Cranberry Poppyseed Pecan Charms

Challenges are welcome.Challenges are accepted.This time, “you can’t bake a cookie with salad dressing.”Well, yes I can.Challenge defeated!Cranberry Poppyseed Pecan Charms “Cookies.”These are actually NO-bake, simply because the day I made them it was 101 degrees and our air conditioning was broken. There was NO way I was turning on the oven!Rolled in oats, they…

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Coconut Almond Coffee Romesco Sauce

Gifted with a Balinese spiced coffee blend direct from the source, I toiled over how to use this gem. I decided I wanted to create a multi-functional sauce, of sorts – something I could serve over this, with that, alongside this, and underneath that. I knew I wanted to use something hearty and nutty –…

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Sweet and Savory Raw Radish and Cucumber Salad

We already established that the beauty of the watercolored and ravishing vibrance of watermelon radishes is hard to come by in this great state ~ so, when in hand, I’ve determined it’s essential to take advantage of the raw rarities in any and every way. A sweet and savory marinade drizzled over the top of…

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Cocoa Chestnut Cream

We do not delight in a deluge of desserts in our home. Our indulgences are apparent in other ways. I suppose it’s simply because we’re just naturally sweet that we have no need to satisfy a sweet tooth. …or not. Who knows? What we do know, however, is that this little sweetie treat is darn…

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Cashew Cream Custard and Caramel Crumble

When life doesn’t deliver a box of chocolates each day (most days it does – but on those days when you’re still holding out for something sweet), cashew cream most definitely foots the bill. The creamy consistency of rich and delicious cashews combined with the caramelly sweet goodness of dates, and of course a little…

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