I adore this cilantro pesto! It’s vibrant flavor is perfect to add to meats, pastas, salads, sandwiches, tacos and more. It’s a fun Italian/Mexican fusion of traditional pesto. For this cilantro pesto I use cilantro instead of traditional basil. I like to use walnuts or pinenuts, garlic, chili powder and cotija cheese instead of traditional …
Sauces
This tahini satay sauce is delicious and a nut free version of a peanut sauce or satay sauce. It’s delicious and I could probably drink it, ha ha. I love it on lettuce cups, meats, veggies, etc. I use it on my orange sesame beef lettuce cups (recipe here), It would be fantastic on my …
Peach BBQ Sauce is a great way to celebrate peach season. It’s savory, sweet and perfectly spiced and works with any meats, as a dipping sauce or however you like to use barbecue sauce. I first started making fruity bbq sauces about 20 years ago as a teenager and discovered how delicious they are when …
This instant pot salsa is easy to make and tastes delicious! It makes 2 quarts of salsa that is perfect for canning, freezing or using fresh, it will stay good in your refrigerator 1-3 months. If water bath canning then place warm salsa into a clean quart or pint jar. Clean the rims and place …
It’s peach season or was a week or so ago and that means it’s jam season! This peach berry jam is a such a delicious combination of peaches and berries! It’s sweet with a little tartness from the berries and that really compliments the peaches. The peaches will need their skins removed for this jam …
I love the flavor of this peach mango jam! The mango really compliments the peach when they are combined! This jam can be canned or frozen and I will tell you how to do both below. The peaches will need their skins removed for this jam and the best way to do that is to …
This peach pepper sauce is a sweet and spicy glaze like sauce that is perfect to serve with savory foods, cheeses, sandwiches or for a dipping sauce. This sauce can be frozen or hot water bath canned. If canned it will last on the shelf for up to a year. To can this sauce, you …
This small batch raspberry jam makes a small batch and uses no pectin. It’s delicious and easy to make. I love jams that don’t use pectin and still set up like a full pectin jam. I really love this recipe for this reason, I also love that it only takes an 8 ounce container of …
This orange infused hot honey is super versatile and delicious! I love it drizzled over fried or grilled chicken or on a charcuterie board with some cheese and crackers. It would also taste great on any barbequed meats, sandwiches, noodle dishes or any food that you want a sweet and spicy flavor profile for. In …
This instant pot spaghetti sauce is fairly easy to make, it tastes delicious and my family and me think it’s delicious! It makes 32 ounces of sauce, which is the perfect amount of sauce for 1 pound of pasta. If you have an abundance of tomatoes ripening from your garden like I do, then you …