Recipes

The combination of flavors in this simple Persimmon Caprese Salad with Balsamic Reduction is outstanding!  It is the perfect appetizer and it’s even great for dessert.  It is wonderful with…

This Caprese Black Rice Casserole is very easy to prepare and is extremely flavorful to boot!  The black rice adds a nice hearty, healthy nuttiness to the dish.  The tomato…

This Meyer Lemon Basil Pesto is bursting with flavor.  It is refreshing from lemon zestiness, salty from the Asiago and a bit floral from the basil. You might think I am strange, but…

 This is a wonderful appetizer all by itself or served with a crostini and cheese platter. Black mission figs are at the end of their season and I can’t resist coming up with…

 These are easy to make and are a treat to eat.  The ground almonds give these cookies a really nice texture and flavor.  Madeleines are a light cake like cookie that goes…

 There is nothing like this spicy Roasted Habanero Salsa.  It has a unique flavor with its subtle sweetness and not so subtle hotness.  This salsa goes great with any Mexican…

What an amazing and simple spread this is.  The combination of sweet and salty from these Maple Roasted Fig Feta Walnut Crostini are outstanding!  Serve them at your next party…

 This Meyer Lemon Vinaigrette is very refreshing and it is great with just about any salad! You might think a lemon is a lemon but a Meyer lemon is actually a cross…

This is a slightly sweet fig pesto made with a lovely creamy French goat cheese called Bucherondin de Chevre.  Bucherondin (boosh-rohn-din) comes from Sevre et Belle, a large, century-old dairy cooperative…

  This is a subtly sweet rustic galette.  The whole wheat flour mixed with the ground almonds makes a wonderful flaky crust.  You can make this more decadent by adding vanilla…