Need: apple cider, dark beer, dark brown sugar, salt.

All-purpose glaze to brush on: sweet potatoes, carrots, brussels sprouts, etc.  Roast until tender and slightly charred.

Basil Ice Cream
1 cup raw cashews
2 cups purified water
8-10 pitted dates or 8 tablespoons agave syrup
1 1/2 cups loosely packed basil leaves
juice and zest of 1 lemon

via golbuka

Light Green Layer - Avocado Ice Cream
3 hass avocados
1 cup meat of fresh young coconut OR cashews
1/4 cup coconut oil
juice and zest of 1 1/2 limes
5 dates - pitted
1/2 vanilla bean
1/3 cup light raw agave nectar
1 cup water

via golubka

Peach and Fresh Herb Sorbet
6 small or 4 large peaches
2/3 cup water
3-4 tablespoons raw agave nectar
juice of half a lemon
1-2 packed tablespoons fresh basil and lemon thyme leaves

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Cardamom Ice Cream
2 cups meat of young Thai coconut
1 cup coconut water
1/4 cup coconut oil
1 cup cashews
9 dates
8-10 cardamom pods - crushed, green shell discarded
2 vanilla beans - both seeds and pods

via golubka

Chili Watermelon Soup

1 small melon, seeded
2 garden cucumbers, peeled
1/4 cup red onion
Mint
Thai basil
1 lime (more if not so juicy…)
2 Tbsp chili oil (or more, to taste)

via She Eats Bears

Rosewater Pistachio Ice Cream

1 cup unsalted, shelled pistachios
2 cups evaporated milk
¾ cup sugar
1 teaspoon vanilla extract (not imitation)
5 egg yolks
1 cup heavy cream
2 ½ teaspoons rosewater

Strawberry Shortcake (with No-Fail Buttermilk Biscuits)
For the strawberries: balsamic vinegar, sugar, pepper

For the whip cream: heavy whipping cream, sugar, vanilla, bourbon

For the biscuits: flour, baking powder, baking soda, unsalted butter, buttermilk, lemon zest, sugar, salt

via bigBANGstudio

Blackberry Smash

Oh insufferable summer delight!

requires: Chambord, whiskey (recipe suggests JD), club soda, lime juice, blackberries, fresh mint

via unruly-things

Came home with a “bunch” of radishes (fresh and dirty for $1.50!) yesterday and decided there’s only so many raw radishes a girl wants to eat.  The rest will be pickled!

requires: mirin, salt, sugar

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