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Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe

October 20, 2019 By valentina 28 Comments

Cinnamon-Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe - Cinnamon-Cardamom Spiced Apple Butter is as buttery as can be with no butter! With the fall flavors throughout, it's rich, creamy, smooth and oh-so-delicious!

Cinnamon Cardamom Apple Butter Recipe is as buttery as can be with no butter!  With fall flavors throughout, it's rich, creamy, smooth and … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Comforting Sweet Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, Fall & Winter Favorites Tagged With: apples, cardamom, cinnamon, condiments, fall falvors, fall recipes, Fuji apples, spreads, vanilla

Avocado Butter Recipe

May 25, 2018 By valentina 30 Comments

Round slices of Avocado Butter on a narrow plate with a spreader.

This Avocado Butter Recipe creates a spread that is incredibly rich, creamy and delicious! It's excellent in a sandwich, spread on toast or mixed into other … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Comforting Savory Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces Tagged With: avocados, butter, condiments, cumin, lemon juice, spreads

How to Make Chestnut Butter

December 20, 2017 By valentina 25 Comments

chestnut butter in a jar with red and white twine around it

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Christmas, Comforting Sweet Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, Foodie Gifts, Holidays Tagged With: chestnut butter, chestnut paste, holiday gifts, homemade food gifts, how to roast and peel chestnuts, roasted chestnuts, spreads

Lemon Verbena Pesto Recipe

September 7, 2016 By valentina 26 Comments

Basil-Lemon Verbena Pesto Recipe -- This pesto is made with basil and lemon verbena, and it's absolutely packed with fresh, intense, delicious flavors. It's rich, smooth and its lovely fragrance unbelievably divine!

Lemon Verbena Pesto recipe, a twist on traditional pesto, is packed with fresh and delicious flavors. The texture is smooth and creamy, and the fragrance is … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Hors d'Oeuvres & Snacks, Comforting Savory Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, Gluten-free, Spring & Summer Favorites, Vegan & Vegetarian Tagged With: appetizers, condiments, from the garden, lemon verbena, organic herbs, Parmesan, Perpetuo, pesto, spreads, thai basil

How to Make Tahini From Scratch

September 11, 2014 By valentina 10 Comments

How to Make Homemade Tahini | cookingontheweekends.com

You can make Tahini from scratch, at home! It's easy, and it's great to have at the ready to add to things like baba ghanoush or all sorts of baked … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Comforting Savory Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, How To (Cooking Techniques) Tagged With: Baba Ghanoush, condiments, Greek recipes, halva, homemade, Hummus, Middle Eastern recipes, sesame seeds, spreads, Tahini

Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter with Vanilla

June 21, 2014 By valentina 14 Comments

Whipped Lemon Vanilla Butter

Whipped Meyer Lemon Butter Recipe is a lovely, rich and creamy, vanilla-laced spread. It's delicious on warm toast and it could practically frost a … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Comforting Sweet Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces Tagged With: brunch, compound butters, condiments, Kerrygold butter, lemon juice, lemon zest, lemons, spreads, unsalted butter, vanilla beans

Roasted Fresno Pepper Pesto Recipe

April 20, 2014 By valentina 18 Comments

Roasted Red Fresno Pepper Pesto Recipe

This Roasted Fresno Pepper Pesto recipe is a unique pesto that can serve as a dip, a spread, or a sauce, to beautifully enhance just about anything it's … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Hors d'Oeuvres & Snacks, Comforting Savory Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, Gluten-free, Reviews, Vegan & Vegetarian Tagged With: almonds, appetizers, basil, condiments, lemon juice, Melissa's Produce, Parmesan cheese, pesto, Red Fresno peppers, spreads, The Great Pepper Cookbook

Skorthalia Recipe {Greek Garlic-Potato Dip}

February 21, 2014 By valentina 10 Comments

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 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Appetizers, Hors d'Oeuvres & Snacks, Comforting Savory Recipes, Gluten-free, Reviews Tagged With: dips, garlic, Greek food, potatoes, restaurants, Santa Cruz, sauces, Skorthalia recipe, spreads, The Greek Authentic Cuisine

Hatch Chile Butter Recipe

August 9, 2013 By valentina 9 Comments

You are going to want this Hatch Chile Butter Recipe at the ready! Its sweet-spicy flavor adds delicious flavor to toast, pasta, chicken, fish, steak, corn, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Comforting Savory Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces, Gluten-free, Spring & Summer Favorites, Vegan & Vegetarian Tagged With: agave, butter, compound butters, condiments, Hatch chile roastings 2013, Hatch chiles, lemons, Melissa's Produce, New Mexico, spicy foods, spreads

Kumquat Ginger Preserves

May 4, 2013 By valentina 4 Comments

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Filed Under: Breakfast & Brunch, Comforting Sweet Recipes, Condiments, Dressings, & Sauces Tagged With: breakfast, brunch, condiments, ginger, jam, kumquat preserves, kumquats, marmelade, preserves, spreads

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I’m Valentina Wein, certified chef, mom of two boys, owner, recipe developer and photographer here at Cooking on the Weekends. I use seasonal whole foods to create unique and comforting recipes for casual entertaining. Read more about my love of food and cooking.

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