honey
One of the things I love about honey, or using honey in recipes is that it has terroir: Its flavor reflects the blossoming flowers of the specific region in which it was produced. Some honeys are thick, dark, and brooding; others are light in color and bright on the tongue. Navigating your way through the vast landscape of honey varietals involves a lifetime of tasting. A honey appropriate for pairing with an artisan cheese might be very different than a honey for baking with, so taste different types, take notes, and try different pairings. Look for raw, unfiltered, unprocessed honey. Farmers’ markets are typically a great place to find honey producers who can talk you through the nuances of different varietals.
Honey Ice Cream
This simple honey ice cream recipe makes a creamy bowl of goodness that tastes as rich as it looks. Five ingredients; plump vanilla beans, heavy cream, whole milk, honey, and a bit of salt. That's it.
Pomegranate Yogurt Bowl
A simple breakfast yogurt bowl made with Greek yogurt, fresh pomegranate juice, puffed quinoa cereal, toasted sunflower seeds, and honey.
Rose Petal Granola
A variation on the granola from my book, Super Natural Every Day - this time with rose petals, walnuts, currants, and black pepper.
Black Sticky Gingerbread Cake
This black sticky gingerbread cake recipe makes an outrageously dark, dense, flavorful and delicious cake. The burnt-caramel-esque crust that forms on the top of the cake is part of what makes this recipe a keeper.
Instant Pot Dynamite Cold Tonic
This head-clearing, sniffle-blasting cold tonic is the color of Tang, with flavor like a stick of ginger dynamite. If you need to jolt a cold out of your body with brute force, consider starting here.
Turmeric Tea
A turmeric tea I started making for its beneficial properties. It quickly became a favorite daily ritual. Made from a honey turmeric paste with lots of lemon juice and freshly ground black pepper.
Tangy Delicious Vitamin C Honey
A boosted wellness honey - bright pink, vitamin C packed, and bursting with flavor. This honey tastes like a thousand Sweet Tart candies were crushed up and dissolved into it.
Blackberry Saffron Honey
Taking saffron infused honey to the next level by adding seasonal blackberries. It's simple, and an ideal topping for oatmeal, pancakes, waffles, or a cheese plate. A favorite!
Cocagne Bean & Artichoke Salad
The bean & artichoke salad I made to take to Easter this year - pickled celery, chopped kalamata olives and toasted walnuts, along with tender artichokes, and lots of the white cocagne beans I picked up at my neighborhood farmers' market.
Pluot & Poppy Yogurt Bowl
A simple late-summer breakfast bowl - Greek yogurt with a bit of chopped dill incorporated, topped with sliced pluots, toasted oats, poppy seeds, and honey.
