Baked Spaghetti Squash Parmigiana
A great way to use the season’s beautiful spaghetti squash. Spaghetti squash is also a great alternative if you can’t eat or need to avoid [...]
Spiced Poached Pears with Cardamon Cream
In season, poached pears are a favorite breakfast side dish for my family. It takes just a few moment to quarter and seed the pears [...]
Spiced Applesauce
Spiced Applesauce–sounds mundane right? When it comes to strengthening the digestive system and the immune, mundane or simple is the best place to start. A [...]
Honey Apricot Jam
Honey Apricot Jam - Jams are a fantastic way to preserve the season's flavor. Here, honey takes the place of refined sugar, blending its own sweetness and flavor with the [...]
Black Bean Brownies
Moist and rich, these brownies use black beans as the base making them free of any flour–glutinous or otherwise. The addition of instant coffee or [...]
White Bean, Leek & Butternut Squash Soup
This lovely is surprising simple, yet very hardy and tonifying. The flavors aren’t overly strong or powerful. Serve with nice crusty piece of molasses bread [...]
Chocolate Zucchini Cake
Chocolate Zucchini Cake - By mid summer I often find myself overrun with zucchini, even from one meager plant. Bless its zeal! What better way to use up some of [...]
Stone Fruit Salsa
Drupes or stone fruits come available from late May and early June through the first frosts of September in Idaho. They are easy to identify [...]
Honeycake
Honeycake - The honey you choose will influence the flavor of the cake. Summer honeys are often lighter and more delicate than the richer late summer, early fall darker honeys. [...]
Rose Water
Rose Water & Oil - The scent and flavor of roses bring joy to the heart--literally. The energetics of rose help to lift the spirit. Long used in Indian, Middle [...]