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The Piquant: a Rhubarb Gin Cocktail with black pepper and grapefruit

2017/05/05 By Melinda 1 Comment

The Piquant: a Rhubarb Gin Cocktail with black pepper and grapefruit I spent weeks at the tail end of last summer trying to come up with a homemade ‘tonic’ but was never satisfied with the results. After reading of inadvertent quinine overdoses I attempted a formula using other bitter roots ultimately deciding to leave it […]

Filed Under: Cold Drinks, Drinks, Recipes Tagged With: black pepper, cocktail, drink, gin, grapefruit, Rhubarb, simple syrup, spring

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Fresh Strawberry Biscuits with Basil Butter

2015/05/28 By Melinda 2 Comments

Fresh Strawberry Biscuits with Basil Butter Biscuits, tender and buttery: strawberries two ways- roasted, sweet and softly perfumed and fresh, tangy, bright and perfectly balanced with just a hint of finally it’s summer fresh basil. These delicious biscuits are what happens when you want to bake strawberries in something but not something sweet, no muffins or […]

Filed Under: Breads Biscuits Buns, Breakfasty Brunchy, Fruit, Quick Breads, Recipes, Sides and such Tagged With: baked, basil, biscuits, roasted stawberries, spring, strawberries, summer

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Vegan Chickpea Salad with roasted onion and dill cream

2015/05/12 By Melinda Leave a Comment

Vegan Chickpea Salad with roasted onion and dill cream

Vegan Chickpea Salad with roasted onion and dill cream- a delicious and refreshing warm weather salad with sweet onion cream and the bright clean flavor of fresh dill. Bonus points for being vegan and nut free without even trying. This onion cream sauce popped up in my twitter feed last week and I was intrigued. As […]

Filed Under: Recipes, Salads, Savory, Sides and such Tagged With: chickpeas, dill, garbanzo beans, roasted onion cream, salad, spring, summer, vegan

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