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Easy Fig Jam with Vanilla Bean – no pectin

August 24, 2020

Figs are in season from late summer through early fall, so if you happen upon them at the farmer’s market or the grocery store, get them while you can. This fig jam with vanilla is a delicious way to preserve fresh figs before they disappear. For another easy fig recipe, check out my puff pastry fig tarts.

fig jam in glass jar with fresh figs in background

This jam can also be used as a base for other add-ins – caramelized red onions or bacon for example to make it savory as well. 

Fig jam makes a terrific topping for crostini with a little fresh goat cheese or blue cheese crumbled on top for a quick appetizer or afternoon snack.

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Filed Under: Canning, Jam Tagged With: canning, fig jam, fig jam recipe, figs, fruit, homemade jam, jam

Easy fig tart recipe with puff pastry

August 20, 2020

Store-bought puff pastry makes this fig tart recipe quick and easy. Ready from start to finish in about 20 minutes and individually sized, these tarts are perfect for sharing. A handful of fresh figs, a sheet of puff pastry and a bit of sweetened cream cheese come together to make a delicious and simple dessert.

side view of fig tart recipe with sliced fig on plate

Figs are a favorite of mine. From fig jam to panna cotta with bourbon-poached figs, you’ll find a few fig recipes here. Figs are just barely sweet, but when they are overly ripe can be jammy and have hints of honey.

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: baking, Dessert, easy recipe, fall, fig tarts, figs, Food, fruit, how to, pastry, puff pastry, puff pastry tart, recipes, vegetarian

Easy Granola Recipe with Fruit and Nuts

January 16, 2019

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This is an easy granola recipe that is perfect for tidying up the cupboards and using up bits of dried fruit and nuts that you have in the pantry.  This recipe is completely flexible.  Use it as a guide or inspiration, but make it yours by using your favorite add-ins.   This easy granola recipe makes a big batch, perfect for sharing with friends and neighbors.  It also freezes well, so you can tuck it away for later.

fruit and nut granola in blue and yellow bowl on marble counter

Easy Granola Recipe

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Filed Under: Breakfast Tagged With: almond, baking, breakfast, coconut, cooking, cranberries, dates, easy recipe, figs, Food, fruit, gluten free, granola, healthy, honey, how to, make ahead, meal prep, oats, recipes, vegetarian, weeknight cooking

Nectarine Blue Cheese Spinach Salad

July 8, 2018

Spinach SaladSpinach salad is my favorite way to eat this leafy green. Topped with fresh and dried fruit, a zingy dressing and a few crunchy, toasted almonds.  We’ve all seen or eaten the salad with strawberries, but this spinach salad uses perfectly ripe stone fruit and tangy blue cheese.  It is by far one of my all-time favorite salads and you know how much I love a good bowl of greens.

Summer time is when I really enjoy salads.  The anemic tomatoes of winter are happily forgotten and replaced with gleaming, juicy, bright red beauties.  The delicious, but boring cucumbers can go on hiatus along with their carrot friends. 

The same ol’ stuff that routinely finds its way into your salad can go by the wayside to make room for things like stone fruit. Sometimes we are on auto-pilot and occasionally get stuck in a bit of a rut. Considering all of the amazing things available to us in the summer, this is the time to branch out and mix it up.

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Filed Under: Salads Tagged With: almond, cheese, figs, fruit, healthy, nectarine, salad, spinach, Summer, vinaigrette

Panna Cotta Recipe with Bourbon Figs

August 19, 2013

This easy panna cotta recipe with bourbon-poached figs will make you swoon. Lightened up just a bit, this vanilla panna cotta is still decadent and delicious, but with just a few less calories. 

panna cotta recipe with poached figs

Vanilla Panna Cotta with Bourbon-Poached Figs

Whenever I see figs, I must buy them.  I can’t quite help myself, they are just so sexy.  Then my brain starts spinning with all the possible things to do with them. When I am visiting my family in Ohio, I always try to make something special.  Something that I know for sure they have never had before.  Sometimes it goes over well and sometimes, maybe not so much.  I think this one was a winner. 

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Filed Under: Desserts Tagged With: bourbon, cooking, Dessert, easy recipe, figs, Food, fruit, gluten free, how to, panna cotta, recipes, vanilla, vegetarian

An Open Faced Sandwich called Tartine

August 10, 2012


A tartine is an open faced sandwich.   This is not just any sandwich.  The ingredients are usually a little fancier than your average PB&J.  Tartines are topped with beautiful components and always something spreadable, making them perfect for lovely picnics with someone special.

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Filed Under: Sandwiches Tagged With: arugula, bread, cheese, figs, fruit, gorgonzola, honey, jam, parmesan, pears, prosciutto, tartine

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