proud of themselves. The sound of my boys laughing together. My sweet brother. And some are little . . . When my dog is peacefully sleeping with all fours in the air. When my … [Read more...]
Kumquat Ginger Preserves
It really is good to be connected. If you know someone high up at the company where you want to work, it'll likely help you get the job. If you know someone who's an alumni from the college your son or daughter wants to go to, they can put in a good word. And if you know a very sweet guy -- in this case, my … [Read more...]
