Tag: almonds

  • Cinnamon and Cocoa Almonds

    Cinnamon and Cocoa Almonds

    These are a quick and different spiced nut option for the holidays, using coconut nectar, monk fruit extract and your favorite spices.

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  • Moroccan Sand Cookies

    Moroccan Sand Cookies

    These delicious cookies were inspired by Secondhand Lions, this month’s Food ‘n Flix feature film.

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  • Crazy for Cocoa Granola

    Crazy for Cocoa Granola

    I am being nostalgic and referencing the vintage Cuckoo for Cocoa Puffs commercials from the late 70s and early 80s. But, I have elevated the sugary manufactured cocoa cereal of our youth. (When did the 80s get retro?)

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  • Go Nuts Granola Bars

    Go Nuts Granola Bars

    These bars are colorful and full of good-for-you ingredients like goji berries, cacao nibs, coconut oil, honey, almonds, pistachios, etc.

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  • Cherry-Almond-Crunch Chicken and Pasta Salad for #HotSummerEats

    Cherry-Almond-Crunch Chicken and Pasta Salad for #HotSummerEats

    Stay with me here. Pasta, basil, feta, almonds AND cherries make for a delicious salad. Yes, I said fresh cherries.

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  • Vanilla Cherry Pie with Almond Crumb Topping

    Vanilla Cherry Pie with Almond Crumb Topping

    A little booze-infused pie for your next cookout.

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  • Meyer Lemon Almond Bars

    Meyer Lemon Almond Bars

    I have been painstakingly nurturing a Meyer lemon tree for years now.    It has survived being moved back and forth from the greenhouse to the patio, a couple of tremendous windstorms (one even turning it over and breaking the large clay pot it was in), leaf drop and curl, and my brown thumb. I…

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  • Ginger-Almond Brownies

    Ginger-Almond Brownies

    These brownies have some unexpected flavors and are even better the next day after all the flavors meld together. They would be perfect for a New Year’s Eve celebration.

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  • Chocolate Almond Cups and Marble Dipped Strawberries.

    Chocolate Almond Cups and Marble Dipped Strawberries.

    This is the third post in a series of many to document our supremely chocolatey cooking class with Chef Sarah Leavell of The Canebrake. The chocolate almond cups were the second treat we tasted from Chef Sarah’s kitchen.   I really enjoyed these tiny bites more than the truffle (which I didn’t think was possible). Chef…

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  • White Chocolate Almond Cookies with Maraschino Cherries

    White Chocolate Almond Cookies with Maraschino Cherries

    The nearer the approaching holidays become, the more I get into my cookie-makin’-mama mode. I have been recently experimenting with finding the best chocolate chip cookie recipe EVER (and I hope to have multiple posts soon on this odyssey), but for this baking session  I wanted to switch it up a bit. These cookies are…

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