Pomegranate Seed and Mint Relish For me, November begins to announce the holidays in the Santa Ynez Valley, even if it’s still warm. At the start of our driveway is a pomegranate tree that bears the brightest red fruit and in our back yard are several miniature ornamental pomegranate trees with showy, little dark red…
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Garden Recipes: Ryan Filbert Salad
Mike and Jean Ryan live in Oregon on a farm that has been in the Ryan family for generations. We are now related to them as our daughter married their son. This makes us fortunate in uncountable ways, but this is about the filberts grown on their farm. Some people might know them as hazelnuts,…
Garden Recipes: Fresh Basil Ice Cream
Garden Recipes: Fresh Basil Ice Cream How can you NOT want to eat this all summer? Walk out to your herb garden and grab a handful of that basil. The only thing that could make this better would be some fresh basil ice cream to go with it. FRESH BASIL ICE CREAM 2 cups whole…
Garden Cocktails: Daisy’s Tequila Cobbler
GARDEN COCKTAILS: DAISY’S TEQUILA COBBLER 2 oz Silver Tequila .75 oz simple syrup 1 strawberry sliced 6-8 blueberries or blackberries Club soda Instructions: Put the strawberry and simple syrup in a double old fashioned glass and muddle lightly Add tequila Fill glass half way with crushed ice and lightly churn Add layer of blue or…
Garden Recipes: Shrimp and Green Peach Salad
Garden Recipes: Shrimp and Green Peach Salad Stone fruits are in season! Arugula is going wild in the garden! If you have a peach tree, it’s hard to wait for all of them to ripen. We made this for my 92-year old mom and she loved it too. SHRIMP AND GREEN PEACH SALAD Serves 2-4…
Spring Recipe: Feta and Honey
Spring Recipe: Feta and Honey Maybe not so pretty, but such a lovely vehicle for our favorite bee by-product. It might make a bit of a mess in your cooking vessel, but REALLY: so worth it. You could use pita bread, but a rough, edgy cracker with some personality of its own is what you…
