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Margarita Recipe – restored to being a pre-triple sec classic
Note how the cocktail smells before you shake it. Soon you’ll recognize the scent of a well made margarita and will be able to make up a batch of them sole by scent. 
  • 1 1/2 oz  Resposada or Anejo Tequila
  • 1 1/2 oz fresh Lime Juice
  • 1 oz Simple Syrup
  • 3 dashes Orange Bitters
  • kosher salt or sea salt for the rim
  1. Rub the rim of an old fashioned glass (or whatever glass you prefer) with an edge of a lime slice.  Swirl the rim through a small pile of
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Call me suckered, hoodwinked, or duped. I believe in magic potions. A man hawking small bottles of potion, proclaiming outlandish results. Out of curiosity, I skeptically try the potion.

A few shakes in a cocktail. A cocktail I am very familiar with, but with a mere few dashes of this elixir it became something new. Better. Incredibly delicious.

Cocktail Bitters have been known to many much more savvy than I, but for me it is an exciting new world. A mystical potion which marries the ingredients of a cocktail together. Just about anytime I find a bar making exceptional cocktails, it is almost a guarantee that they have a beautiful stock of bitters frequently reached for behind the bar. Often times, there are bitters they are making themselves amongst the bottles.

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Brown Butter Apple Galette Recipe
Filling is based off of In Jennies’ Kitchen Brown Butter Apple Pie recipe. It may be surprising to see a lack of spices, but as Jennie mentions in her post, it allows for the “intense flavor of roasted apples” be highlighted. After making the filling this way, I agree with her completely. For the type of apples, try to find a nice crisp, sweet-tart apples. Granny Smiths are a classic choice. We often use Fujis. Other good varieties are Jonathan, Jonagold, Pippin, Gravenstein, Braeburn, and Pink Lady Apples.
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It has been coursing through my blood lately. It happens to many of us this time of year. The air grows cool and crisp, Halloween is just around the corner, and the desire for autumn’s comforts fill our bones. And the top of the comfort list lies the glorious apple. I’ve got to get my apple mojo on.

For me the apple craving began about a month ago. We had a shoot for one of Whole Foods local apple farmers. Few things compare to picking apples fresh off the tree and biting into that sweet crispness, tinged with touch of tartness.

Every time I pick an apple from a tree it brings me back to my childhood and our three apples trees growing by the house on the ranch. We’d pick and eat until our bellies were full. The sweet smell of the apples filling the autumn air. Then, filling our arms, we’d bring the horses their favorite treat.(...)
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Roasted Figs Recipe:
  • 1 pound of ripe figs
  • 3 Tbs Honey
  • 1 Tbs red wine
  • 1 Tbs fresh lemon juice
  • Zest of 1 whole lemon
  • about 2 medium sage leaves minced or 4 medium whole sage leaves

1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees. Wash, rinse and trim stems of figs. Then cut figs in half.

2. In large bowl, combine honey, red wine, fresh lemon juice, lemon zest and sage leaves. Add figs to mixture and gently toss ingredients.

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Figs again, you ask?  Yes, please bear with us. We’re on our last batch of garden figs and it’s been hard to not write about them three times a week. We’ve been sharing this incredible bounty of figs with the squirrels and birds for the past 2 months. Today were feeling extra selfish and decided to pick as many ripe ones as we could before the critters could get to them.

A few weeks ago we asked our Twitter friends for some help with how to eat all explosion of figs from the garden. Within a few minutes we had over 50 different suggestions on how to use the figs. Thank you Twitter friends! You are all so amazing and inspiring.

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Pomegranate Spritzer Recipe

Ingredients

  • about 1 – 2 Tablespoons of fresh or concentrate pomegranate juice *for fresh, see note 1 for extracting
  • 2 T Sugar
  • 6 oz sparkling water or club soda

1. Add pomegranate juice, sugar and water. (Add pomegranate seeds if you are so inclined)  Pour into glasses filled with ice.

2. Add additional sugar, or pomegranate juice to personal taste, sweetness and tartness.

*Note 1: Extracting Pomegranate Juice. Here is a great tutorial on how to open a pomegranate from Steamy Kitchen. Once you have separated seeds, place them in a medium bowl and muddle together until »

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It feels so wonderful to be back in the kitchen after being on the road, teaching workshops and shooting on location lately. When we were in the kitchen the other night preparing dinner, we both looked at one another with the same hungry, yet satisfied eyes. It feel so good to be back here in our home kitchen feeding our family and friends. Unfortunately we didn’t take the time to photograph any of it to share with you on the blog!

The garden always look different in the time that we’re away. When we return, one of the first things we do is to explore the backyard for new goodies that dropped, blossomed or got eaten by the squirrels. This week, we were greeted with red pomegranates.

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I’m not going to allow September to leave me so quickly. August slipped through my hands like a silent kiss in the night and before I knew it, everyone was bidding Summer adieu.

Admist our hectic August calendar and new studio build out, my wandering brain didn’t fully register that we touched into September. Waking up over the last few mornings I sensed a change at dawn’s rising. The air greeted me with a slightly cooler breath. I grabbed a sweater. The stone garden pathways were chilly against my toes. I slipped on my garden sneakers.

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I’m not going to allow September to leave me so quickly. August slipped through my hands like a silent kiss in the night and before I knew it, everyone was bidding Summer adieu.

Admist our hectic August calendar and new studio build out, my wandering brain didn’t fully register that we touched into September. Waking up over the last few mornings I sensed a change at dawn’s rising. The air greeted me with a slightly cooler breath. I grabbed a sweater. The stone garden pathways were chilly against my toes. I slipped on my garden sneakers.

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Chocolate Cherry Crisp Recipe
Crisp topping based off of Marthastewart.com: Apple Crisp – Martha Stewart Recipes. Serves 8

Topping

  • 3/4 c (100g) all-purpose Flour
  • 1/4 c (50g) packed Light-Brown Sugar
  • 1/2 t (3g) Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
  • 8 T (1 stick) (115g) cold, unsalted Butter, cut into small cubes
  • 1 c (90g) old-fashioned Rolled Oats (not quick-cooking)

Filling

  • 2 lbs fresh Cherries, pitted and halved
  • 1 c (180g) Dark Chocolate Chips
  • 1/4 c (50g) Granular Sugar
  • 3 T (45g) Flour
  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees. In a large bowl, mix together flour, brown sugar, and salt. Pinch butter into
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I live with a fruit thief. It’s not Sierra, and I’m not talking about the neighborhood possums. I tend to think of us as living near them, not with them. No. I’m talking about the adorable and deceptively innocent looking Diane.

Take a road-trip with her and you’ll see what I mean. On a quiet little drive through the countryside and happen to pass an ripe apple tree growing alongside the road, the car will be stopping. Then I will pry the fingernails off my thigh which caused the abrupt interruption, we will look around for witnesses, then climb through ditch and weeds to pluck the forbidden fruit.

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Blackberry Ice Cream Recipe
We wrote this recipe for the sweet/tart-ness of the average blackberry in grocers. If you happen to find exceptional blackberries like the Stehly Farms berries, cut back the sugar to taste. -Tough job testing multiple batches of ice cream, but that is how much we care about people using our recipes . This recipe is adapted from the combined techniques of two of my favorite dessert books, The Perfect Scoop, and The Professional Pastry Chef. Makes about 1 qt.
  • 1 1/2 c (375ml) Whole Milk
  • 1 1/2 c (300g) Sugar
  • 1 1/2 c (375ml) Heavy Whipping
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Know the difference between an average blackberry and a Stehly Organic Farms blackberry? Amazement.  Pure eye-rolling amazement. As if Mother Nature herself reached down and handed you a blackberry and said, “Here. This is what a blackberry should be.”

Plump. They have a deep, round sweetness that is counterbalanced perfectly by the classic blackberry tang. But just a subtle tang, not enough to overstay its welcome and overshadow the flavor of the berry.
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Heirloom Tomato Salad Recipe

This recipe is so simple, it doesn’t really even need a write up!

Ingredients:

  • fresh, sweet heirloom tomatoes
  • olive oil
  • balsamic vinegar
  • fresh basil
  • sea or kosher salt
  • fresh cracked black pepper

1. Slice tomatoes and drizzle with olive oil, balsamic vinegar, salt and pepper. Slice or tear fresh basil leaves on top. Enjoy!


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This consistently cool weather had us apprehensive, particularly as heirloom tomato gardeners. With almost 20 heirloom tomatoes plants that we’ve been nurturing over the last few months, all we were hoping for was some hot sun to get these plants to bolt out with tomatoes. Unfortunately there hasn’t been much of the sun!

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Strawberry-Rhubarb Crumb Bar Recipe
Adapted from Martha Stewart’s rhubarb crumb bar recipe. If you want pure ‘barb, just double the amount in the recipe, and leave out the strawberries. Serves 16.

For the Streusel

  • 1/2 c (115g) unsalted Butter, melted, plus room-temperature butter for pan
  • 3/4 c (160g) packed Golden Brown Sugar
  • 1/4 t (2g) Sea Salt or Kosher Salt
  • 1 1/4 c (160g) all-purpose Flour, plus more for pan

For the Bars

  • 1/2 lb (225g) Rhubarb, cut into 1/2″ pieces
  • 1/2 lb (225g) fresh Strawberries, hulled and sliced 1/4″ thick
  • 1 1/2 T (15g) Golden Brown Sugar
  • 1 1/3
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Spring Fling is here and were celebrating Spring’s bounty with Deb, Editor of Food Network, Margaret of Away to Garden, Jaden Hair of Steamy Kitchen,  Matt Armendariz of Matt Bites, Shauna of Gluten Free Girl, Gaby of What’s Gaby Cooking and Nicole of Pinch My Salt.

This week’s theme is rhubarb and to participate, just share your rhubarb recipe link in our blog on the comments below, as well as the blogs of all our participating friends!

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Stuffed Tomatoes with Quinoa, Soft Tofu, basil, shallots
adapted from 101 cookbooks, Super Natural Every Day

We substituted the original whole wheat couscous in the recipe with quinoa, which still turned out great. The quinoa on the top layer of the tomatoes became a nice crunchy texture. **The size of the tomatoes will greatly vary the cooking times and how long it will take the quinoa to be fully cooked in the center of the tomatoes. Continue checking the middle of the tomtoes to ensure that the quinoa is cooked.

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The sun has been very kind to us over the last week. We had two fabulously warm days to dry out all the dampness that late Winter left behind. Indeed, we’re very lucky to be living in warm Southern California weather where our garden basil is looking fantastic and we are getting some early season tomatoes at the market.  And somehow, we got our hands on Heidi Swanson’s new Super Natural Everyday cookbook.

Honestly, today’s post isn’t meant to make anyone envious. We just kinda won the weather, produce & cookbook lottery!

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