Monthly Archives: December 2012

Santa Barbara Adventures

Santa Barbara is a beautiful city full of amazing Spanish architecture with tons of phenomenal restaurants and gorgeous beaches.  There are lots of fun things to do like the wine tasting on the wine trail, shopping in downtown, rent bikes to ride on the bike path, natural history museum, botanical gardens, whale watching and so much more!

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Tri Colored Potato Soup

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This is an easy, flavor full soup that looks gorgeous!

Cut the Potato’s into cubes

Crush 3-4 Cloves Garlic and Dice the Onion

Add Vegetable Broth and all other ingredients to the Crock Pot

It will look something like this in the Crock Pot

Set Crock Pot to High for 4 hours or on low for 7 hours

Recipe:  Makes 8-10 Servings

  • 4 lbs Tri Colored Potato’s (Gold, Purple, Red)
  • 1 Small White Onion diced
  • 3 -4 Cloves Garlic
  • 1 Tablespoon of Dill
  • 2 teaspoons Sea Salt
  • 1 teaspoon Ground Pepper
  • 1 teaspoon Thyme
  • 1 teaspoon Cayenne Pepper                                                                                  Garnish Optional: Sour Cream and Chopped Chives                                                               * If you like pureed soup’s you can also use a hand blender and puree’

Rosemary Garlic Almonds

                                         Rosemary Garlic Almonds

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  • In a bowl mix the Raw Organic Almonds with the Extra Virgin Olive Oil and Sea Salt
  • Spread on a cookie sheet evenly and bake for 45 minutes in preheated oven at 275 degrees

  • While baking mince Garlic and put into the same bowl
  • Pick the leaves of the fresh Rosemary
  • Add to the bowl and stir

  • Mix the baked Almonds with the Garlic and Rosemary

  • Spread almonds back on to the cookie sheet
  • Bake for another 20 minutes
  • Let cool and ENJOY!!!

Recipe

  • 3 cup of Raw Organic Almonds
  • 3 tablespoon of Extra Virgin Olive Oil
  • 3 to 6 cloves of Garlic
  • 6 to 9 tablespoons fresh Rosemary
  • 3 Teaspoon Sea Salt