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Sweet and Savory Strawberry Salad with Rosé Reduction and Fresh Mint

June 1, 2018 by Faith Leave a Comment

Sweet and Savory Strawberry Salad with Rosé Reduction and Fresh Mint is a lovely balance of sweet and savory flavors, with a touch of heat if you want it (from jalapeno) and a burst of freshness (from mint).

This salad sounds fancy, but you’ll be surprised at how easy it is to put together! Wine with a touch of honey reduces in less than 10 minutes on the stovetop, and is then cooled and used to macerate fresh-sliced strawberries. Onion adds a bit of savory flavor, a tiny bit of jalapeno is optional, and fresh mint brightens it up. Serve it as a salad on its own or use it to top grilled meat!…

Blackberry Syrup, Mint, and Lime Spritzers

July 31, 2017 by Faith 2 Comments

Blackberry Syrup, Mint, and Lime Spritzers feature the refreshing sweet/tart flavor of blackberries and lime and are great for cooling down with on a hot day. If you’re from Buffalo, odds are you’re familiar with loganberry. It’s an actual berry (I’ve heard it’s a blackberry-raspberry hybrid), but if you’re from Western New York the first thing to come to mind is probably the drink....

Summer Rolls with Watercress, Mango, and Mint with Sesame-Garlic-Ginger Dipping Sauce

May 5, 2017 by Faith Leave a Comment

Summer Rolls with Watercress, Mango, and Mint with Sesame-Garlic-Ginger Dipping Sauce are fresh and bright, and paired with a flavorful dipping sauce, completely irresistible! Summer rolls and sushi are a couple things that I love ordering out, but don’t really think to make at home very often. Actually, I’ve never even tried my hand at homemade sushi, but this is my second time making summer rolls, and I had forgotten just how easy and fun they are to whip up....

Zucchini and Goat Cheese Stacks with Fresh Mint, Pine Nuts, and Crispy Prosciutto

April 13, 2017 by Faith 10 Comments

Zucchini and Goat Cheese Stacks with Fresh Mint, Pine Nuts, and Crispy Prosciutto are as easy to make as they are delicious and impressive; they’re perfect for a spring supper or party! I’m not one to shy away from green veggies. In fact, I’ve been known to serve fried eggs on sautéed greens as a breakfast salad, turn a bed of greens into pizza, and replace bread with leaves. But when spring rolls around, my need for the color green in my diet seems to intensify even more. From peas, to asparagus, leafy greens like spinach and watercress, leeks, and fava beans, spring brings with […]...

Mint Medley Chocolate Pots de Crème

January 23, 2017 by Faith 4 Comments

This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #TeaProudly #CollectiveBias This Mint Medley Chocolate Pots de Crème recipe yields a velvety smooth dark chocolate custard that makes just two servings for when you need a small-batch sweet treat. When I need a quick dessert thats every bit as delicious as it is easy, chocolate pudding/custard/mousse is a trick of the trade I like to pull out. Its perfect for so many reasons....

Almond Butter Chicken Stew with Pineapple-Mint Relish {Whole30}

February 29, 2016 by Faith 15 Comments

Almond Butter Chicken Stew with Pineapple-Mint Relish is a paleo and Whole30 compliant meal! I’ve been making variations of this lovely stew for literally years now. Sometimes I’ll add pineapple right into the stew, and sometimes I’ll sprinkle on a little Vanilla-Scented Toasted Coconut-Cashew Mix on top. Occasionally I’ll skip the greens (but I admit, I much prefer this with greens added!), and if I’m feeling adventurous I’ll use mustard greens, collard greens, or chard instead of kale. No matter what unique twist you put on it, you can’t go wrong with this meal....

Breakfast Pineapple and Pearl Barley Pilaf

September 11, 2015 by Faith 10 Comments

This Breakfast Pineapple and Pearl Barley Pilaf will fuel up your morning! One of the nice things about the change of weather (which hasn’t happened in full force yet here in Northern Virginia, but the temps have definitely started to cool down pleasantly), is that there are less bugs. Now, let me say, although ants in my kitchen are enough to send me into a two-hour cleaning frenzy and I really can’t do camping because of how much I hate the fact that I can never just get clean, bugs never really bothered me much. That is, until I got to Virginia. Here we might […]...

Minted Blueberry Balsamic Smoothie

June 15, 2015 by Faith 15 Comments

I’m the girl who eats soup in summer and ice cream in winter. (But maybe that’s not so strange…scientists say a hot drink on a hot day can cool you down and ice cream can warm up the body because of its caloric content.) Smoothies are my anomaly though; I enjoy them just as much in the dead of January as I do in the blazing heat of July....

Limonana (Middle Eastern Frozen Mint Lemonade)

October 14, 2013 by Faith 67 Comments

It’s October. It may or may not be snowing profusely where you are. (Although I’m not there now, where I come from, it more than likely is snowing profusely!) I realize that. So what am I doing posting a frozen beverage?...

Eggplant with Tomato Compote, Toasted Almonds, & Fresh Mint

September 17, 2013 by Faith 10 Comments

Normally as summer winds down I start to hoard summer vegetables. Cucumbers get pickled, tomatoes get stewed (for beautiful things like creamy tomato soup in the middle of winter), and zucchinis get baked. (By the way, while I haven’t tried freezing the chocolate zucchini cake I linked to, I’ve found that in general, baked goods with zucchini freeze pretty well if wrapped tightly.) With the weather being so different here in Kuwait than it is in New York, I’m not sure how long we’ll have access to fresh summer veggies. I guess I’ll wait and see! Instead of hoarding summer’s bounty for later, I’m trying […]...